Kenya’s Workers Aviation Union (KAWU) has decided to put a proposed strike action scheduled to start on Tuesday on hold for two weeks.
The union which represents airport workers arrived at this consensus to give the government enough time for talks regarding a proposed deal to enhance infrastructure and services of the country’s main airport.
Reports suggest that the facility is a major African hub which would suffer the dire consequences of industrial action, causing significant disruption to regional air traffic and national carrier.
Despite claims made by union members of selling the airport to India’s Adani Airport Holding, the government denies and says it has not yet decided whether to go ahead with what it described as a “public-private partnership”.
It said Jomo Kenyatta is stretched beyond its capacity of 7.5 million passengers a year and is in urgent need of improvements.
Kenya’s Airports Authority said the investment proposal includes a second runway and upgrades to the passenger terminal.