The strike, which began on Saturday, exacerbated the woes facing the troubled national carrier, which has vowed to 'do everything possible to return to normalcy in the shortest time'.
NAIROBI - Kenya Airways pilots returned to work on Wednesday after a court ordered them to end their days-long strike which had led to hundreds of flight cancellations and stranded thousands of passengers.
KALPA launched the walkout at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in defiance of a court injunction issued last week against the strike, prompting the government to threaten the pilots with disciplinary action. But it has been running losses for years, despite the government pumping in millions of dollars to keep it afloat.
"In the past three days, this strike has disrupted travel plans for over 12,000 customers... forced the cancellation of over 300 flights, and affected 3,500 other employees who were not part of it," he said.
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