Worker strike disrupts flights at Kenya’s main airport

NAIROBI: A strike by workers ​at Kenya's main airport in the capital Nairobi was causing flight delays on Monday, the country's national carrier and ‌airports operator ‌said.
Kenya ​Airways ‌said ⁠air ​traffic control ⁠delays were affecting certain departures and arrivals at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is ⁠one of the continent's ‌major ‌air transport hubs.
The ​labour ‌dispute between the ‌aviation workers' union and the civil aviation authority is over worker grievances including ‌the failure to conclude a collective bargaining agreement.
Last ⁠week ⁠the union issued a seven-day strike notice, after which the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority approached the courts to try to block the strike.