Kenya Airways gets court order stopping planned strike

Kenya Airways secured on Wednesday a court order stopping a strike planned by the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA), which was set to start on Thursday.
Kenya Airways is one of the largest carriers in Africa, ferrying 10,000 passengers a day on a fleet of Boeing and Embraer planes.
The carrier, which is 26.7 percent owned by Air France, has been selling assets, including planes, and plans to lay off 600 people as it battles deep losses.
KALPA on Tuesday issued a two-day notice to the carrier saying its members would stop flying planes if Kenya Airways Chief Executive Mbuvi Ngunze did not resign immediately over what it called "questionable" turnaround measures.
In a ruling, the employment and labour relations court in Nairobi blocked KALPA from "calling, participating or engaging in any form of industrial action including strikes" and set a hearing date for the dispute on May 9.
KALPA did not respond immediately to a request for comment by Reuters.