Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) has reassured the public of normal airport operations despite strike notice issued by Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU).
In a statement dated 29th September 2025 and signed by Managing Director Muhamud Gedi, KAA confirmed receipt of the KAWU strike notice, which might disrupt operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Wilson Airport, Moi Airport among others.
Director Gedi however assured passengers, airlines and its partners that the authority is moving swiftly to address the labour issues.
“The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) acknowledges the receipt of a strike notice issued by the Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) on Tuesday, September 23, 2025,” KAA stated.
“The Authority wishes to assure all passengers, airlines, and partners that our airports continue to operate as normal,” it added.
On September 23, 2025, Aviation Union issued a seven-day strike notice to KAA, over government’s failure to address concerns of transitioning 500 contracted employees to permanent and pensionable terms.
“We have relentlessly engaged and pleaded with Management to confirm these employees to permanent and pensionable terms, but to no avail,” KAWU lamented.
“We therefore demand the immediate confirmation of these employees confirming their promotion to the roles they are currently performing,” KAWU Secretary General Moss Ndiema stated.
KAWU also said that the talks between KAA and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) on the transfer of Grounds Flight Safety roles, is being done without proper guidelines.
The Aviation Union maintained that the process would not only lead to massive loss of jobs, but also financial instability.
“It is now in the public domain that KAA is in the process of transferring the roles and functions performed by the GFS department to KCAA which will result not only in loss of jobs to employees currently working there, but also starve KAA of huge amounts of revenue leading to financial instability and imminent redundancy,” KAWU noted.
