Passengers stranded as strike disrupts flights at Kenya's main airport

ByBasillioh Rukanga Reporting fromNairobi.

Key points

• William Obino, a 22-year-old traveller informed the AFP news agency: Nothing is happening, updates are reaching us late.
• Flight tracking website Flightradar24 indicated a host of delayed, cancelled or diverted flights.
• After a number of delays, mendel Goldman, who was travelling to a wedding in Florida, informed the Reuters news agency that his flight had been cancelled.
• On Sunday, the airports authority and the national carrier, Kenya Airways, cautioned departing flights may be delayed.
• Although discussions broke up a day earlier without agreement, a new round of discussions between unions and airport managers was due to take place on Monday.

As flight disruptions continued for the second day against the backdrop of a workers' strike, hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya's main airport in the capital, Nairobi. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is a key regional transport hub.

Aviation sector workers are on a nationwide go-slow strike to demand better working conditions and the implementation of a previously agreed accord.

Those hoping to obtain on a flight have been stuck at JKIA, with some spending the night in and around the check-in areas waiting for news.

Kenya Airways remarked in its latest update that due to "the industrial action by air traffic control workers", it is experiencing delays of more than six hours, and the flight backlog has forced it to cancel some departures.

It has apologised for the disruption and remarked passengers who would like to change or reschedule their flights could do so without a penalty.

RwandAir remarked on Monday that it had cancelled two flights due to the ongoing "operational constraints affecting air traffic control services" at the airport. This followed earlier cancellations on Sunday.

After a number of delays, mendel Goldman, who was travelling to a wedding in Florida, informed the Reuters news agency that his flight had been cancelled. He remarked he had been waiting for 12 hours.

The earliest flight they can obtain us is only tomorrow night, so we've secured to wait.

"We're going to try and make most of it, but in the meantime, I've been here for 12 hours now, waiting in the airport, " he remarked.

William Obino, a 22-year-old traveller informed the AFP news agency: "Nothing is happening, updates are reaching us late. It's ruining our itinerary."

Notably, the strike comes after a two-day dispute in February over collective bargaining and the employ of volunteers at the airport. Union authorities stated they took industrial action since worries remained unresolved.

In practice, the main airport in Nairobi is one of the busiest hubs in the region and serves as a key gateway between the continent and the rest of the world. Last year, it handled regarding nine million passengers, according to the Kenyan authorities.

It has nevertheless seen multiple strikes over recent years as workers push for better conditions. You may additionally be interested in. Kenyan leader notes private jet cheaper option. Africa's 'flying presidents' under fire for foreign trips.

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For now, passengers stranded as strike disrupts flights at Kenya' s main airport remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.