Emirates has cancelled flights to and from Nairobi following a worker strike at the Kenyan airport.
Flights EK719 and EK721, both scheduled to depart from Dubai on Wednesday, September 11, have been cancelled.
The cancellations come as workers at Kenya’s international airport in Nairobi went on strike over a potential deal for India’s Adani Group to lease Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for 30 years.
The Kenya Aviation Workers Union, which represents airport workers, said the proposed agreement announced in July would lead to job losses and bring in non-Kenyan workers.
Kenya’s government has said the airport is operating above capacity and needs modernising but that it is not for sale.
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