Kenya Airways is expected to resume normal flight operations starting Tuesday after the pilots association called of an impending strike.
The announcement followed a meeting with Kalpa, government stakeholders and Kenya Airways management.
"Kalpa is pleased to announce that the in-face between pilots of Kenya Airways and the management of the national carrier has been resolved," said the association's secretary general Paul Gichana on Monday.
But Gichana said the decision did not amount to a total withdrawal of their strike notice. Instead the strike has been deferred to a later date.
"We emphasise that we are not retreating from our initial position. Change for Kenya Airways can only be achieved with an overhaul in leadership," he said.
He said the deferment will give room for ongoing negotiations to continue.
“We have been meeting throughout the week and there has been goodwill on both sides and we are giving it more time to have the issues resolved,” he said.
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"We trust the management of Kenya Airways will abide by its assurances and the commitments it has given us. On our side we wish to assure the government and KQ shareholders and the general public that our members will abide by their commitments,” added the secretary general who also doubles up as Kalpa CEO.
The decision means KQ customers are assured of regular flights.
Gichinga further assured that none of Kenya Airways staff, permanent or those contracted from the Career Directions Limited, would be victimised for participating in a strike over the past few days.
He said this was part of the agreement with the government and the Kenya Airways Board, led by the new board member Michael Joseph.
In a quick rejoinder, Kenya Airways assured its clients that there would be no flight cancellations on Tuesday as a result of the suspension of the pilots’ strike.
“We advise all our guests to check their flights prior to departure through our KQ mobile app, website or 24HR Contact Centre. We will continue to give regular updates via Social Media pages,” read the statement released on Monday night.
KQ had on Sunday cancelled several flights after some crew members declined to turn up for work.
The cancelled flights included those to Lusaka Zambia, Harare in Zimbabwe, Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and in Juba South Sudan.
Flights to Mombasa and in Maputo in Mozambique were also cancelled and later resumed.