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Kenya Airways warns of flight delays due to spare parts shortage

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KQ plane at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi, on November 7, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Kenya Airways has alerted its customers of possible flight delays in the next two weeks due to a global shortage of aircraft spare parts.

The airline said in a statement on Friday, December 8, that the supply chain disruption had affected its maintenance schedule, forcing some of its planes to stay on the ground longer than expected.

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