Kenya Airways has hired 60 employees on contract terms. KQ has engaged a Nairobi-based human resource firm — Preferred Personnel Africa — to hire cabin crew, customer care and ground handling staff.
“I can confirm that KQ has engaged us to be a recruitment vendor to help them efficiently fill employee positions in the company,” said Rose Musau, the founder and chief executive of Preferred Personnel Africa.
This comes a few months after about 500 KQ employees subcontracted from Career Directions Limited (CDL) — one of four HR firms the airline deals with — went on a go-slow in October demanding to be made permanent staff.
KQ is implementing a back-to-profitability plan to boost revenue and cut operating costs after a four-year loss-making streak.