Kenya Airways employees causing losses through resale of ‘buddy’ tickets
Kenya Airways workers exploit loopholes in vetting to sell complimentary seats, cargo space to traders for a fraction of ticket prices. TEA GRAPHIC
Kenya Airways could be losing millions of dollars in revenue through an incentive scheme for employees to travel around the world even as it offloads surplus aircraft in a bid to stay afloat.
The scheme targeting the airline’s 4,000 employees allows each of them two free flights in a year, each accompanied by four other passengers. The employees exploit weaknesses in vetting of beneficiaries to sell the buddy passes at throwaway prices to traders, who also enjoy more cargo space because the staff are given higher baggage allowances.
