Nairobi, June 30 -- Kenya Airways (KQ) has sued a US-based supplier, Aero Industrial Sales (AIS), over an alleged breach of a multi-million dollar agreement for the disposal of surplus aircraft parts from its Boeing 777 fleet.

The national carrier says AIS failed to account for, remit proceeds from, or return inventory under a 2016 three-year consignment agreement covering surplus components, tools and equipment from Boeing 777-200 and 777-300 aircraft.

Under the contract, AIS was to guarantee minimum net proceeds of $2.75 million (about Sh356.12 million) from the sale of the excess stock.

In a suit to be heard today before the High Court, KQ now claims AIS has failed to honour the terms of the agreement and is seeking either payment e...