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Ethiopian Airlines: how are the flights?
KulaRaha
#1 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 9:27:33 AM
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So have found cheap cheap cheapo tickets to north america in July on Ethiopian. How are the flights? Any experiences?

Web reviews are terrible.

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alma1
#2 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 10:52:00 AM
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My friend, there's no better airline than Ethiopian. I don't take any other. Maybe I'm a mole.
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masukuma
#3 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:13:56 PM
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alma1 wrote:
My friend, there's no better airline than Ethiopian. I don't take any other. Maybe I'm a mole.

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly I have used it a couple of times. sio mbaya.... actually of all african carriers I have used it's the better one. and of course price is king when travelling.
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radio
#4 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:31:09 PM
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masukuma wrote:
alma1 wrote:
My friend, there's no better airline than Ethiopian. I don't take any other. Maybe I'm a mole.

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly I have used it a couple of times. sio mbaya.... actually of all african carriers I have used it's the better one. and of course price is king when travelling.


And their women crew areDrool Drool Drool Drool Drool Drool lenga the business class and sit the back... you can ask one to sit with you on those long haul to North America.

But why the insist of reciting those safety measures in Amharic even where there no Ethiopians on boardSad Sad
masukuma
#5 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:18:21 PM
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radio wrote:

But why the insist of reciting those safety measures in Amharic even where there no Ethiopians on boardSad Sad

I all I hear is
Quote:

blah blah blah...chache.... blah blah blah... chache

that "chache" must mean something common
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urstill1
#6 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 4:44:17 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:
So have found cheap cheap cheapo tickets to north america in July on Ethiopian. How are the flights? Any experiences?

Web reviews are terrible.

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!


I have used the airline about half a dozen times. Especially for the long haul flights to Toronto. I love the layover in Addis. Some can go upto 19hrs. They put you up in one of the hotels I in Addis. Good thing, Kenyans get into country visa free. So upon checking into the hotel one can roam around city sampling massage parlours before beginning the second leg of the journey. Once in a while they''d land in Rome for fuel and/ or crew change. No one else leaves the tarmac. I love the airline coz their ticket prices are unbeatable and their late night flights to Nairobi are rarely full so more liquor if you talk well to the hostesses. Long haul flights are Like Machakos station buses to Western Kenya. If you have met Ethiopians huko kiashland you can connect the dots. Luggage is a serious issue, both check in and carry on, especially flights back to Africa. They are also on Addis Msa route and are dirty cheap. All in all, I love them.
Obi 1 Kanobi
#7 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 5:19:36 PM
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radio wrote:
masukuma wrote:
alma1 wrote:
My friend, there's no better airline than Ethiopian. I don't take any other. Maybe I'm a mole.

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly I have used it a couple of times. sio mbaya.... actually of all african carriers I have used it's the better one. and of course price is king when travelling.


And their women crew areDrool Drool Drool Drool Drool Drool lenga the business class and sit the back... you can ask one to sit with you on those long haul to North America.

But why the insist of reciting those safety measures in Amharic even where there no Ethiopians on boardSad Sad


You must have used them awhile back, I thought they use the recorded safety voice over in english, with the pretty girls giving the demo's.

I think its an ok flight. One time they were overbooked out of Addis, to accomodate the endless AU windbags flying in and out of the city. we jumped the queue rudely and got our seats, some polite (non - kenyans) missed.
"The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline." James Collins
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#8 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 5:28:54 PM
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radio wrote:
masukuma wrote:
alma1 wrote:
My friend, there's no better airline than Ethiopian. I don't take any other. Maybe I'm a mole.

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly I have used it a couple of times. sio mbaya.... actually of all african carriers I have used it's the better one. and of course price is king when travelling.


And their women crew areDrool Drool Drool Drool Drool Drool lenga the business class and sit the back... you can ask one to sit with you on those long haul to North America.

But why the insist of reciting those safety measures in Amharic even where there no Ethiopians on boardSad Sad

that guy with a goatee is he the one tha goes chu chu chuu
kaka2za
#9 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 5:51:52 PM
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Cheap in every way.
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#10 Posted : Tuesday, April 12, 2016 11:56:44 PM
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I like their food too. Better than KLM or Delta across atlantic sometimes.
KulaRaha
#11 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:22:26 AM
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Looks like positive reviews....damn they're cheap though!
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Othelo
#12 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:39:36 AM
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I dont know about their long haul flights, but their Nairobi .... Addis and connection fligts to West Africa are just superb. Walichezea KQ game chafu sana!!!
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#13 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2016 8:00:26 AM
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kaka2za wrote:
Cheap in every way.


Cheap is expensive.
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masukuma
#14 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2016 8:36:03 AM
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Impunity wrote:
kaka2za wrote:
Cheap in every way.


Cheap is expensive.

There is no pride in knowingly paying more for a similar and sometimes inferior service. No pride... it's called stupidity. The only way KQ gets my money is if it's a domestic flight.
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MatataMingi
#15 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:49:54 PM
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Very good airline.
The BEST in Africa
alma1
#16 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:58:28 PM
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masukuma wrote:
Impunity wrote:
kaka2za wrote:
Cheap in every way.


Cheap is expensive.

There is no pride in knowingly paying more for a similar and sometimes inferior service. No pride... it's called stupidity. The only way KQ gets my money is if it's a domestic flight.


I don't know what to tell guys.

Ati cheap. The expensive KQ, where has it got you?

My first flight with Ethiopian was because KLM refused to take my temporary passport. Mind you this was waaay before the terorists.

Because I had to be in Nairobi, a friend adviced me to call the cheap Ethiopian. Those fellows were not only accomodating, they ensured that I was always picked up first at every stop because of my passport. They were saying things like "uyu ni wa nyumba"

Then as someone has mentioned here, the stopover at Addis.

You shall never see me going with those KQ's even if you paid me.

My baggage was lost in Kenya...after all Kenyans handle it. The fellows brought it to my house 1 week later intact. With a free ticket to Addis anytime.

I still have the free offer. I just don't have a ganchungwa in Addis yet.

It's simply the best airline in Africa. You will know when you take the long haul from Las Vegas to Nairobi. Once you land in Addis the whole aeroplane is singing and clapping some funny Ethiopian song.

In Kenya, we shall be lamenting on the death of Chase bank when we land.

Tafakari hayo.

And yes, its economically viable. Not cheap.
Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?

streetwise
#17 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:34:53 PM
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Their pilots are suburb and when in Addis you can try Casablanca
Bykhovets
#18 Posted : Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:52:05 PM
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Horrible!!! Terrible!!!

They recycle cutlery (those plastic cups and trays), the belts don't fit (even for skinny passengers), the foods tastes bad (try their 5am breakfast and risk a bad tummy all day), the cabin is shabby and unkempt, cabin crew that cannot speak English so you hardly ever get exactly what you ask for (one spilt some juice on me and I think she didn't know how to say sorry, so she just stared!), no personalised inflight entertainment, overcrowded, non-existent inflight duty-free shopping etc. Cannot stand ET! Always get depressed when I have to fly ET anywhere. I fly ET ONLY when the other flights are full (never my 1st option).

Only good thing about ET, they are hardly ever late. Arrival and departure 100% on-time.


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Impunity
#19 Posted : Thursday, April 14, 2016 7:45:43 AM
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streetwise wrote:
Their pilots are suburb and when in Addis you can try Casablanca


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Muheani
#20 Posted : Thursday, April 14, 2016 4:53:16 PM
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Bykhovets wrote:
Horrible!!! Terrible!!!

They recycle cutlery (those plastic cups and trays), the belts don't fit (even for skinny passengers), the foods tastes bad (try their 5am breakfast and risk a bad tummy all day), the cabin is shabby and unkempt, cabin crew that cannot speak English so you hardly ever get exactly what you ask for (one spilt some juice on me and I think she didn't know how to say sorry, so she just stared!), no personalised inflight entertainment, overcrowded, non-existent inflight duty-free shopping etc. Cannot stand ET! Always get depressed when I have to fly ET anywhere. I fly ET ONLY when the other flights are full (never my 1st option).

Only good thing about ET, they are hardly ever late. Arrival and departure 100% on-time.





My experience wasn't that bad though on the Addis-Bangkok route..only once and

All other flights been very OK.

My worst experience...was here http://www.airasia.com/. Never again
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