Ethiopian Airlines A350 Business Class: Not Bad

I don't remember any other airline's A350 with Collins Diamind seats installed, besides Lufthansa's customised ones. Also, I didn't expect those centre seats to face each other at the end (mostly found on A330s), rather than parallel to each other (mostly found on 777s ans 787s)... quite interesting.

Most flight attendants have cool green uniforms, some have yellow jackets

The Flight attendants all start the flight in the green uniforms and once the service begins adorn the yellow service vests. Upon landing they are back in their full green uniforms. And yes the Purser wears that beautiful outfit. I need to research the correct name of the Purser's outfit.

I think two long hauls to and from Canada and I can recall well what they wore. You can even see the outfits in the video links I've posted already on your Ethiopian threads (wink)

Middle of the night, 3 hours, flat bed. All you need.

Looks like a routine regional flight on Ethiopian in Cloud Nine. Only difference is that the Foul Medames seems to be catered only on Middle Eastern routes.

I've looked at booking Ethiopian with a several days stopover in Addis, though I'm not sure if it's possible to do this on the website or without a substantial price difference over a standard layover. There's also no option for multiple entry for their 30 day tourist visa / visa on arrival ($62) if you wanted to use ADD as a hub for other trips within Africa.

You can get a multiple entry visa from your local Ethiopian Embassy.

I have flown ET a handful of times, but now just actively avoid them because of the J inconsistency. Its abysmal that on many of their long-haul flights, you could have a 1-2-1, a 2-2-2, or an extremely dated and beaten-up angle flat 2-2-2. I had this on my flight from ORD and it was terrible. None of the outlets worked. Seats are falling apart.

Hard to compete in the part of the world they are in, when I have no sense of what my money or points is actually buying me.

What if I say Ethiopian Airlines is not my Favorite A350 operator anymore?

@Aryaan Srivastava

Then TravelinPenis will rush towards you and call you a racist.

I live in the gulf and work for a decorated gulf carrier. I happily part with mo ey to fly ET because :
- not pretentious and they strive to do good. They a proud airline and the people there embody that.
- Great and comfy seats upfront and in the back
- Not a fan of the dramatics ott IFE, or catering but theres are great and plentiful.
- Most of all their crew are humble and really try. They aren't pretentious and get you safely where you need to be. I don't fly for bells and whistles and the expectation of having some miraculous event or astounding revelation. To get from point A to B Ethiopian is doing fabulously well. Setting the benchmark for the other african carriers to aspire to and in time I have no doubt they will establish something the globe looks at Africa to..

@Marco - The traditional Ethiopian outfit you're referring to is called:
Habesha Khamis.

Habesha ==> Colloquial term for Ethiopian or Of Ethiopian Lineage
Khamis ===> A full length dress

It's worn with a shawl, called: Natala and the edges of both the Khamis and Natala are adorned with some colorful pattern. In the case of ET flight attendants, it's yellow daisies.