27 Hours on Ethiopian Airlines! Business Class on the Boeing 787 🇪🇹
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- I took a flight from Sao Paulo to Manchester via Addis Ababa onboard Ethiopian Airlines Business Class to see just how their product matches up to the more well known airlines.
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The uniforms on the stewardesses are gorgeous. It's always nice when a flag carrier airline designs the crew uniforms based on the country's cultural outfits.
I loved the Ethiopian uniforms.
StreakyAnchovy what if Lufthansa Flight attendants wore Lederhosen 😂
I always say that.
@@cooposa With a swastika on the armband. For peak authenticity. Lufthansa was created in 1930s Germany after all..
@@cooposa on special occasions they actually do use those!
Again Ethiopian Airways leads the way representing Africa at large. Well done Ethiopia 🇪🇹. One love from Nigeria 🇳🇬
Tnx I wish all African aviations lead by Africans
Im somali but im pleased to see you acknowledge us cushites as africans. A lot of bantus and nilotes dont. 😂 Love. I would also like to try some jollof.
5L
I’ll thank Buddha that I don’t have to eat shitty food like you obviously do!
You want chips with that saveloy?
memegod
Not being funny but he probably pronounces names like a white man because he is one?
@Anderson Brito
Which people?
I flew Ethiopian 787,9 from Dublin to Washington I found the crew and service 100%
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Thank you for choosing Ethiopia airline you should do it again all way from Ethiopia
@@kidubg3896 I would but they do a stop over in dublin and don't think they pick up anymore passengers in dublin
I am sad to hear that but your humble person thank you
What, via AA?
3 meal services in 12 hours, that's what I call good service
ag 15 2.5 meal services I’d say as one of the meals was just some nuggets
@@johnnyboy3949 Hey, don't poo-poo those nuggets. At least they feed you something. Most airlines, US ones in particular, feed you only two meals on a flight that long. And even then, it's a second meal that proffered begrudgingly, as if it hurt the US carrier to spend a little more money on you. The second meal, if they offer you one, is skimpy, since they try to get away with feeding you a "snack box," which in my experience, is pretty much inedible. And this is in American/United/Delta's so-called "premium" cabins. Don't knock the chicken nuggets. You're lucky to get them.
Aves Raggiana
US airlines are shabby...
@@NoLefTurnUnStoned. If you fly Southwest Airlines on a domestic flight, the service is good + 2 free checked bags.
azariah15 so is almost every mainline carrier in Asia. Thai, Singapore, Malaysian, ANA, JAL, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, Vietnam and Garuda Indonesia will all give you a full meal service on a two hour flight. And all fares include at least 20kg of luggage. Most even use the weight concept; ie you can take three bags weighing 5kg each or something without having to worry! I did that once by taking 8 5kg boxes when I had 40kg allowance.
So, here in Asia we seem to get the very long end of the stick.
Tell the world sound the alarm......AFRICA IS BEAUTIFUL
From the air maybe lol
@Kristof Alexy but it's also the place where you are most likely to be hacked to pieces, kidnapped, catch some incurable disease, or all of the above
I think il admire the natural beauty of the terrain from the absolute safety of a Google earth satellite, or from the relative safety of an aircraft that won't be landing there
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Addis Ababa seems more developed now, so you would probably remain safe if you use the simple precautions that you would use elsewhere
Flew their 787 business class dublin to JoBurg and i thought it was fantastic, and the food onboard was all authentic Ethiopian cuisine. Also loved the fresh roasted coffee in the cloud9 lounge transferring in Addis. Such friendly people
Thank you for choosing Ethiopia airline
Thank you for choosing my Great African Airlines , Ethiopian Airline 🇪🇹💚💛❤️
Green- it's our Greenland
Yellow- it's our freedom
Red- it's our blood for our freedom ❤️
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Ethiopian airlines is the pride of Africa when it comes to air transport!
I agree, Ethiopian airlines should seriously put some Ethiopian food on their menu. They are noted for their good cuisine and I am pretty sure a stranger like me would have also love to try something from their country on such a flight. Good review and thanks for sharing. 👍
Yes Ethiopian airlines have Ethiopian food but it is only in bussiness class
I think they gonna start very soon
They started to serve in there airlines its was good management for that
Noel, it’s great to see that Ethiopian is such a good airline. I’ve flown with them before & offer my clients the option to fly with them. They beat many carriers hands down & I will be sharing your excellent video with my clients too. Safe travels!
Thank you for travelling by Ethiopia you should do it again
Everyone things of famine when someone mentions Ethiopia...that was a long time ago, it's one of the richest and most developed countries in Africa.
I wouldn't say it's rich, but the airline has expanded well.
@@tekkieman * richest, its relative
@@EarlSquirrelsonn england is one of the richest and most developed countries in Africa XD
It's only because of those dreaded commercials they used to show to get money out of our pockets......
Which isn't saying all that much
Thank you Neol for you choosing my country Ethiopia airlines by the way not only for Ethiopia also African airlines am proud of ET "" THE NEW SPIRIT OF AFRICA once again tks Neil come again we serve you very well.
Africa is beautiful continent to fly over indeed. There are mountains 🏔, oceans 🌊, dense forests 🌳, deserts 🏜, plains and savannas all over the continent from north to south
Well.... not oceans
Don't worry it won't stay like that as soon the west steps in there and helps them ....Develop it.....
@Mohyeet Inc We live in an amazing planet, and all we do is fight and kill, over dust.
@@jamesjames3525 you do realise the Chinese are the ones "developing" Africa these days?
By the way just because you try to sell out your own western kin doesn't make you virtuous, try doing some actual good yourself instead.
@@jamesjames3525 more likely destroy it.
Being Ethiopian = Good service + smile + safe+ love+ coffee+ Royalty Hey keep it up
please mention you top flight by Ethiopian Airlines.
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Gorgeous flight attendants! 😍
Dude, I'm an East African and even I wouldn't make my first trip to Africa a 27 hour flight on an exotic airline! Lol. You're one brave soul! But Ethiopian are known to be great, so you lucked out there. Great content. Thank you.
“My personal highlights are the random grinning woman and binocular guy”
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Amazing review of this great African airline.
Ethiopia airline 😘
@@ilyamulira2435 what?
@@ilyamulira2435 do u need help
Why do you keep saying it tasted better than it looked when it looked perfectly fine on both occasions? Do you usually eat Van Gogh paintings?
yeah didn't understand that either
TBH the gravy around that tenderloin looked pretty gross
Just watch his video from Singapore Airlines and you'll understand what he's on about: czcams.com/video/Orx6B2u1Wo8/video.html
@Boski You obviously don't fly business class long haul often. Qatar, Emirates, Cathay, Singapore all have much better food presentation. It may be a plane, but when you have paid thousands of dollars for a ticket, the food need to look and taste like a top quality restaurant.
Snowflake alert, we have to watch what we say. 🖕🏼
I’m flying Ethiopia from Lagos to Dubai on Friday 🥳
salamat Garba How was it?
5:44 Noel: :as we crossed congo I listened to some appropriate music"
*Listens to Africa - Toto*
I love and always use Ethiopian airlines
hahah, loved the end!
As a child landing into Manchester after a summer holiday, I always knew we were so close to home when we flew over B&Q and the Stockport pyramid.
Now as an adult who lives abroad, the first thing I do when I get to Manchester is treat myself to a Greggs in arrivals
And the IKEA at Ashton under Lyne 🤣
I did this in 2016 to Heathrow. Back then the route was Sao Paulo to Addis Ababa, with a stopover in Lome in Togo. We had an 11 hour connection in Addis Ababa, so we were prepared to spend the night in the airport. Imagine our surprise when, while checking in in Sao Paulo, we discovered that Ethiopian provide a hotel for overnight connections. Not only that, but we would have transfers to and from the hotel, and dinner and breakfast included aswell. The hotel was lovely, a Radisson, and the food was nice. We flew to London the next day, and it was on the 11th of September, which just happens to be Ethiopian New Year! So the whole city had a very festive feel about it, it was very cool.
My experience on Ethiopian airlines was top notch I flew from Windhoek to Addis Ababa
I fulfilled a long held dream and had a month in Ethiopia in August2019 , and flew them around domestically to Mek'ele (737-800) and Jinka (DH4) they were great. Would recommend them anyway Awesome place too!
Ethiopians know how to make coffee.. so do Egyptians and most middle eastern countries.. just love the coffee, best with a little cardamon
Neither of those are the Middle East but....
Abdi Ahmed Egypt is debatable
That's where coffee was discovered
@@KrazyMCGaming not debatable it's an African country. It doesn't matter what language they speak or what colour they are.
Joe no it doesn’t but it does matter that egypt is the furthest northeast and the closest to the middle east. literally almost neighbors to Israel.
food in the lounge at Addis looked amazing!
Right? Can't believe he was like 'meh' and headed straight for the beer fridge... and then Gregg's when he got home :D
I love that you are trying some African airlines. I think some of them will pleasantly surprise you. Safe travels.
Great airline great service my favourite airline cant wait to go home with Ethiopian airline
Noel, the coastline view was absolutely amazing to look at. Those cliffs! Thanks for sharing those HD zoomed in views of Africa!
I loved your narration, and of course the service and huge network of Ethiopian airlines (the best African airline)
~Am Kenyan
Thank you my Kenyan bro
Your adventures inspire me so much to just get out and travel, once I have the funds I don't think I'll ever stop travelling. Great video once again Noel, can't wait for the next one!
Am proud of my African continent, we are trying.🇰🇪
It’s been many years that I first visited Gambia on a last minute package holiday. I must admit that I was a little perturbed when I saw that we were going to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight. But I was more then pleasantly surprised at the overall experience with the excellent service leaving a lasting impression many hundreds of flights later. Great to see that they’re still doing a surprisingly good job.
The registration on the Tchadia Airlines is actually Ethiopian - it's one of their regional feeder airlines
The same plane was also leased to Togo-based Asky Airlines between 2013 and 2018.
Another cracking and interesting video on a very different route. Loved it, please keep them coming!
Noel at 11:38 my mums friend checked your boarding pass
So lucky
hahaha
Fantastic video! Amazing music choice, super interesting, enjoyable video as always! Thank you Noel!!
I flew with Ethiopian airlines from Doha to Addis Ababa just for curiosity and it was great as well 👍🏻
I couldn't agree more with you Noel about the food. They could really impress by providing some traditional Ethiopian food. Chicken nuggets for breakfast? That's not a default breakfast anywhere in the world, nevermind in Business Class. Cheers to another great video! i want to try that Ethiopian coffee and beer!
Complains about airline food... then goes to Greggs.
First thing any manc would do, back in Cottonopolis, after eating all that foreign muck!
I got confused as well LOL
Savage!
@@olivergorman3419 If you don't like foreign muck , you don't have to go abroad. You might as well stay home and eat the muck you had all of your life. Bet you are a benefit claimer with a missing teeth too lol
@@onursonmez8939 I'm guessing they don't tell too many jokes where you come from, probably for very good reasons.
Happy Christmas.
First review of Ethiopian to Manchester on CZcams?
ET flights to Toronto and D.C. require a refuelling stop in Dublin due to the high Altitude in Addis Ababa
Bro that food at the lounge looked delicious! Especially that first one you opened that was a chicken curry with whole eggs! 👀💦💦
yeah it's doro wot it's so yummy
Nah it looked grim
@@WeMuckAround Chill Bro!
@@WeMuckAround that food that looked grim is the food i grew up eating. For me it looks amazing. The types of food you think look good are the ones you are used to. But just because they look different it doesn't mean they are/look bad. Respect others cultures. Have a good day🙂
Selam Wondwossen I feel sorry for you
Maybe it's a good idea to put the track listings up as some are really nice chilled out sounds which goes perfect with being high in the sky!!!
18:30 *Nice to see Tomas Cook plane*
This is in my opinion the best airline review channel on youtube. No annoying commentary like SanSpotter, no stale jokes like Jeb Brooks, no weird music like QFS.
I've flown with Ethiopian Airlines twice before; once to Hong Kong and a second time to Paris - both leaving from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The service was way beyond my expectation, really. I flew on the cloud 9 class both times. I recommend.
Dear Noel ! Thank you for sharing this magnificent video about your experience with Ethiopian Airlines.
I flew with them last year from Buenos Aires to Sao Paulo and return. I was very stressed out because it was about time to visit my three daughters, which I hadn´t seen for 12 years !
I must agree with you: their service was excellent, a charming and very helpful crew!!!
I even tried the Ethiopian beer, which was very tasty indeed ! It´s an airline I would truly recommend !
Best wishes Noel, from your Argentinian friend,
Robin from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ethiopian Airlines is actually very nice. They’re not Singapore Airlines, Emirates, or Air New Zealand, but they’re easily the best African airline and comparable to the international offerings of above average major western airlines.
Rising airline in Africa Ethiopia airlines is the pride of Africa its affordable,good service,smooth landing, best food,friendly cabin crew and hospitality so fly with Ethiopia airlines to experience Africa culture and beauty 💚💛❤ love from Ethiopia
Gotta say one thing about all your videos, music, I don’t know of others, but I absolutely love it, sets the right mood each single time 😊
I loved Ethiopian Airlines, the entire flight was magical.
I bumped into an article about your flights within Tanzania this morning- and ever since, I have been binge-watching several videos of yours. I'd better get some sleep now. Thanks
Yeah I love Ethiopian 🇪🇹. They are a really nice airlines especially if you want to travel to Africa. Their fleet is very young and crew is amazing.
If you ever go back to Sao Paulo again, PLEASE fly on TAP Portugal. They are the best airline in the world in my opinion, and they have an amazing service from Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
I have never flown Ethiopian Airways ever looking forward to this review this is going to be fun
You are missing it out if you don't have experience in Ethiopia airline
My favorite part is from 10:12 - 10:32. Your expressions are hilarious!
Flew London to Addis return, was pretty good. Was some time ago so wasn't a Dreamliner in those days. Ethiopia was incredible, the civil was going on now is terrible.
Should try the food as it is wonderful.
The dinner dishes looked so good!
Its the best
I have only heard wonderful things about Ethiopian Airlines. Can't wait to fly them. Shout out to the company and all the staff that make it so great. .
I'm kind've surprised that there is a direct flight from Brazil to Ethiopia. I've spent some time on Ethiopian airlines 787, economy seats are pretty uncomfortable. Business is fine especially with the new business set up. The flight attendants are gorgeous, I love their traditional outfits some use.
Thank you for flaying with Ethiopian !
Noel, I was particularly interested in this video as my father worked for Ethiopian on loan from TWA to train them to run their airline. Things of course have really changed there in Addis. When we first flew in there it was on a Douglas DC6B and the airport terminal was basically a shack.
@@samiraa3671 Back in the early 60s. We arrived on the first delivery flight of the DC6Bs.
@@robertmontgomery9602 nice
Seasons greeting from Addis Ababa and. I had once listened to an extended interview of Ethiopian Airlines' old timers (pilots, management staff mechanics, etc) on a local radio. They talk about the good times, the hard periods, and especially how strict training, working procedures, business management, and safety were while TWA was helping ET with management. 70 or so years today, ET maintains those old values inherited from TWA and improves them with the changing world situation. One can say TWA was a midwife for Ethiopian Air whereas today ET is becoming like a midwife to several airlines in Africa. It is very sad such distinguished and glamorous airlines like TWA have gone down in history. Happy New Year!
I absolutely loved this video, my favourite of yours so far, particularly liked when you flew over East Midlands and then Derby and Pride park was in full view 😍
I was just thinking 'its about due for you to upload', low and behold you upload about an hour later.
Mate you actually did it❤️ thanks so much !😆
Doing my first cloud nine flight with Ethiopian in a few weeks from now. Looking forward to my 9 hour flight 👍
Thank you for choosing Ethiopia airline love from Ethiopia
Reminds me of the trips we had to take when I was a kid in the Eighties:
Paris-Fort de France-Caracas-Bogota-Quito
Paris-Anchorage-Tokyo-Seoul
Loooong trips.
Awesome 👏 fantastic 👍🏻 it’s time to make a best of blue ray 👍🏻 100% incredible work again! I am very exited to more crazy trips!
TAAG and Chad airlines do not have scheduled flights into Addis Abeba. The aircraft were at Bole Airport for maintenance. Ethiopian has good MRO services.
Lovely video ... and the last 5 min had some amazing play of light with a great background score ...
Ever thought of air newzealand
Thanks for the review. I appreciate the fact that you were honest about your experiences.
There is lots of smoke because of a celebration called meskal
What is Meskal? A festival/holiday?
🍯 blood honey yes it’s a festival every year
That flight path from Brazil to the African continent has to be one of the scariest in the world. If the plane encounters difficulties you got nothing but ocean for thousands of miles.
Excellent video Noel. Your ability to maintain audience engagement is awesome. Keep doing what you do. A natural born vlogger.
Thank you so much 👍
proud to be half ethiopian
Why? I would be ashamed? Letting my country go in to starvation while building airports and flag carriers
@@slcarsuk what??
Villainous foreigner ignorance. That was a long time ago. It’s one of the wealthiest and most developed countries in Africa
Villainous foreigner what country are you from?
8:30 I don't find that frustrating unless it's a Swiss or Jet2 covered in vinyls.
Uhh Sao Paulo has an amazing star alliance lounge so I don't know why you didn't visit it. It's in the international terminal not terminal 2
Chicken nuggets for breakfast in business class? Bit odd!
Great video!
Well, it isn't "odd" in some cultures. Just don't eat them if you find it odd.
@Peta Logda
Aviation is not your culture, it's no one's culture.
@Peta Logda "my people's creations" What are you smoking? You seem really dumb and petty like a little child.
@peta Logda
You are obviously stuck in the 50's mentality. Weak up!
You should have stayed in Addis for a while. Lovely place, lovely people. But my flights to and from Addis 40 years ago were hellish......
I bet the food was great! I had some Ethiopian at a restaurant called Kaffa in Camden, London. Best vegetarian food I’ve ever had.
btw I’ve not watched the video yet. Just at the start
Noel your reviews are just on point .. as a professional in travel reveiw.... I expect pure feel like im in your back pack detailed reveiws which you deliver week in week out .. outstandingly Great, I always feel the iv been abroad feeling after your videos ,Awsome job keep going dude
Africa sure looks beautiful!
Always love to see the price breakdown! Keep up the great/fun work Noel
I really enjoy when you go to places like South America and Africa, places I will likely never see.
Business class cabin is beautiful
Tchadia is now owned by Ethiopian, so its one of their own plane.
Took Ethiopian Airlines from Toronto to Johannesburg via Addis in business class. I have to say they’re by far the best African airline. South African airlines pales in comparison. Only drawback was a fuel stop in Dublin on return journey. Agree with your summary sir.
Your videos must help change points of view, on some not so well known Airlines. Well done, as I am sure these Airlines appreciate the good comments, when they earn them. It's easy to rubbish things you know very little, or nothing about. Big thumbs up to you Sir, for telling it as it is.
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Not sure why the title but you flew from Brazil to Uk via a country called Ethiopia. Or better change the title to South America to Europe via Africa.
Awesome trip report. The food looked good, but I agree that some traditional food would have been better. It's great that you were able to experience both the old and the new business class seat
Thanks for watching!
These are brilliant fascinating vlogs just exhausted watching the travel and flights having done this for business. Well done hopefully more when life gets back to normal.
I know you're reviewing airline travel but you flew to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Addis Ababa and Brussels and didn't experience any of these places. Seems like such a waste of travel if you don't see more than airports.
Maybe bcs of work so he didnt have the time
Beside he only there for a few hours before his next flight
He is a plane fanatic and reviewer. Not a traditional travel vlogger
Maybe he just wanted to go to Brussels from Buenos Aires! It's not because you have a layover that you need to leave the airport for a tour, that is nonsense.
Strange thing with that stop at Brussels. When you do Brussels-Cape Town with Ethiopian, they do a stop at… Vienna!
Amazing background music.
You're right, there needs to be proper Ethiopian food on the flight.
Glad to see the airport looks nice. When I passed through there in July they were still busy with construction and things looked a bit shabby and going through checkpoint was not very organized. Glad they cleared all that up. Oh and there happened to be a naked guy strolling through the airport. Needless to say, I had an interesting journey through Addis.