Layover in Addis Ababa with Ethiopian Airlines Business Class Lounge 

We’re so happy to hear that! This is why we make these kinds of videos. Where are you flying to after your layover and are you flying with Ethiopian Airlines? The airline provides a free hotel stay and shuttle to the hotel for layovers over 8 hours if you are transiting between two separate, international flights run by Ethiopian Airlines and if there isn’t an earlier flight available. We were eligible for this and had a voucher but unfortunately the countries we are travelling to next would have required us to have a yellow fever shot if we left the airport in Ethiopia which is why we stayed in the airport.

We’re so glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching! We had a great time in Asia. We hope you have a great trip to Bangkok!

Definitely the best option at that first lounge !

Thank you!

It was a great lounge ! The 16 hours flew by faster than we thought!

Thanks for watching!

That’s awesome! What countries are you travelling to ? 😃

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

While we were not able to explore the country this time we were happy to get a glimpse of the culture by tasting Ethiopian food on the plane and in the lounge. We had an amazing experience flying Ethiopian Airlines. We’ll be back one day to explore the country. ❤️ - Daniel

Nice!!! You’ll love it for sure! Stay tuned for our videos! 😊

Thank you so much for your kind words. We are so happy to hear you enjoyed our video!

We did get the hotel voucher. Unfortunately some countries we are travelling to in the next few months would have required us to have the yellow fever if we left the airport in Addis Ababa so we were not able to take advantage of it. We heard great things about it though! Thankfully the business class lounge made the long layover comfortable. We had a great experience with Ethiopian Airlines!

@@Roadmap2Adventures you really lucked out, as Thai immigration usually also wants a yellow fever vaccine, even if you are just in transit:) about to take FCO-ADD-BKK in a few weeks and explore the city a bit.

@@Roadmap2Adventures that’s why they don’t stamp your passport on a transit visa. So that you don’t have issues with YF vaccine. Also, if you don’t want to,leave airport there is a complimentary hotel inside the airport within the secure area.

Hey there! If you are flying with Air Ethiopia you will receive a hotel voucher. There are two hotels. One is connected to the terminal and the other one you would have to take a shuttle to. I’m not sure if the voucher is valid for the Terminal hotel.

Hey there! The Premium Plaza lounge mentioned a time restriction. The Air Ethiopia business class lounge did not have any restrictions.

True, there are no restrictions afaik in business class lounges

Hey there! The voucher we got was for the hotel outside of the airport and we didn’t have a yellow fever vaccine which would have been required to visit other countries afterwards.

@@Roadmap2Adventures Did you use the massage service in the lounge? Was it operational?

@katesspan Unfortunately it was not operational 😢

We received a hotel voucher, but it was for a hotel outside the airport. We didn't want to leave the airport as we didn't have the Yellow-fever vaccine and Addis Ababa is in the Yellow-fever zone. Certain countries we travelled to would have required the vaccine if we left the airport.

You won't have to leave the transit area. There are two lounges. You can only buy a pass for the Premium Plaza lounge, the other lounge is exclusive to business class travellers. There is also a hotel in the transit area where you can get a room by the hour.

@@Roadmap2Adventures great. Thanks for the information. Really useful