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Hi Gabe, how much were you encouraged with for nice words for Qatar airline while on board of Ethiopian?, I choose Ethiopian any day !

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Yeah they are arresting white Americans as spy's. I am dating a Venezuelan woman. She will not let me go there with her as she says it is very dangerous for me. Their allies are the Russians and Iranians. I wish I could go there.

I hope next time you try first class on Qatar Airways. ❤

6:15 even virtual boarding pass is accepted

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Had similar experience at gate when staff though my bag was wrongly tagged. I was called several times to the desk and I told them: No no I only want it to Bangkok and not to Hongkong (Destination was Hong Kong, but had 24h in Bangkok).

Absolutely love any Indian curry out of the UK. It’s becoming a part of their culinary culture.

Good job. You didn't have the coffee. I have never tasted coffee or like it. It's rubbish, They even have a filter on the lid. They're coffee. Cannot be drank with out the lid on.

Your grievances about the cramped cabin size, the discomfort of sleeping comfortably except when positioned on your side, and the noise levels experienced in first class seemed misdirected, as such critiques should have been aimed at the aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, rather than Ethiopian Airways. Granting you the benefit of the doubt, I sought out your review of Etihad Airways, a carrier you had praised, only to stumble upon your review of India's Airbus A350, the same but a smaller variant of Ethiopia's A350. Notably, while assessing India's A350, you didn't complain about cabin space, sleeping comfort, or noise levels but instead, you were all smiles dancing around expressing great satisfaction praising India's A350. Even incidents like misplaced luggage by British Airways and minor delays caused by the British at Heathrow Airport seemed to provide you with an opportunity to thrash Ethiopian Airways. Also, despite them being among the most courteous, friendly, modest, and respectful in comparison to other airlines, notably, you're quick to critique Ethiopian Airways cabin crew. With two decades of experience residing in the USA, I'm familiar with the game, strategies at play, where smear campaigns are commonplace across various sectors, including the airline industry, politics, and entertainment. The stark disparity in your reactions towards Ethiopia's A350-1000 and India's A350 (both of the same model) raised suspicions about ulterior motives - it is clear that you're ether driven by financial incentives or harbor an underlying antipathy towards Black progress with a particular bias against Africa's most successful airlines. Their success has posed a threat to the status quo, prompting your biased review. On a different note, you're correct in pointing out the deficiencies in their Wi-Fi service, meals and timing; I hope that they come across your feedback and take steps to enhance these aspects, leaving little room for further criticism. I, too, share your dislike for the dramatic classical music played on board.

truth hurts you deleted my comment 😂 because i told you that you just go there to complain

I actually felt sorry for you. It was a rough day for you, but then I knew since I can see into your future, how excited you’ll be when you get to Antarctica. I still enjoyed seeing and learning about airlines that I’ll never get to fly on. Thanks - Jim

I wish i could fly the a340 one time❤

It's great that your benchmark to criticize Ethiopian Airlines is not other African Airlines but Qatar Airline. It tells ET is on the right track to become a global competitor.

Hard products separates the mediocre and the good, while soft product and ground experience seperates the good and the preimum.

Wish you show the whole cabin

See the comairco and equatorial congo livery. They get thier c checks @ bole.

Gabe I don’t think you were harsh , you simply had a mode swing prior and during the flight due to 1 missing your luggage 2 delay in diner service leading to less sleep which you were in need apparently. As expected you were fair enough in your final thoughts as it was an average flight overall . Shocking to me it’s the beginning of you to hate the A350 😂 as you noticed the noise level change . Where is your unconditional love to this aircraft type 🤓

Cant wait for the ai 777x ❤

Did you rent a car or hired a company for private transportation?

I watched this video in the "Cloud Nine Business Lounge" at Addis Abeba, and just got home after flying ET in Biz OSL-ADD-ZNZ and back within two weeks. This video perfectly summarises my own experience, even though I was on completely different flights. Im guessing people complaining about the review in the comments are either having an agenda themselves, or just haven't flown on ET recently. Love the videos Gabe - would have been cool to meet you in Addis, but you went trough a few days too early :D

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I've stayed in the SQ lounge at Heathrow when I was just flying LHR-ARN, but that was a year or two ago. Lounges keep making up their own rules every now and then, it seems.

Africans use them coz they are really cheaper compared to other premium airlines and they have the monopoly of African aviation. But their service is truly terrible for me . I only fly them if I have no choice . Like if I’m flying within Africa and there’s no other airline on that route . Had a terrible experience with them on my flight to london and since then never ever will I use them. SAA, Air Mauritius, SA Airlink and even Kenya Airways ( if you take away their monotonous delays and cancellations) have way better service

You can still have your boarding passes on your mobile phone. Once your mobile comes through the scanner, you can show it to the security personnel frisking you.. It's no hassle, and they won't complain either... I've been flying without a printed boarding pass for more than 7-8 years.. Not once I've faced any hassle... The security personnel have always been happy to oblige us...

To much compliant,

This video felt like more of a tiresome complaint than an actual review.........

It would appear Ethiopian Airlines no longer plays their amazing boarding music on the brand new Airbus A350-1000s. However what was a real surprise to hear at 10:07 Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" 😲 ❤️!! I'd hardly imagine that to calm you on boarding the aircraft 😉. If the fourth movement IV. Allegro con fuoco did play it would seem like Jaws met the Lord of the Rings lol. The Airbus A350-1000 looks amazing. Are those dimmable windows only in Business. Those inflight sreens are amazing just like on their -900s, though I was in Economy. Hope they send it to Toronto someday. You sped up the landing. The views of Addis Ababa are amazing on landing. You can see that view on my channel 🙂.

If it wasn't for the lounges, i would always avoid London. Like go out of my way to not transit there. It is truly horrible. The cabin looks ... well it's not for me. And the music would truly stress me out. Even though they are the cheapest among award charts, i avoid them. Flew them once for my Kili hike, was ok.

BA have such well trained crews. Its just a pity that its run by scammy admin and robotic answers when they do something wrong. rebooked a trip with BA, their personell on phone, partial cancellation and rebook, but new ticketnumber (pnr whatever) never showed up. Was stranded in Russia for 24 hours and it cost me phonebills of 1500euro plus the ticket being lost plus a new rebooking when another airline. Needless to say, after being in the hole at around 3 grand lost, I will never be setting foot on BA again. They never reimbursed me. 10000 avios... all i got. Never used them. I went all Star Alliance/Sky Team after.

Nice choice of music again 👌

His video was basically just to complain about the airline like clearly Qatar is going to be better. Asia is the biggest continent. Emirates is even better than European airlines bet he wouldn’t go complain on them your video wasn’t helpful to people planning trips……

Although it definitely is not the QR service as you mentioned, still got to commend ET for their business model with their connecting hubs and banks, and running profitability (definitely more profitable than QR). As an African, I will always support them as they are able to provide a reliable service across the continent while also empowering Africans across the board in all aspects of their operations

"Look, I'm nitpicking"- yes, that's all you're doing... and its awfully tiresome! The only thing I'd be annoyed about is the WiFi not working. Every night flight I've taken with them, meal service is over and done with in an hour or so. Noel actually makes a particular note of that in his Ethiopian vlog. Cabin crew always efficient and mostly friendly. I'm sure if Ethiopian afforded you special access like airlines in SA and Namibia, this review would have turned out a lot different. Curious to see how the rest of your experience unfolds.

You’re right about the security mob at Heathrow .. last time I went through there at T4 , I had 2 ‘guards’ ready to put me up against a wall or onto the floor , because I hadn’t taken my clean and folded handkerchief out of my pocket and put it into the plastic tub to be x-rayed !! It is nice though when you get one with a brain and without the angry attitude, who treats you like a paying passenger and not like a prison inmate .. 😂😂.. thanks for the cool video .. 🙏

Great video Gabe, Hope you and the family have a lovely Christmas. Looking forward tot he next videos

Excellent vid! Loved the timing on the classical music, and it stopping! Haha! 🎉😂

I love Bole in the morning. Too bad I had to cancel my own LHR-ADD flight.

Nice flight review. I am a fan of the Airbus A350, it makes me feel comfortable.

Do you blame the bag issue on Ethiopian airlines or British Airways ? Last year I flew from Frankfurt to Washington D.C with a transit time of 2 hours in LHR with BA and the aircraft from Frankfurt was late to depart. Reached LHR and ran so fast to the gate for my next flight as I was gonna be super late since we landed much later than scheduled. To my surprise, the A380 which was supposed to take us to IAD got technical issues and there was an aircraft swap. Waited for three hours more until departure and yet they could not manage to load my luggage despite the 3 hours delay. Oh, I got the same issue again 4 days prior as I was traveling from Mauritius to Frankfurt transiting in LHR in business class ( Air Mauritius and Lufthansa). I think the problem is with Heathrow being a total mess when transiting

Haha. Trying to ram in the pallet 🤦🏿. Did you have to pay for seat selection and how much ? Great vid again 👍🏿

A lot of people like the deep rumbling/whirring sound of the GE90s on the B777 upon start-up. Maybe they'd be less enthusiastic if they knew it's because if the plane has been shut down for more than an hour, the extreme static weight of the fan section has bent the main shaft. When the engine is started the shaft bearings take a hammering before the shaft realigns to straight, and that's that nice rumbling noise.

As I also depart from ARN and I'm SAS Gold some of my reward flights have been Ethiopian as they have plenty of flights and ADD is quite a small and ok airport (if you avoid the *A Gold lounge but the BC class lounge is nice and if you like spicy food its great) - but I agree that their "cloud 9" business class product is hard, I have also had several aircraft swaps (more than I have had on QR and I fly QR 100 times more) .. There worst is their 2-3-2 business class on their 777s, dam I really hate that. Finding a A350 with their 1-2-1 is almost impossible :) The last two times I'v'e transited at LHR the security was a breeze, both times. I didn't know the Singapore lounge had re-opened, glad as the old one was crap :) (And yes if you are Star Alliance gold you should in deed have access) I also agree that boarding is always chaotic, with strange queues and more than usual pax who thinks priority boarding means them.. QR used to be my favorite airline, have over 150k miles in Business - But since they introduced their code sharing with AY that means no reclining seat AND no access to First Class lounge in DOH (for some weird reason) and only one flight at 08 from ARN.. its hard

I Love The A350

I Like The Ethiopian Cuisine Aboard.Great Video And Info

This looks amazing!! I'm not sure if it is just me but it looks like the older Air France business class seat designs on their A350-900

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Great video! Last summer, I had the chance to fly Ethiopian Airlines on their 787 business class from Oslo to Stockholm, and as someone who usually flies economy, it was a fun and memorable experience! Looking forward to your thoughts on Ethiopian's Dreamliner product. Keep up the great work!

Nice work!