ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES 777 Business Class 🇪🇹⇢🇿🇦【4K Trip Report Addis Ababa to Johannesburg】GREAT Food!

Check out this 4K Trip Report & Honest Unsponsored Review on board an Ethiopian Airlines 777-200LR in Business Class from Addis Ababa to Johannesburg.
Hi there! My name is Kevin and today we are going to take a look at the full Ethiopian Airlines business class (Cloud Nine) experience. Join me as we check out the airport in Addis Ababa, the Sheba Cloud Nine Business Class Lounge, walk through the busy concourse, check out the seat in detail with my graphics, take a deep dive into the on board experience, taste the INCREDIBLE Ethiopian food on offer and of course we will wrap it all up with The Flip Flop Score.
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Fare: 55,000 Avianca LifeMiles + $56.88 USD
Route: FCO-ADD-JNB
Class: Business Class (Cloud Nine)
Inclusions: 1+1 Carry On, 2 Checked Bags, On Board Meals, Lounge Access
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--Video Chapters--
0:00 Flight Preview
00:10 Intro
00:30 Welcome to Addis Ababa
00:50 Sheba Cloud Nine Business Class Lounge
02:00 Lounge Hot Food
02:25 Plane Spotting
02:45 Ethiopian’s Modern Story
03:07 Route Map
03:25 Our Gate Area
03:46 Boarding Begins
04:30 Today’s Flight Stats
04:42 Walking On Board
04:53 Cabin First Impressions
05:04 Cabin Details (Graphic)
05:25 Business Class Seat Tour
06:30 In Flight Amenities
06:55 Pre Departure Service
07:07 Push Back & Taxi
07:37 Our Departure Route
07:47 Spool Up & Take Off
08:30 Service Begins
08:56 Full Menu & Wine Prices
09:14 Started & Side Salad
09:29 My FAVORITE Meal Service Begins
10:18 Second Meal? + Dessert
10:40 In Flight Entertainment
10:55 Bathroom Amenities
11:04 Amenity Kit
11:22 Beginning our Descent
11:50 Final Approach & Landing
12:20 Plane Spotting while Taxiing
12:45 Deplaning
13:00 The Flip Flop Score
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This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that's the way I like it!
#ethiopianairlines #businessclass #tripreport

[@tanzil88]

Wow 2 Ethiopian Airlines videos today, this one was on the older configuration and 777, the other KZbinr was in the A350 with newer seat. But, we know which one is self funded and not sponsored.

[@tfft]

WOWWWWW hahahaha and both videos even posted at exactly the same time. Wth are the odds of that! And from him! 😂

[@tanzil88]

@@tfft hahahah! Take it as a good omen, maybe? Probably a sign that you'll be bigger someday. Fingers crossed. Lol.

[@tfft]

I kinda love how he hated the food 😅

[@tanzil88]

@@tfft probably not up to his expensive palates. I haven't try Ethiopian foods, is it really that heavy n spicy? He lives in Dubai, right? Isn't middle eastern cuisine also kinda heavy n spicy?

[@susanyeung4165]

@@tfft lmao I saw he didn't like the food. I'm like whatttt. I love Ethiopian food! The spicier, the better. Anyway, l like your review way more!

[@ZRHTrainspotter]

Ethiopian Airlines for me is one of the best airlines in the world ❤

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@DimitriosKotremagias]

I flew Ethiopian to the Seychelles, where I am right now, and the ethiopian food served onboard was DELICIOUS!! I hope they serve some ethiopian course/s tomorrow on my flight back to Europe😊

[@tfft]

I believe you’ll get something similar from all flights from Addis. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@DimitriosKotremagias]

@@tfft Found the menu online, no ethiopian food on neither on the two flights I’ll have with them :( But all their food is good anyway! And love your channel btw, keep the good work up!!

[@tfft]

Ahh, maybe they know people flying to Europe won’t eat it 🤣 That’s a shame. Enjoy the flights!

[@MaratWilliams]

@@tfft No. ET has Ethiopian food only on day flights from Addis. It is the rule. it is a bit heavy at night.

[@aefepiense]

That food look tasty, next time you should do a little extra space for the “main course”. Ethiopians really know how to enchant their clientes. Thanks for the awesome video Kevin.

[@tfft]

Had I knew it was supposed to go that way I would have! haha On the other hand, I suppose they could have been a little less generous with the Ethiopian courses lol. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@NamibianYoutubeChannel]

Thanks for your great video featuring ET, my favourite airline 🙏🏽. With greetings from Namibia

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@Hiro-eb4zx]

Hi, I seriously love every review on the channel. Keep it up! For the "biscuity snack" you had on board, it's Taralli Gusto Classico produced by Fiore Di Puglia. The reason why I know this is because Ethiopian serves the same in Economy, but with the actual package not on ramekin 😉

[@tfft]

They’re Italian?? 🤦🏼‍♂️and here I thought I discovered some new delicious Ethiopian snack! Haha. Oh well, Brava Italia 🇮🇹 Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@Hiro-eb4zx]

Just to be more specific - if you tasted olive oil-ish it could have been "con olio extra vergine di oliva" flavor which is what I got.

[@oliverm2077]

​@@tfftEthiopia was occupied by the Italians from 1936 to 1941, there's a lot of evidence in their cuisine 😁

[@rwrae72]

A very impressive business record for this airline. They could teach other carriers a thing or two.

[@tfft]

Agreed

[@jamal1493]

This is the best review ive seen, am in Zanzibar now and business in Ethiopean was fantastic.

[@tfft]

Enjoy Zanzibar!

[@qjb75]

Always enjoy your unbiased and honest reviews. Look forward to the next one!

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🎉

[@ibeeadane4430]

Thank you sir. Really happy you enjoyed our food! Come again sometime!

[@tfft]

LOVED it! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@abrehamtakel9002]

Ethiopian air lines, African pride.

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🩴

[@KAMU13]

Thanks for this great review. I LOVE Ethiopian food! And to see they are serving multiple courses makes me want to fly with them, soon. While living in DC area (Silver Spring to be precise), we had so many Ethiopian restaurants near by! But one of the best Ethiopian foods I have ever had was in Tel Aviv, it was mind-blowing amazing!

[@tfft]

I'll have to check them out next time I'm in the DC area! Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🙏

[@colinrenfrew48]

Really interesting video. Good job!

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@BeantownMrs]

omg why did I watch this? Now I'm hungry and I want Ethiopian food.

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@TheAngrychipmunk96]

The biscuits look to be Taralli, an Italian snack! Similar to breadstikcs or crackers. Love your reviews! Great attention to detail and as someone who does usually fast froward the take off, the addition of the city info is nice!

[@tfft]

Glad I've squeezed a few extra seconds of view time out of you haha. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@dnstravelforce]

We get our business class by just getting on betting system so we didn't pay full price. The food onboard in the cloud 9 was good. I actually loved the Ethiopian Food at this lounge in the video.

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@inthesunbythebeach]

WOW! Love your video. It enables me to see new places that, I hope to visit and experience.

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🎉

[@zamrunikhalid]

I found your channel a few days ago, and I have been binge-watching your videos for several days now. I really like your style and consistency of telling stories. After watching your videos since the beginning, though, I noticed that you have become more and more critical. But I mean in it in a good way. Keep it up!

[@tfft]

Thanks for subscribing & watching 🙏🏻

[@Mccarrickjohn]

Hello @flipfloptraveller , the aperitif biscuits they gave you are called “Taralli” to the best of you knowledge, they are usually Italian but maybe in Ethiopia they are common from Italy’s former colonial past with the country. There are different versions but these looked like the classic ones. Enjoy!

[@tfft]

Thanks for that! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@romealdre8347]

Correction, Ethiopian has never been colonized by Italians

[@user-qd5kc4qb9l]

ኮሎኒ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samirabdulla9931]

wish you good luck And a happy trip. I liked your introduction to Ethiopian Airlines

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🙏

[@eremasirova2518]

Great tripreport. Loved it. On takeoff and landing, can you also include wing and engine in video and maintain normal speed...not fast forward? Appreciate it...

[@tfft]

Can’t see the engine from all seats. I have a separate channel for in flight videos linked in the description. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@paulkazzer]

Your comments on the day long layover for Euro airlines to and from the far southern hemisphere was the major costly reason that all but BA stopped flying to Australia. The Asian and Mid East airlines can fly in and leave back to their hub home bases promptly. Surprisingly ANA lingers most of the day in Syd for a late night return to Haneda.

[@tfft]

Well ANA is expensive enough that they can afford it 😂 Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@Unazaki]

I'm curious about Ethiopian food now after seeing this.

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@dtalbot9200]

I'm subscribed and I especially appreciate that you post the date of your trips by showing a boarding pass.

[@tfft]

Details matter! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@boywonder8114]

I’m new to flying but I definitely got to check this airline out

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@LaurenFrancisco]

Flying this and the A350 in June! Thank you for this :) I usually fly Qatar or British to South Africa, and used to the suites but this looks charming and looking forward to the food. Just hoping I don't have a neighbor. 🤞🏽

[@tfft]

It's a nice alternative especially since there's probably significant savings. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@gerryrussell1201]

Well done !! Honest as always

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@garyjeffries1041]

In certain seating areas in lounges should have a small screen for times on ✈️

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🙏

[@chinaberg]

One KZbinr told me that the video was not sponsored but made in cooperation with the airline. Even if the airline didn't pay for it, the fact that the airline knows a reviewer is coming means the service may not be the true service.

[@tfft]

Which is why they don’t know when I’m coming lol. If you have behind the scenes access, interview the pilots, have a tour of the apron and sweep the runway, that is the very definition of sponsorship. I never claim other reviewers are paid for the videos like a VPN sponsorship by the airlines, but even if your flight is just free, it is impossible to be impartial. Any discount or special treatment is sponsorship as far as I’m concerned. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@kaclni2004]

Good work Sr,love this video,thank you for sharing!

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@shanidar]

Maybe they were cheese biscuits, which are not salty, slightly cheesy with a texture of shortbread. Go great with tea or coffee.

[@tfft]

A few other commenters mentnioned their an Italian biscuit. I was so caught up in "Ethiiopian Snacks" mode that it never occured to me they were serving something straight out of Italy haha. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@ericthire9106]

cool la meilleure configuration de siege en classe affaire ca c est de l espace et du confort

[@tfft]

Hmm, I'm not sure if it's the best lol

[@rushi1178]

Nice journey brother

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🎉

[@patriciafuchs5970]

Sounds like a decent airline, the food looks yummy!

[@tfft]

It is and was! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@Eyob797]

Great flight review.

[@tfft]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carolinelane9599]

Thanks Kevin. Boy you get around. Was just looking at flights from Tokyo to Seoul and Ethopian came up. Googled and here you are. Great review. Thank you.

[@tfft]

If you can, would highly suggest doing one of the Haneda to Gimpo flights if you can. Will save you a lot of time on both ends. I flew Incheon to Narita last month and it was an absolute s***show.

[@carolinelane9599]

@@tfft Will look into that. Thanks for the heads up Kevin. Much appreciated.

[@agambansal902]

Loved the new snappy intro

[@tfft]

Thanks very much!

[@aemeromedia]

awesome insight! 💪

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@AdamSmith-hs8sh]

Great video again

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@saliva16127]

Now i wanna try the fooood

[@tfft]

Do ittt! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@lifeinethiopia6864]

Injera is a stable food in Ethiopia ❤

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🙏

[@RailsandSky]

This is my first viewing of one of your videos. Excellent production. I have now subscribed. May enquire what camera equipment you use please. Thank you.

[@tfft]

I use iPhones, 13PM and 14PM. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@markjoseph196]

Nice!

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🎉

[@DarioBestDario]

The "biscuit" are called taralli, are supposed to be italian.

[@tfft]

Yes, so I’ve learned 😅 My brain was just expecting them to be serving Italian cookies haha.

[@benberlin6640]

The snack looked like „Taralli Pugliese“ 😅 A very common Italian snack sweet or salty ;)

[@tfft]

Yah, they are haha. A few others pointed it out. I think I was just so READY for it to be an undiscovered Ethiopian delight that I never considered it could have come from somewhere else haha. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@benberlin6640]

@@tfft thank you for your great work!

[@farhanabdulhamid4214]

Family First good brother TNX

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🎉

[@keisuke5468]

As a long follower, I've realized you've shortened your intro

[@tfft]

Hmm, yes. The intro used to be 33 seconds and now it’s 30. Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🎉

[@kidubg3896]

Ethiopia airline is the pried of Africa 🇪🇹

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@IdiotsInCamera]

Ethiopian airlines is the greatest airline in Africa and world

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🩴

[@baliwalknshops1517]

Thank you

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@denisesommer-roque3169]

Thanks

[@tfft]

Thank you as always Denise 🙏

[@thomasmoore9421]

I wouldn't mind trying ET (& EK) on a 5th freedom route. It's too bad they don't do DUB TO LAX. Better chance to get into a premium for a decent fare.

[@tfft]

I reckon EK in First from BKK-HKG is the king of all 5th Freedom Routes. Always under $1k. Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🙏

[@thomasmoore9421]

@@tfft that would be amazing. I'd probably go with EK LCA-MLA in first

[@JeanClaudeCOCO]

Yeah wish they flew to LA. There is no African Airline flying to the West coast.

[@Mrdepedro]

I can't wait to see u in our Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid!

[@tfft]

Do I have a trip coming up that I'm not aware of...? lol

[@Mrdepedro]

@@tfft maybe... Before I'm going to bed always is ALWAYS I see one of your videos and I would love to see some of the new brands that arrive in Madrid in the last 2 years like Mandarin, Four Seasons and Madrid Edition. Madrid is waiting you!

[@farhanabdulhamid4214]

Wow wow wow good brother TNX GOOD business ok thanks good Family First good

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🎉

[@MD-ok2oo]

Mmm biscuit-y :)

[@tfft]

:)

[@danielnel9919]

Hows was the transit through Addis Ababa airport? How does it compare say to Abu Dhabi?

[@tfft]

Abu Dhabi 'sells' a premium experience and it under delivers. Addis 'sells' an economic experience and it delivers. So they're pretty equal in my mind. EY's lounge in AUH has better food/drink though. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@yakobyishak6262]

The one compared to abu dhabi is the new airport there building

[@reidhauke3389]

Too bad they only have injera out of Addis. Aside from the mess it can make for first timers, there is just no food in the world that beats injera in the air. It's pretty awesome on the ground, too.

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🩴

[@benitoiiidolor6567]

Hi kevin, Is the swimming pool in jakarta big or small? :)

[@tfft]

Sorry…?

[@DannyA3579]

I thought you said Yeshiva Cloud Nine Lounge…

[@tfft]

Not quite 😅 Thanks for watching & Happy New Year 🙏

[@fghjkas5098]

The Boot Globetrotter

[@tfft]

🤔

[@tomk5529]

👍

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@stavrosdelaportas1025]

Ethiopian air lines not air ways

[@tfft]

Was checking if you were paying attention. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻