Flying with Ethiopian Airlines
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shakey jake
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bet the food is sparse too
This always a conundrum. The last couple of years I have just bought ammunition in country. There’s at least 3 big gun shops in Windhoek. As long as you are not using some exotic caliber or your own pet home loads buy a box or two locally. It also helps the local economy a wee bit. Most brands, calibers are available . 243,308,30-06, 300 WinMag, 375 are all readily available.
Dunwaters
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Any licensed airline operating within European airspace operates to the European standard.
However, in the case of Ethiopian airlines I have been reliably informed that when calculating passenger load factor a reduced average passenger weight and an increased average passenger height value is applied.
The rest facilities remain onboard with Ethiopian Airlines due to contractual obligations.
Some non national passengers have expressed the fervent wish that they were not.
Parachutes are no longer routinely issued to either passengers or crew, in simulated exercises it was found that the majority of people used their carry on luggage aided by an oversized shirt during in flight aircraft evacuations.
It was also recorded that a very large percentage of in flight evacuees landed on their feet, particularly when landing in Europe or the UK.
Heym SR20
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I flew a few times with Ethiopian back in the days of Comrade Menguistu. They were one of the few ways for a student to get down to Zimbabwe and Zambia. You stopped in Addis Abbaba and transferred planes. They would lay out all the luggage on the apron by the aircraft, and you had to identify your own luggage and carry it to the baggage handler to load into the hold. Of course my backpack wasn’t there, so after quite a bit of discussion I was shown the back of a truck. On no Africa wins again I thought. Nope just driven to central baggage hall. Quickly identified my bag. Loaded into the truck back to the aeroplane and carried on southwards. I spend most of a flight looking out the window. It was at the time of the build up for the first Gulf War and you could see military transport after transport flying below.
I spent two months working in Ethiopia in 1988. My overwhelming memory was of a fascinating country with amazing people, but in a strangle hold of a communist dictator. In the company of a young Ethiopian engineer called Nelson, and a driver I spent most of those weeks travelling the length of the Awash river counting rivers flowing into it and every canal and irrigation off take. Mostly the river flowed through virgin bush and desert with the odd farm and a handful of irrigation schemes. Its now pretty much developed the whole length.
We had one evening sitting around a fire down in the Danikal depression with a load of Afar tribesmen (all in loin cloths, wollen cloaks, big knives and AK47s) and their camels with a film projector projecting James Bond onto the white wall of the compound in which were staying and all laughing at the same parts of the film.
I spent two months working in Ethiopia in 1988. My overwhelming memory was of a fascinating country with amazing people, but in a strangle hold of a communist dictator. In the company of a young Ethiopian engineer called Nelson, and a driver I spent most of those weeks travelling the length of the Awash river counting rivers flowing into it and every canal and irrigation off take. Mostly the river flowed through virgin bush and desert with the odd farm and a handful of irrigation schemes. Its now pretty much developed the whole length.
We had one evening sitting around a fire down in the Danikal depression with a load of Afar tribesmen (all in loin cloths, wollen cloaks, big knives and AK47s) and their camels with a film projector projecting James Bond onto the white wall of the compound in which were staying and all laughing at the same parts of the film.
Ethiopian was ok for travelling to Namibia but recently Virgin have been cheaper.
1. You need to notify them at booking you have a firearm
2. They charge £100 for separate ammo case which cannot go in your luggage
3. There is only 1.5 hours turn around in Addis on the way. They will get you at the terminal door, make sure you have at least 5 copies of your passport and FAC this speeds it up. You have to be taken to the conveyors to show them your firearm and ammo.
It is tight but works
4. On the way back you have about 5 hours turn around, they are a bit slow with the FAC. You have to go to the help desk air side to sort it out. They gave me free food and beer in the first class lounge.
5. The plane from Addis to Windhoek has no TV.
All in all they were ok
Cheers
Adrian
1. You need to notify them at booking you have a firearm
2. They charge £100 for separate ammo case which cannot go in your luggage
3. There is only 1.5 hours turn around in Addis on the way. They will get you at the terminal door, make sure you have at least 5 copies of your passport and FAC this speeds it up. You have to be taken to the conveyors to show them your firearm and ammo.
It is tight but works
4. On the way back you have about 5 hours turn around, they are a bit slow with the FAC. You have to go to the help desk air side to sort it out. They gave me free food and beer in the first class lounge.
5. The plane from Addis to Windhoek has no TV.
All in all they were ok
Cheers
Adrian
The stewardess’s leave a lot to be desired…
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