Addis Ababa Airport
Lasting Impressions....
"no bathroom for 100 people in one departure room, do you believe how this can work out, that smell after a few hours, even in Africa ?"
Quick Reference Airport Guide
Here is some information that we've picked out of from your reviews. Be sure to read the review pages for the most up-to-date info:
- ample seating
- padded seating
- shops and cafe
- internet cafe
- lounge available at $15 an hour
A few airport reviews from the archives
by Matt
"I have never paid for a lounge in any airport except the Addis Airport last august. I only had about 5 hours before my flight- long enough to sleep, not long enough to sleep outside the airport, too long to sit and read between 12 and 5 am! I paid the 15 USD per hour to sleep in the general lounge that, although not altogether quiet from outside noises, had super couches, SAT TV, magazines, bathrooms, even a small bar. I slept great, and got up in time for my flight at 5! I would highly recommend this lounge if you have the money, just to keep out of the horribly reverberatous main area that looks and sounds more like a high school gym than anything else!"
by Papa Whiskey
We were a group of four people travelling via Addis Ababa Airport to Djibouti. Our flight from Europe landed about midnight in Addis, and our connecting flight with Ethiopian Airlines departed at 9am the next morning, so we decided to spend the night at the airport.
We were able to check in our luggage after our arrival (well, there was a place near the passport control marked with a sign "connecting baggage", where all the connecting luggage for Ethiopian flights got the destination sticker and was put together on a large pile; but it worked out fine!).
So we ended up on the airside just with our cabin luggage. There were benches with relatively hard plastic cushions, but with no armrest, so everyone was able to sleep flat and outstretched.
Then a big surprise: a policeman walked up to us, and positioned himself about one metre away from us, watching us. After about 5 minutes, i asked him whether everything was okay. He told me that of course everything was okay, but his job is to protect the people here at this airport, so he is going to stay here so that "nothing bad is going to happen to European tourist visiting this beautiful country". [ read more of this review ]
