Agent's Corner
- Forms of payment: Cash; bank transfer; Electronic Funds Transfer
- Book ET from your GDS – Sabre, Travelport, and Amadeus
- From July 10, 2025, Ethiopian Airlines will offer four weekly flights from its base in Addis Ababa to Hanoi.
- From July 5, the airline will add 4x weekly flights to Porto, Portugal, via Madrid.
- A thrice-weekly service to Hyderabad, India, is slated to start from June 16, 2025.
- When customers transfer between flights, the airline requires a minimum amount of time to guarantee a smooth connection and delivery of any baggage. Minimum Connection Times (MCT) vary by airport, type of connection, and between airlines. Agents can find a useful table of time requirements on the airline’s website – https://www.ethiopianairlines.com/za/services/services-at-the-airport/minimum-connecting-time.
- A visa on arrival (tourist visa only) will be granted for eligible countries. Find the list here: https://www.evisa.gov.et/information/touristOnArrivalVisa*
- E-Visas can be obtained before departure at https://e-visa,gov.et. Passengers must ensure that their approved e-visa is secured before departure.*
- An e-visa payment receipt alone will not serve as approval for an arrival visa.*
- If the online visa application is not secured beforehand, passengers will be required to repay the visa fee upon arrival in Addis Ababa.*
- Passengers who do not apply for a visa online and opt for a visa on arrival will need to pay the visa fee upon arrival in USD, EUR, GBP and CAD. Card payments are also acceptable.*
- Pax entering Ethiopia for purposes other than tourism, must have their visa application approved by the Immigration and Citizenship Service before departure.*
- Passports must be valid for at least six months to enter Ethiopia.
- Addis Ababa Bole International Airport is one of the busiest airports in Africa, able to handle 22 million international and two million domestic passengers per year.
- ET has two lounges at the airport, located airside, in Terminal 2: the Sheba Cloud Nine Lounge and Sheba Platinum & Star Gold lounge. Both facilities are open all hours and offer excellent services, with meals, drinks, Wi-Fi, shower rooms, a children’s corner, conference room, and prayer room.
- ET has added a Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its fleet, dedicated exclusively to VIP and smaller group charter The ‘Business Jet’ service is ideal for investors, business travellers, and VIPs seeking high-send, private short- and medium-haul charters.
