safari_7

Hello,

I have a flight out of JRO at 18 15 to Addis arriving there at 20 30. Connection to Mumbai at 21 20PM. Am i cutting it too close? What if there is a short delay, would they hold the flight?

Thanks in advance!!!

B747-437B

Most passengers on the Mumbai flight will have similarly tight connections. I wouldn't worry. They are very good with shuffling passengers between aircraft very quickly.

roadwarriorafrica

No issues at all. ADD is a small airport and to get from one gate to another would take less then 15 minutes including security.

safari_7

Thanks for both replies. Very re-assuring!!!

B747-437B

ET staff are very adept at helping transfer passengers bypass security if they have a tight connection.

safari_7

Thanks ......... in J class.

Any comments on the ET service in J?

B747-437B

Hugely variable depending on aircraft type. And aircraft type is the luck of the draw.

For example, I am flying from Mumbai to Addis tomorrow night. When I booked the flight, it was supposed to be a 787. Then it was swapped to a 77L. Then to a 763. Now that OLCI is open, it is a 757.

The 787 and 777 are an international standard experience. The 767 can range from tolerable to downright awful, depending which specific airframe operates the flight. The 757s are wonderful throwbacks to how flying was in the 1980s.

roadwarriorafrica

It is variable. The 4 flights I have taken, the crew do try, but lack the finesse of many carriers. In Africa, I still find KQ and SA to offer much better service in J.

safari_7

Thanks a lot for your replies ........ It's a short flight anyways ....... will just have to bear it!

sfernando

Flew ADD-JRO, JRO-ADD and ADD-FRA in the last two weeks, all in J. Concur that aircraft type is a huge variable. Had a 757 out to JRO, a 777 back and then an antique museum piece 767 to FRA. Cabin crews try their best inflight and show a natural personal warmth, but their older hard product is a serious mess by any contemporary standard. The fact that all our flights were daytime rather than overnight made a world of difference--wouldn't want a night flight experience on either the 757 or 767. I wish you could count on getting the aircraft type shown at booking, but ET is notorious for last minute changes which BTW often impacts any pre-booked seat selection.

safari_7

Just back from the trip. ET overall ....... the service was very good. The crew go out of their way to make the trip comfortable - ample food and drink. Very warm service....

Mumbai flight has a really antique aircraft with bad seats. Overall, the shortest way to get from JRO to Mumbai.

Transfer was a breeze in ADD ....... JRO to ADD was one of my best flights within Africa. Overall, impressed by ET ........

SirJman

Nice to hear. I have my first upcoming ET flights later this year.

BOM-ADD-DAR (not sure what will happen to my BOM-ADD flight now that the 787 is offline)
ZNZ-ADD-JNB
JNB-ADD-HKG

Though I have a longish connection for all of them, so I might get a little fed up with ADD by the last one.

safari_7

ADD is pretty quirky ....... very different, so take it all in while you are there! The airport itself is a nice cultural experience!!!

B747-437B

It has been running with a mix of 737, 757, 767 and 777 depending on the booked loads.

B747-437B

Arrived in Addis last night from Accra scheduled at 2050 connecting to Mumbai flight scheduled at 2120.

We eventually touched down at 2105 and were on the bus at our remote stand at 2116. We got to the terminal at 2119. Before we entered the building, all of us in transit to Mumbai (7 passengers total) were grabbed and shuffled in reverse up the arrivals level jetway directly onto the Mumbai flight, bypassing transit security check and everything else. My boarding pass stub was torn and collected at my seat. I was on board by 2125 and we pushed back at 2130, arriving in Mumbai exactly on schedule.

So yes, they do hold the Mumbai flight a few minutes and do whatever it takes to connect as many passengers as possible.