I tested Ethiopian's brand new A350-1000 (in business)

I’m flying Ethiopian Airlines brand new A350-1000 in business class today from London to Addis Ababa. I want to know if Ethiopian Airlines, which often offers very attractive premium cabin pricing, is good enough to be worth the cost savings. And I’m starting on its very best and newest aircraft, with its top-of-the-line business class. Before that I need to position from Stockholm to London to catch this flight, so you’ll get a bit of a bonus with a quick review of British Airways A320neo business class (Club Europe) as well as the transit and lounge experience at Heathrow Terminal 2. Join me for a look at the seat, the service, the food, and my overall thoughts on the central question: should you fly Ethiopian business class, or would you be best served looking elsewhere? Follow me on TikTok for content you won’t find elsewhere:   / airedition   Follow me on Instagram for daily updates:   / gabeleigh   Follow the Air Edition page on Facebook:   / airedition   Flight information: November 28, 2024 | ET701 LHR-ADD Airbus A350-1000 ET-BAW [age: brand new] Flight time: 6h54m Business class | seat 4L How I booked it: This is the first two legs of a Stockholm-Cape Town roundtrip ticket which cost $2860 roundtrip. Shot on Sony FX3, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and DJI Action 2 SECTIONS: 00:00 Intro 01:00 BA Stockholm-London 03:03 My thoughts on BA 04:20 Landing Heathrow 05:11 Transfer experience T5-T2 06:43 Attempting to lounge hop 08:33 Boarding Ethiopian 09:27 A350-1000 business cabin 13:01 Taxi & takeoff 15:07 What they get wrong 17:50 Amenity kit unboxing 18:21 Landing Addis 20:21 Addis transfer (bad) 20:53 Concluding thoughts Full Menu transcript: Dinner Starter Beef Pastrami, Turkey, Lettuce, Cream Cheese, and Cherry Tomato ***** Florida Cocktail with Glace Cherry Soup Cream of Chicken Soup ***** Lentil Soup Salad Fresh Seasonal Salad Main Dish Chicken Milanese with Marinara Sauce, Mint Rice, and Rainbow Roasted Chard ***** Grilled Striploin with Grainy Mustard Sauce, Roasted New Potatoes and Sautéed Broccoli Hot Breakfast Cereal Yoghurt Bakery Selection Main Dish Egg Muffins with Cheese and Mixed pepper Roasted Potato Wedge, Grilled Chicken Sausage and Tomato Concasse ***** Waffle Raspberry Compote, Chocolate Syrup and Cream Cheese ***** Ful Medames Chunky Tomato with Onion and Pita Bread Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Selection Non-alcoholic Beverages Juices Orange Apple Pineapple Tomato Soft Drinks • Coca Cola Sprite Fanta Orange Coke - No Sugar Ginger Ale Tonic Sparkling Mineral Water Mojito Coffee Tea Selection Virgin Pina Colada Mojito Pineapple juice/Coconut milk/Honey/ ce Ginger Lemonade Mojito Gingers/Lemon juice/Soda water/ Honey /crashed Ice Freshly Brewed Ethiopian Coffee Cappuccino Caffeinated/ Decaffeinate Espresso (Except flights operated by 737 Aircrafts) Vanilla Iced Coffee Cinnamon Iced Coffee Black Tea Chamomile Cinnamon Ginger Green Lemonade Iced Tea Alcoholic drinks Champagne Victoire Rose D'anjou French Rose Wine Rift Valley - Chardonnay Ethiopian White Wine Franschhoek Cellar South African White Wine Barton & Guestier Chenin Blanc French White Wine Southern Ocean Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand White Wine Félix Solís Mucho Más Spanish White Wine Rift valley-Cabernet SauvignonEthiopian Red Wine Fryer's Cove Grenache Cinsault South African Red Wine Cabernet-Sauvignon French Red Wine Marquis de Goulaine Pinot Noir French Wine Bottega Cabernet-Sauvignon Trevenezie Italian Wine Gobeum OrganicTempranillo Spanish Red Wine Director's Cut Pinot Noir American Red Wine Dessert Wine Port Wine Sandeman Portuguese Wine Lakeview Cellars Canadian Ice-Wine Aperitifs Campari White Martini Cocktails Bloody Mary Vodka/Tomato Juice/Lemon Slice/Salt & pepper Negroni Whisky/martini Bianco/Campari/Slice orange Spirits and Beers Habesha Bavaria (Non-Alcoholic) Bavaria (5%) Chivas Regal Bombay Sapphire gin Johnnie Walker Black Label Grey Goose Vodka Absolut Blue vodka Baileys Benedictine Cointreau Remy Martin VSOP Tia Maria Espresso Bottega #a350 #ethiopianairlines #businessclass