How to get to | Ethiopia

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Ethiopia

Source: Jialiang Gao

Ethiopia is the easiest of the East Africa countries to reach. There are buses from all neighbouring countries except Eritrea. There is also a train between Addis Ababa and Djibouti City. Allow plenty of time for land travel - distances are deceptively big. Airlines flying to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia include:

• Star Alliance - bmi, EgyptAir, Lufthansa, Turkish
• Oneworld - none
• Sky Team - Kenya Airways, KLM
• Other selected - Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates

TIP The best around the world option is on Star Alliance, because there are more flights and less back-tracking required.

TIP Ethiopian Airlines has some attractive fares from Europe and North America and codeshares on many different airlines. These codeshares generally are not available on alliance products or awards.