Ethiopian unveils new business class lounge

Above: An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-760 at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

Inline with its vision 2025 fast growth plan and with the exponential growth in passenger numbers, it has become necessary to build a brand new lounge that gives premium travelers the best possible on-ground experience while waiting for their flights.

When fully completed, the new Cloud Nine lounge will be three times bigger than the existing one. It has a quiet corner with sleeping cots and individual reading lamps; massage chairs, where passengers can relax and rest; an internet corner with fixed stations as well as free and fast Wi-Fi connection.

On the occasion of the unveiling of the new Cloud Nine Lounge, ceo Tewolde Gebremariam said: "Our new Cloud Nine Lounge will enable us to greatly enhance our premium passengers’ on-ground experience with facilities and amenities that will make their airport departure and transit time as enjoyable as possible. As a customer focused airline, we will continue to invest towards customer service excellence."

The unveiling of the new Cloud Nine Lounge is the first of a three phase expansion plan. In the next phase, the lounge will have a full-fledged spa, private digital lockers for passengers to stow away their bags, while they move around the airport; and a traditional Ethiopian coffee corner, which will run continuously so as to give passengers a taste of the exceptional Ethiopian brew.