Ethiopian Airlines is one of the carriers that allow free check-in at the airport.
Check-in at the airport
Check-in at the airport counter is free of charge for Ethiopian Airlines.
The opening and closing times of the counters are as follows:
- Flights to/from USA and Paris - 4 hours to 60 minutes before departure (check-in closes 75 minutes before departure from Paris)
- Other international flights - 3 hours to 60 minutes prior to departure (for evening departures from Addis Ababa to Europe and North America, check-in is available after 13:00 regardless of departure time)
- London Heathrow and Manchester airport gates close 75 minutes before departure
- Domestic flights - 2 hours to 45 minutes before departure
At selected airports, you can check-in via a self-service kiosk, which allows you to avoid queues if you are travelling with hand luggage only.
Self-service bag drop counters are also available at Addis Ababa, Buenos Aires, London Heathrow, Madrid and Tokyo Narita airports.
Online check-in
You can check in online in the comfort of your home 48 hours to 2 hours before your flight via ethiopian.com.
Online check-in is also available via the Ethiopian mobile app (Google Play / App Store), where you enter your reservation number and present a QR code on your mobile phone at the airport.
If you are travelling with hand luggage only, you do not need to visit the airport counter at all in this case. Proceed straight to security and passport control.
If you're travelling with checked-in baggage, some airports (such as Addis Ababa) have special "Web Check-in" counters where there are usually shorter queues.
Choosing a seat (seating)
Do you want a window seat or, on a long flight, do you prefer an aisle seat so you can stretch out undisturbed at any time?
With Ethiopian Airlines, you can select a specific seat for free at any time during the purchase of your ticket and later in the "Manage Booking" section or during online check-in.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but the way there I check in fine, but the way back it doesn't offer me check-in at all, while it's less than 48h.till the departure of the return flight 🤔 did the check-in was done for both directions? That seems like bullshit to me, based on what I'm otherwise used to from other airlines. Can anyone advise please? 🙂
Do you have a return ticket?
I understand you're coming back in 48 hours? Or are you just flying out there? That time is calculated separately for each flight.
I have a return ticket, it's a one day flight there and back. If only they had sent something in the mail to check in, but I didn't get that from them either. Edit: at least I have the check in in the mail for the outbound trip done, but still nothing for the return trip. Doesn't the first part have to be flown through for it to jump in? Otherwise I don't know 🫣 In general their website is one big tragedy, I can check in with Ryanair etc. in 5 seconds, but this is hell 😁
If it's in one flight, then it's logical that it can't. They have to fly the flight there first.
I guess I've never flown there and back in one day 😁 so I hope I can do it then. Thank you
I'm sure you'll be fine, I did it a couple of weeks ago, you have to go there first and after that I had to check in for the return trip. No worries.
Thank you all 👍 I'm just a little bit dumb 😜