Cheap flights from London to Addis Ababa from £286

You can fly to Addis Ababa from most of London's airports, but the most common routes leave from London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Gatwick Airport (LGW) or Stansted Airport (STN). All of these airports are well connected to Central London. Despite being the busiest airport in the UK, Heathrow is relatively simple to get to; it's on the Piccadilly Line on the tube, and you can be at your terminal in around 45min from the centre of the city. Stansted Airport and Gatwick Airport both have express trains with no stops from the centre of London; Liverpool St to Stansted takes roughly 45min on the Stansted Express, and London Paddington Station to Gatwick usually takes 30min on the Gatwick Express. In Addis Ababa, the airport is conveniently located in close proximity to the city itself. Most hotels in Addis Ababa offer an airport pickup shuttle service, but if your accommodation doesn't have this option, you can catch a taxi from outside the airport; the journey into the centre has a duration of around 15min, and it costs around Br300 (approximately £5).

This route has a wide selection of departing London airports and airlines to choose from, but there isn't a vast selection of airlines that offer direct flights. The only airline that currently offers frequent direct flights between London and Addis Ababa is Ethiopian Air; they have overnight direct flights daily travelling each way. Ethiopian Air direct flights from London to Addis Ababa have a duration of 7h 45min-8h 15min; the quickest flights on this route that have one layover have a duration of 9h 30min-10h 15min, so you'll be saving around 2h if you choose to fly direct.

If you're willing to choose a flight with a layover, you'll have a wider choice of airlines and departing airports. You might also be able to make some savings; some of the flights on this route with a layover are cheaper than flying direct. Several airlines offer flights on this route with only one quick layover, which minimises the impact it has on your overall journey time; for example, Lufthansa has daily overnight flights with one stop in Frankfurt. If you fly Emirates, you can have a layover in Dubai, or you can stop in Cairo or Istanbul if you fly with Egyptair or Turkish Airlines.

British citizens will need a visa when they visit Ethiopia. You can buy an e-Visa online before you travel, or you can buy one at Addis Ababa International Airport (ADD); if you choose to buy your visa in the airport, you should bring US dollars to pay for it; it'll be $50 (around £36) for 1 month and $75 (around £55) for 3 months. You'll also need your passport; it should have at least six months until its expiry from the date you land in Addis Ababa, and you should make sure you have at least two blank pages spare.

Most people fly into Addis Ababa Bole (ADD) if they book a flight to Addis Ababa from London. On average, Bole has 5 inbound flights from London per day from 10 airlines. Addis Ababa Bole is conveniently located just 4.8 mi from Addis Ababa’s city center.

Flying on Turkish Airlines is currently your cheapest option to Addis Ababa, with prices starting at £518. Additional return tickets that might be worth considering are offered by Etihad Airways and Egyptair, with the lowest prices starting at £522 and £524, respectively. You may be able to fly from London to Addis Ababa for 13% less than the average price by searching for these airlines.

For one-way options, check prices for Etihad Airways. According to our data, you can fly for as low as £369. Users have also found prices from £389 and £395 on SAUDIA and Egyptair, respectively.

The most popular flight routes from London to Addis Ababa are London Heathrow - Addis Ababa Bole, London Stansted - Addis Ababa Bole and London Gatwick - Addis Ababa Bole.

Before booking your flight to Addis Ababa from London, check out the most reliable airlines to get you to your destination on time: Air Canada (90%), ANA (90%), United Airlines( 90%).

On average you can expect to pay £1,313 for a flight from London to Addis Ababa. The cheapest flight overall is £435 while the most popular route, (London Heathrow - Addis Ababa Bole) is currently priced at £492.

Flights departing from London and landing in Addis Ababa stopover in Cairo most frequently.

London to Addis Ababa flights that have stopovers will least frequently stop in Istanbul.

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Currently, May is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from London to Addis Ababa (average of £657). Flying from London to Addis Ababa in July is currently the most expensive (average of £1,096). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.