Africa’s largest and most award-winning airline, Ethiopian Airlines has won the ‘Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier – Africa’ award and the Cabin Concept of the Year 2025’ award.
The awards were presented at 2025 PAX Readership Awards and the Onboard Hospitality Awards respectively held in Hamburg, Germany recently.
The ‘Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier – Africa’ award was for a record third time, in recognition of the airline’s exceptional onboard catering services.
Similarly, Ethiopian Airlines was also named the Bronze Winner of the ‘Cabin Concept of the Year 2025’ award for its A350-1000 cabin innovation, which blends elegant interior design, enhanced passenger comfort, cutting-edge technology, outstanding service delivery, and authentic onboard catering.
Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Mesfin Tasew said, “We are honored to be recognized by our industry peers and passengers for the quality of our inflight meal services, and the innovative approach to our new cabin design. These awards are testaments to our commitment to deliver a world-class travel experience inspired by the hospitality culture of Ethiopia and the innovative technologies of the future.”
Both recognitions add to Ethiopian Airlines’ growing list of accolades and further solidifies its reputation as a global leader in aviation service excellence.
Ethiopian Airlines’ state-of-the-art catering facility in Addis Ababa, capable of producing up to 100,000 meals daily offers catering services and on-board duty-free items for both scheduled and non-scheduled Ethiopian and customer airlines, VVIP and charter flights.
Furthermore, the Airlines’ new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft cabin concept combines a spacious layout with larger windows, mood lighting, and quiet cabins that enhance comfort across all classes, AVANT Up IFE system with 4K displays, Bluetooth connectivity, real-time views via landscape cameras, and 70W fast-charging ports for every seat, Eco-conscious amenity kits featuring sustainable bamboo brushes, eye masks, nourishing lip balm, and sleep aids.
