Ethiopian
 

Any comments about this airline?

Nice colors on the airplane that they park at Washington Dulles.

I am more interested in the quality of service and punctuality, although I admit they do have pretty planes.

I am flying to Luanda with stop overs in Rome, Addis Ababa and Kinshasa. It takes nearly a week to get there. Could this turn in two weeks quite easily?

re you actually making stopovers or is that just the routing? If you are heading for Luana TAP is more direct, but if it's a cheapie fare and it's just the 2 flight, changing in Addis, then it's fine. Don't expect luxury but at the same time the crew are pleasant and the 767's are comfortable enough. Take a couple of good novels with you.
Ethiopian is one of Africa's oldest airlines ( highly experienced both in Management and Operations )and they have always provided good cross Africa links. Crew are friendly and efficient.

It used to be possible to get Ethiopian between London and Frankfurt: they offered a handy flight around 1930, which was as punctual as any flight into LHR could be.

Their FAs also were a relief from BA's nannies and Lufthansa's wannabe stormtroopers. Hardly Singapore, but perfectly OK.

I am stopping in Addis on the way out and Addis and Rome on the way back.

The fare is much cheaper (like a quarter of the price of TAP or TAAG. BA is even more pricey than these.

And with Ethiopian, I get to see a little of Addis and Rome.

I have an option to stop in Kinshasa but am not sure whether I will bother as I don't know anyone in DRC and Kinshasa is a bit of a rough town for tourists.

I would certainly avoid Kinshasa, not a nice place (IMHO) at all.

PS- Do post back about Luanda, would be interested to know what it's like these days.