And here’s the second leg of the Addis Ababa-Rome-Chicago trip with Ethiopian Airlines.
Server: Solo
Airline: Ethiopian Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Origin: Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Bole, Ethiopia (ADD)
Stopover: Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport, Fiumicino, Italy (FCO)
Destination: Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois (ORD)
Flight Number: ET574
Route: LIRF-KORD
Seat: 3A (Cloud Nine)
Time En Route: 9 Hours 47 Minutes
Getting back on board our aircraft as the sun comes up
Jetbridges pulling away
Takeoff for Chicago
Cruising over the Mediterranean
36,000 feet over Ireland
Turning south towards the Upper Midwest
Making our final descent into Chicago over Lake Michigan
Landing at ORD just short of 10 hours en route
Taxiing to Terminal 5, which handles almost all international arrivals and most international departures
Last look at the tail of our aircraft