Cheap flights from Addis Ababa to Warsaw

October is the cheapest month on this route, and the price calendar covers September through March, with July also showing fares. April, May, June and August sit outside that window, so if your trip has to fall there, start watching the calendar early rather than late. Midweek departures usually undercut weekend ones on the same airline. Late December is the heaviest stretch in both cities, with Christmas and New Year travel pushing seats up at both ends, and the January holidays in Ethiopia keep demand steady out of Addis. Book a few months ahead for those dates; for October itself you can often leave it later.

No airline flies Addis Ababa to Warsaw non-stop, so every itinerary connects somewhere. Ethiopian Airlines is the natural starting point out of Bole, and it shares the route with Gulf and Middle Eastern carriers such as Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Fly Dubai, Air Arabia and Saudi Arabian Airlines, plus Turkish Airlines, Egyptair and Kenya Airways. Air Arabia and Fly Dubai sit at the low-cost end, where the fare buys a seat and little else, so price baggage and meals in before you compare totals. On the full-service names you can usually expect a checked bag and food to be part of the ticket, but confirm that in the fare rules.

Warsaw has two airports, and your ticket will name one of them. F. Chopin is the closer of the two, a short ride from the centre with buses, trains and taxis doing the trip. Modlin sits well north of the city and is reached mainly by shuttle bus and a rail link, so allow more time and check the last connection if you land late. The two are far apart and not interchangeable, so never assume you can switch at the last minute. From either one the centre is reachable on public transport, but a late arrival narrows your options.

Currency

PLZ (zł)

Power sockets

Type C, E · 230 V

Language

Polish

Emergency number

112, 986, 997

Driving side

right

Calling code

+48

Internet domain

.pl

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Warsaw

1.9 M (2024)

Time zone

UTC+01 (Europe/Warsaw)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check which Warsaw airport your ticket names, because F. Chopin and Modlin are not interchangeable.
• Addis Ababa departures leave from Bole, so confirm your terminal and build in time for city traffic.
• Every itinerary connects, so look at the layover length and whether both legs sit on one ticket.
• If the legs are on separate tickets, a missed connection is yours to fix, so leave slack between them.
• On the low-cost carriers, price a checked bag and a meal into the total before you decide.
• Confirm Poland's entry rules for your passport and the documents you need well before departure.