Where Will Edelweiss Fly Its A350s This Year?

This year, 2025, marks a significant milestone for Switzerland’s Edelweiss Air.

A sister carrier to Swissair, and part of the Lufthansa Group, it is a leisure and charter airline which has a wide network of routes around the world.

Like its parent, it has relied on the venerable Airbus A340-300 for long-haul routes for many years, but this year will take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900s.

This new model will offer greater range, comfort and better economics for the airline versus the older quad-jet.

Where Will Edelweiss Fly its A350s?

According to Aeroroutes, Edelweiss intends to introduce the A350 to service from 1 April 2025 and interestingly it will be possible to fly it initially on some shorter routes.

Airlines typically do this with new long-haul types to aid in crew familiarisation, before deploying on longer routes.

The first Edelweiss A350 route will be Zurich to Tenerife South, on 1 April.

After this, the following routes will be served:

• Zurich – Faro, 2x weekly 3 April-10 May.
• Zurich – Ibiza, 4x weekly from 4 April.
• Zurich – Prishtina, 3x weekly from 5 April.
• Zurich – Irakleion, 2x weekly from 6 April.
• Zurich – Palma de Mallorca, 1x weekly from 7 April-12 May.
• Zurich – Antalya, 1x weekly from 11 April-9 May.

When Will Long-Haul Services Start?

Following these European services, Edelweiss intends to introduce its A350s to long-haul services from May. It will fly the following routes:

• Zurich – Las Vegas, 3x weekly from 15 May.
• Zurich – Vancouver, 1x daily from 1 July.

Then, from the Winter 2025/26 timetable, Edelweiss plans to fly its A350s from Zurich to:

• Bogota/Cartagena
• Cancun
• Cape Town
• Kilimanjaro/Zanzibar
• Muscat/Salalah
• Puerto Plata/Montego Bay
• Punta Cana
• San Jose Costa Rica/Liberia
• Tampa

How Many A350s Will Edelweiss Fly?

Edelweiss Air has 6 Airbus A350-900s on order. Two of these are expected for delivery imminently. They are:

• HB-IHC
• HB-IHF

Further aircraft will be delivered later this year. All are thought to be second-hand airframes.

The airline’s five-strong A340-300 fleet will gradually be replaced as the A350s arrive.

Title image: Photo (c) Dave Corry