Significantly more Edelweiss flights to Egypt in the winter flight schedule 2023/24
Edelweiss has announced an expansion of flights to Egypt, Spain, and other popular holiday destinations for the winter flight schedule of 2023/24. The number...
Edelweiss offers two new holiday destinations on long-haul routes in winter 2023/24 timetable
More offers to holiday destinations in the USA, Thailand and South Africa
Bogotá and Cartagena in Colombia added to the programme
20 long-haul...
Edelweiss prolongs partnership with «Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake»
Edelweiss becomes Official Airline Partner for the 3rd time in a row in 2023. All flights will be compensated. The season starts on March...
Green Fares: Lufthansa Group is the world’s first airline group to offer an own fare for more sustainable travel
With one click: More climate-friendly flying by using Sustainable Aviation Fuels and contributing to high-quality climate protection projects
New fare available from February...
Edelweiss Summer flight schedule 2023: Three new destinations on short- and medium-haul routes
65 short-haul destinations in 21 countries. Akureyri (Northern Iceland), Biarritz and Bari new in the programme. The wide range of services to Greece and...
Edelweiss expands its short-haul fleet with Airbus A320 aircraft
Edelweiss takes over an Airbus A320 from its sister airline Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS). The aircraft will be deployed in spring 2023. Edelweiss'...
Edelweiss expands long-haul services in Summer timetable 2023
21 holiday destinations in 15 countries. Wider range of services to destinations in the USA, Canada and Costa Rica. Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Cancún...
Edelweiss expands long-haul fleet with one Airbus A340-300
Edelweiss takes over an Airbus A340 from sister airline Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS). The aircraft is to be deployed from July 2023. Edelweiss'...
Edelweiss flies to North America again
The first flight to Tampa Bay (Florida) was celebrated at Zurich Airport on 2 March. Further USA destinations: Las Vegas from 28 March and...
Edelweiss increases capacity, resumes holiday destinations in North America and adds three short-haul destinations in Summer 2022
Offer significantly increased compared to summer 2021. North American destinations Tampa Bay (Florida), Denver, Las Vegas, Calgary and Vancouver will be served again. Bergen...
Edelweiss makes maiden flight from Zurich to Tanzania
Edelweiss flight WK80 operated by Airbus A340-300 arrived at Kilimanjaro at 07:40 on Saturday, with 270 passengers on board, 110 of them continuing to...
Edelweiss flight diverts after passenger refuses to leave the toilet
On Saturday 11 September, an Edelweiss Airbus A320 (registered HB-IHX) operated flight WK371 between Larnaca, Cyprus and Zurich, Switzerland but during the flight, the...
In Switzerland, airline pilots will soon be in command …. of trains
Swiss pilots, grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, will very soon be at the commands of a train instead of piloting their usual aircraft, says...
SWISS’s response to today’s decision of the Lufthansa Extraordinary General Meeting
SWISS and Edelweiss welcome the decision by Lufthansa’s shareholders at today’s Extraordinary General Meeting to approve the corporate actions proposed and required. The company’s...
SWISS and Edelweiss welcome Swiss parliament’s support for a state guarantee on a loan of around CHF 1.5 billion
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and Edelweiss are pleased and thankful that both chambers of the Swiss Federal Assembly – the National Council and...
[Coronavirus] Swiss Federal Council fleshes out support for airlines (SWISS, Edelweiss, easyJet Switzerland)
During its meeting on 29 April 2020, the Federal Council decided to provide support to the airlines Swiss and Edelweiss to bridge liquidity shortfalls....
[Coronavirus] Lufthansa Group extends returnee flight schedule until 3 May
Due to the continuing travel restrictions, Lufthansa today decided to extend its returnee flight schedule, which was originally scheduled to run until 19 April,...
Lufthansa Group transports 7.9 million passengers in January (+12.6%)
Seat load factor of 76.0% is a 0.4-percentage-point improvement on January 2016The airlines of the Lufthansa Group transported some 7.9 million passengers in January,...