{"id":149560,"date":"2024-03-23T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=149560"},"modified":"2024-03-23T20:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T20:01:09","slug":"edelweiss-announces-first-routes-it-will-operate-with-the-airbus-a350","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/03\/edelweiss-announces-first-routes-it-will-operate-with-the-airbus-a350.html","title":{"rendered":"Edelweiss announces first routes it will operate with the Airbus A350"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Edelweiss<\/strong> will be the first airline in Switzerland to put the Airbus A350 into service next year. According to current planning, the first of six aircraft will join the Edelweiss fleet at the beginning of April 2025. Before the aircraft is deployed on long-haul routes, it will fly to various short and medium-haul destinations in the first few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Las Vegas and Vancouver are the first A350 long-haul destinations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Las Vegas will be the first long-haul destination that Edelweiss will fly to with the Airbus A350. From mid-May 2025, the aircraft will be deployed three times a week on this route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/11\/swiss-airline-edelweiss-inaugurates-flights-to-bogota-and-cartagena.html\">Swiss airline Edelweiss inaugurates flights to Bogota and Cartagena<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zurich-Vancouver-Zurich route will be served daily when the second Airbus A350 enters service at the beginning of July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third Airbus A350 will join the Edelweiss fleet at the beginning of October 2025. The fourth will be added in winter 2025 and aircraft numbers 5 and 6 in the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets for long-haul flights with the Edelweiss Airbus A350 can be booked from mid-May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six Airbus A350-900 aircraft acquired by the airline will replace the five Airbus A340-300s currently operating long-haul routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-d40f09ce     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"199\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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