Swiss airline Edelweiss will introduce six Airbus A350-900s into its fleet in the summer of 2025. The aircraft will replace the five A340-300s in a move that mirrors that of sister airline SWISS, which is also replacing the quads with twins in 2025.
While SWISS is expected to take A350s from the Lufthansa Group order backlog with Airbus, Edelweiss has sourced the aircraft on the second-hand market. They will join from LATAM, which operated thirteen A350s between May 2016 and August 2021 but were phased out in order to simplify the fleet. Six aircraft have been acquired by Delta Air Lines.
Active as a journalist since 1987, with a background in newspapers, magazines, and a regional news station, Richard has been covering commercial aviation on a freelance basis since late 2016.
Richard is contributing to AirInsight since December 2018. He also writes for Airliner World, Aviation News, Piloot & Vliegtuig, and Luchtvaartnieuws Magazine. Twitter: @rschuur_aero.
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