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ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 5535 posts, RR: 40
Posted (5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago) and read 2358 times:

Although I already posted this in the Swiss Aviation Thread I think it deserves an own thread:
This is really a surprise: SWISS takes over the airline Edelweiss from Kuoni. This means three A 320 and an A 332. Is this probably a first step to a low cost subsidiary and not only charter as EDW was till now? I only hope they keep the brand and the cool livery, as they promise.
http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_sw...0208.aspx?1202453699537&Country=CH

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ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 5535 posts, RR: 40
Reply 1, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2341 times:

There was the rumor that the new 333 from SWISS will have RR Trent engines. Now they already get the first aircraft with RR engines.

Viasa From Switzerland, joined Jun 2005, 1813 posts, RR: 7
Reply 2, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2281 times:

Quote:
“Edelweiss Air will remain Edelweiss Air – with its new sister SWISS, too,” adds Harry Hohmeister, Chief Network & Distribution Officer at SWISS.

Edelweiss Air is very popular in Switzerland, so Swiss must stay with this name. I will see more A320 for Edelweiss (now the Charter division of LX).

Go Edelswiss.... ooohmmmm Edelweiss!

Glidepath73 From Germany, joined Mar 2005, 1017 posts, RR: 50
Reply 3, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2186 times:

He all!

Nice to read that! It reminds me of the nice old SWISSAIR-BALAIR times!
Now we see a similar development again! Lovely!

Thats an absolute boost, for both, SWISS and EDELWEISS, as for Swiss aviation in general! bouncy

Regards and a nice weekend to all of you!

Patrick

Aviation! That rocks...

Knightsofmalta From Malta, joined Nov 2005, 1409 posts, RR: 17
Reply 4, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2172 times:

Quoting Glidepath73 (Reply 3):
Nice to read that! It reminds me of the nice old SWISSAIR-BALAIR times!
Now we see a similar development again! Lovely!

Please don't say that. They never made any money then with the charters and I'm rather worried history mights just repeat itself here. Although the whole point doesn't really seem to be to make money but rather to prevent anybody else from laying hands on Edelweiss.

Glidepath73 From Germany, joined Mar 2005, 1017 posts, RR: 50
Reply 5, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2105 times:

Quoting Knightsofmalta (Reply 4):
They never made any money then with the charters and I'm rather worried history mights just repeat itself here. Although the whole point doesn't really seem to be to make money but rather to prevent anybody else from laying hands on Edelweiss.

Might be true, but I see it more from the enthuisiastic site and not from the economic point of view.
With this step LX buildts up an own block against the AirBerlin/Belair merger.

Lets see if this time, thinks will work better. (economy wise)

Regards,
Patrick

Aviation! That rocks...

AutoThrust From Switzerland, joined Jun 2006, 1480 posts, RR: 8
Reply 6, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2043 times:

Quoting ZRH (Thread starter):
Although I already posted this in the Swiss Aviation Thread I think it deserves an own thread:

Didnt know about this merger, it does indeed deserve a own thread. I really hope they don't change the livery on "my" beloved Brahmjee. She looks incredible and i enjoyed the flights on her everytime.

Apart makes that sense for LX to have one A330 with RR the rest PW?

O tempora o mores

Helvknight From Switzerland, joined Aug 2006, 995 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2043 times:

Quoting AutoThrust (Reply 6):
Apart makes that sense for LX to have one A330 with RR the rest PW?

When the new 333s come in 2009 they will be RR powered.

A life lived in fear is not worth living

AutoThrust From Switzerland, joined Jun 2006, 1480 posts, RR: 8
Reply 8, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1979 times:

Quoting Helvknight (Reply 7):
When the new 333s come in 2009 they will be RR powered.

Thanks for the info didn't know that.

O tempora o mores

Viasa From Switzerland, joined Jun 2005, 1813 posts, RR: 7
Reply 9, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1941 times:

Quoting AutoThrust (Reply 8):
Quoting Helvknight (Reply 7):
When the new 333s come in 2009 they will be RR powered.

Thanks for the info didn't know that.

Swiss
Hub: Zurich | IATA: LX | ICAO: SWR | details
C/N MSN last update model registration remarks former airline former reg. delivered to
1000 0 A330-343(X) HB- not yet delivered

http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=LX&al_op=1

DALCE From Netherlands, joined Feb 2007, 1581 posts, RR: 7
Reply 10, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1933 times:

This is good news for both parties, aswell as for LH, who will now get an even stronger footprint in Swiss aviation.

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SQ325 From Germany, joined Jul 2001, 1437 posts, RR: 8
Reply 11, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1922 times:

Also a good deal for edelweiss with AB as a huge competetor at ZRH Edelweiss was in the need to get into a strongger position. I see this deal as a good one for both sides.
We will see how long the Brand Edelweiss will continue to exist or if they will just be merged into Swiss.

Viasa From Switzerland, joined Jun 2005, 1813 posts, RR: 7
Reply 12, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1909 times:

Quoting SQ325 (Reply 11):
We will see how long the Brand Edelweiss will continue to exist or if they will just be merged into Swiss

I think the Edelweiss brand is very strong here in Switzerland - but only for the leisure market. So we will have Edelweiss also in the future.

HT From Germany, joined May 2005, 6471 posts, RR: 27
Reply 13, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1843 times:

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Any ideas if EDW on one side and the merged 4U/X3/EW on the other side might be brought in line to some degree ?
-HT

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ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 5535 posts, RR: 40
Reply 14, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1737 times:

Quoting Viasa (Reply 12):
I think the Edelweiss brand is very strong here in Switzerland

The same said the SWISS speaker at the noon news (Mittagstagesschau) on TV SF1.

Quoting Viasa (Reply 12):
but only for the leisure market. So we will have Edelweiss also in the future.

They also say that it will be possible to book single seats on the SWISS page. It could very well be that EDW becomes a kind of LCC for SWISS and not only a leisure airline. Although the service standards on EDW are much better than on many so called legacy carriers. You get free food on short-haul leisure flights (in comparison to for example IB scheduled flights).

SandroZRH From Switzerland, joined Feb 2007, 3382 posts, RR: 51
Reply 15, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1579 times:

This was huge news in class this morning, and we somehow agreed that it would be cool if the pilot groups would be merged, as flying a mix of scheduled service and charter would be very interesting.

Very refreshing news!

LXA340 From Switzerland, joined Nov 2006, 2104 posts, RR: 4
Reply 16, posted (5 years 3 months 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1540 times:

The Edelweiss Air brand should remain however I would assume that somewhere on the AIrcraft we would also see a LX logo maybe also if it will be very small I gues somewhere we might get too see it.

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