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Edelweiss Air leasing 3 A340's in 2017

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"Swiss International airlines" low cost daughter airline "Edelweiss Air" will be taking delivery of 3 used Airbus A340-300's beginning in 2017. The quad jets will be former "Swiss international airlines" models which the mother company replaces with Boeing 777-300er's beginning in 2016. Edelweiss Air will re-design the cabin and install more economy seats. The company will also need up to 100 new pilots and 400 flight attendants to operate the larger… (www.ch-aviation.com) More...

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joelwiley
joel wiley 1
Lufthansa is buying 3 777's for Swiss Air. Swiss air send 3 AB340s te Edelweiss as purchase or lease? Who holds the title for the planes? I wonder who will service them?
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SwissCyul
SwissCyul 1
First as a lease, I don't know if Edelweiss will purchase them later. Swiss International will still own the aircrafts and service them.
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joelwiley
joel wiley 1
I wondered if maintenance was done by Lufthansa Technik, keeping the money in-house.
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SwissCyul
SwissCyul 1
Oh, yes of course Lufthansa Technik will do all the maintenance of their fleet :)
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