Edelweiss Air is a Swiss leisure airline and sister company of Swiss International Air Lines, which flies a fleet of Airbus A320s and 5 Airbus A340s.
Given the ongoing retirement of 4-engined airliners around the world, I knew I needed to get a flight on an A340 somehow, and found an enticing Aeroplan redemption on Edelweiss Air right from Calgary!
Edelweiss is (arguably) Calgary’s most interesting international airline, and I’ve been wanting to try them out for years. In July, I managed to do just that!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Edelweiss Air (EDW/WK)
Aircraft: Airbus A340-313 (A343)
Flight Number: WK15
Seat: 8K (Economy Max)
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x CFM56-5C4/P
Registration: HB-JMD
Route: Calgary (YYC) – Zurich (ZRH)
Callsign: EDELWEISS 15 Juliet heavy
Runway used: 17L (YYC) – 14 (ZRH)
Date filmed: July 2023
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Outro song – “Take Flight” by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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36 Comments
Some of the best flights I ever had was on an A340 from HKG to DXB with CX. There's just something awe inspiring about this aircraft.
6:29 Those CFM56’s on A340 seems better days and sounded amazing on T/O
Those engines seem so small…
4 Engines 4 Long Haul! (yes, yes I know wrong airline, but still!)
Never got a chance to fly an A340. I'm trying to plan a trip next December to fly Lufthansa's A340-600. That is my favourite-looking jet aircraft and I really want to fly on it before they get replaced with A350s from 2024/2025 onwards. Maybe that's something for you to try, Alex. Also, shout out to that A343 thrust reverser operation 😍 (17:46)
These pilots can't see the wheel, yet they so precicely park their planes! So impressive.
Interesting airline, almost rare aircraft and arriving in one of the most beautiful cities in the world…what a trifecta!
– Red
I love this video and is now my favourite and since I’m British I love how you included Birmingham, EGLL and EGLC. A solid 10/10
5:46 it took me 10 minutes to identify that the aircraft beside Edelweiss Air that Alex is on is a 787. Got fooled by the tail of another WestJet sitting next to it and mistook it as a winglet.
That was indeed a Flight worth to do it and to share it in this beautiful Video with us! Thank you very much!😃👍
Thanks!
Really enjoyed this episode. Will probably never be able to gly the A340 myself. Thank you.
In my recollection I've only been on an A340 once. It was a China Eastern Airlines flight from Shanghai PVG to New York JFK, my first time visiting the USA. It was in 2012.
At that time, I didn't really care about the plane type. I was able to trace it back to the exact aircraft a few years later.
Thanks Alex, we always get spoiled but especially with this one. From what I could see, everything you touched and showed
looked clean, VERY clean actually, was it? It wouldn`t surprise me.
I had the pleasure to fly from YVR to Vegas several times with Philippines A340, I specially took that flight. It was also great
as far as time was concerned, plus it landed at the International terminal.
the 2-4-2 is great and they had a lot of legroom, I was 186 cm, and shrinking a bit now. Air Transat had one of their A300`s equipped with a 3-3-3 layout, sheer torture.
Anyway, even on the outside the plane looked very clean, one will never mistake it with an Air France 777 parked at YVR.
Greetings from a coolish YVR , this made my day.
What a great trip! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Did they have choices for the hot entrees?
How I envy you your flight on my all-time favourite aircraft: A340! What a beauty, and how much more comfortable than my recent YVR-LHR Air Canada flight jammed into the dreaded 777ER without any spare seats! (And where I caught swine flu and had to be hospitalised 3 days after arrival). Never again. Maybe I should try Edelweiss for my next TA? Are they flying the A340 to/from YVR, I wonder?
Have you ever made a bad comment on a meal, or are you easy to please.
Do you feel slow on the climb of the a340 or does it feel normal
Great stuff! I’m trying to chase a LH A346 to try one before they’re eventually retired.
Another wonderful adventure for you this time.
6:59 🤩
Beautiful video ❤
I've also flown on the a340 from guangzhou to terran i think and it was with mahan air. also that was such a smooth landing.
I loooove the A340! But my goodness was that a LONG takeoff roll 😂
I am so excited for my 340-600 flight next year. A childhood dream coming through.
Great video and as always, your ending music although it could always be a bit longer…..take care!
"There's just something special about 4-engined airliners"😃
Oh yeah, the world’s WEAKEST airliner
The European airlines should take over North America. They seem to be much better than these silly North American airlines
Parallel flight with Wizz was amazing!! 🎉
Once again another lovely video! The A340 has to be my favourite aircraft 😀 I actually have that aircraft model 🙂
Omg the A340 does not want to climb lol
From beautiful Canadian travels to all over the world amazing content!!❤❤
See the a343 and a346 everyday in Frankfurt. Definitely the most gorgeous aircraft. Hopefully i´ll be able to catch a flight next year with LH/Swiss/Edelweiss before their retirement
Yep! I've loved to fly on this aircraft, especially the cabin seats config (2-4-2) which are more comfy than nowadays common 3-3-3 in almost all aircrafts. Thanks for the vid 👍😍
Another great trip report Alex! Always a pleasure!