In Photos: Edelweiss Air Unveils Updated Airbus A350 Cabin, And It’s Actually Nice

Swiss leisure carrier Edelweiss Air recently took delivery of four Airbus A350-900s which it will use to replace their older Airbus A340-300s. With two more due for delivery, the airline was able to source these relatively young birds from South American carrier LATAM Brasil.

The first four were delivered and brought into service in 2025 with the original LATAM cabins, with plans for a retrofit. Edelweiss has finally unveiled photos and details about its new cabin, and for a leisure carrier, the new product actually looks really good.

“With the new Airbus A350, we seized the opportunity to rethink our entire cabin product and develop it consistently with our guests’ well-being in mind,” says Bernd Bauer, CEO of Edelweiss. “Our aim was to create a space that exudes tranquility, is of high quality, and clearly positions itself as a premium product. The new cabin is a logical evolution of our design and represents modern comfort, Swiss quality, and a contemporary long-haul holiday flight experience.”

Edelweiss has gone with toned-down blue themes throughout the cabin, using simpler designs and form lines to give off that feeling of sitting down on sofas. Starting with business class, they will install eight rows of Thompson Aero Vantage XL+ lie-flat seats in a 1-2-1 configuration. Each seat offers aisle access, with convertible flat beds, multiple charging outlets and a wireless charging pad.

They are also following the growing trend of offering a larger front row seat called the “Edelweiss Business Suite”. Unlike the other rows which do now have privacy doors, these suites have them, with doors measuring 1.2 meters high (just about 4 feet). The suites also feature larger 32-inch displays, an open ottoman foot space, and memory foam pillows with mattress topper.

All business class seats face directly forward, which means the middle seats are more geared towards couples who can enjoy easier interaction across seats (unlike Hawaiian’s, errrr, Alaska’s business class seats on their 787s). If you still want privacy and happen to be in the middle seats, there are still the necessary dividers which can be extended. These business class suites are similar to what you’ll see on Lufthansa’s updated Airbus A380s.

In premium economy, they’ve installed four rows of hard-shelled ZIM seats in a 2-3-2 configuration. These are similar to those also installed on other Lufthansa-group carriers including some Lufthansa and SWISS aircraft. Offering 1 meter (about 39 inches) of legroom, these seats also come with wireless and USB-A and -C power outlets.

The economy cabin will keep its 3-3-3 configuration, with an extra inch of seat pitch putting each seat at 32 inches. Going against the grain, they’ve also increased the seat’s recline distance. 22 of these economy seats will also offer extra legroom for an additional cost. All economy seats also offer USB-A and -C power outlets throughout the cabin.

Edelweiss’ A350s will feature Starlink Wi-Fi thanks to the rollout plans across the Lufthansa group, along with 4K displays and a selection of over 400 movies and TV shows, Bluetooth audio connectivity and even the option to watch the outside view via external cameras.

The first aircraft with the new cabin will enter service in December 2026. Flights will be bookable from summer 2026. Further converted Airbus A350s will follow gradually in January, February, April, May, and July 2027. By summer 2027, Edelweiss’s entire Airbus A350 fleet will be equipped with the new cabin.

Edelweiss has their A350s deployed on a number of routes out of Zurich, flying to various cities North, Central and South America, as well as parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

I’m sure there will be complainers noting the lack of doors on the regular business class seats, but for a leisure carrier, this is a pretty good hard product update. It kinda reminds me how Lufthansa stepped up their game when they introduced their newer Airbus A330neos.

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