Edelweiss has announced additional frequencies, longer seasons, and increased capacity on popular holiday routes for the 2026/2027 winter season.
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Connections to Finnish Lapland, Northern Norway, and Northern Sweden, as well as selected long-haul routes, will be particularly enhanced. This is Edelweiss’s response to the continued high demand for winter holidays in Northern Europe and beach holidays, especially in the Indian Ocean.
Finnish destinations
The service to Finnish Lapland is expanding particularly significantly. Kittilä will now be served starting at the end of November instead of mid-December. An additional Saturday flight complements the existing schedule. During the winter school holidays, Edelweiss will also offer flights to Kittilä on Tuesdays and Thursdays, bringing the total number of connections to five per week.
Rovaniemi is also starting its season earlier: The capital of Finnish Lapland will be served from the end of November and will now also be served on Fridays. During the peak season, Ivalo will be served three times a week instead of two. Due to strong demand, Kuusamo will receive more nonstop flights.
Norway and Sweden
The service to Norway and Sweden is also being expanded. Following a successful first season, Luleå in Swedish Lapland will receive a second weekly connection during the peak demand months. Bergen will now also be served in February and March, complementing the existing summer schedule. Due to high demand, Tromsø, one of the most popular starting points for Northern Lights and winter experiences in Northern Norway, will now be served daily.
More frequencies on long-haul routes
On long-haul routes, Edelweiss is deploying additional capacity on particularly high-demand routes during the peak season. Malé in the Maldives will be served with an additional weekly flight from the end of October to mid-January, bringing the total to up to four flights per week. Colombo in Sri Lanka will also receive an additional weekly flight during the same period, with up to three flights per week now offered.
Furthermore, the season to Windhoek in Namibia will now start in mid-March instead of early June as before. This means the destination will be offered for a significantly longer period.
More capacity on popular holiday routes
The service is also being expanded in certain areas of the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands, and North Africa. Corfu will now be served until mid-November. Faro will receive an additional frequency throughout the season, with up to five flights per week. Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will see increased capacity in the autumn. Most flights to La Palma will now be nonstop instead of via Tenerife, simultaneously freeing up capacity to Tenerife.
The season is also being extended to Crete: Chania will be served until the end of October and Heraklion even until the beginning of December. Marrakech will receive additional flights in February and March. Bari, which was previously only offered during the summer flight schedule, will now also be served over Christmas and New Year’s.
With these adjustments to its flight schedule, Edelweiss is responding to the high demand for winter holidays in Northern Europe as well as for sunny and long-haul destinations.
The 2026/27 winter flight schedule will include a total of 69 destinations from Zurich in 33 countries, comprising 51 short- and medium-haul destinations and 18 long-haul destinations. All flights are now bookable on flyedelweiss.com