Who owns Edelweiss?
Edelweiss is owned by Lufthansa Group (Germany, XETRA: LHA).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Deutsche Lufthansa AG Annual Report 2025, 12 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Cologne
- Origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- XETRA: LHA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Edelweiss
Edelweiss is the Swiss holiday airline in the Lufthansa Group. The group's 2025 annual report calls it the leading Swiss holiday airline and places it within SWISS in the Passenger Airlines segment, next to the German holiday airline Discover Airlines and the network airlines Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines.
Ownership timeline of Edelweiss
- Current owner Lufthansa Group [1] reported
Where Edelweiss sits in Lufthansa Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Lufthansa Group brand portfolio (14) →
Other brands owned by Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa Group controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
Lufthansa Group has more brands in airlines on Brandtree than any other owner: 10 of 509.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Beibu Gulf Airlines | Hainan Airlines Holding | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cologne, Germany, founded in 1953. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as XETRA: LHA.
Lufthansa Group owns the national airlines of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium, and took a stake in Italy's ITA Airways in 2024. Four flag carriers that once represented separate countries now report to Cologne.
Lufthansa Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇭 Edelweiss and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 114 brands that began in Switzerland. 33 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Edelweiss among them.
- BLS — BLS 🇨🇭
- Hupac — Hupac 🇨🇭
- Jungfrau Railways — Jungfraubahn Holding 🇨🇭
- Kuehne+Nagel — Kuehne+Nagel 🇨🇭
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company — MSC Group 🇨🇭
- PostBus — Swiss Post 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Edelweiss?
The parent company of Edelweiss is Lufthansa Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is Edelweiss Swiss or German?
Edelweiss originated in Switzerland, but it is owned today by Lufthansa Group, which is headquartered in Germany. So Edelweiss is a Swiss-origin brand under German ownership.
Is Edelweiss still owned by Lufthansa Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Edelweiss is still owned by Lufthansa Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Deutsche Lufthansa AG Annual Report 2025 — Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Annual report, published 12 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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