headquarters_location edelweiss air
___MASK32___ ( in the local Swiss German dialect : )< ref name =" ks / gs "> Andres Kristol / Gabrielle Schmid , " ___MASK32___ ZH ( Bülach )" in : " Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses  Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen  Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri ( DTS | LSG )", Centre de dialectologie , Université de Neuchâtel , Verlag Huber , Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Wien 2005 , ISBN 3 - 7193 - 1308 - 5 and Éditions Payot , Lausanne 2005 , ISBN 2 - 601 - 03336 - 3 , p . 680f .</ ref > is the name of a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zürich , located in the district of Bülach . Edelweiss Air is a Swiss leisure airline wholly owned by Swiss International Air Lines and the Lufthansa Group . It operates flights to European and intercontinental destinations from its base at ___MASK82___ Airport . ___MASK63___ , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic in Europe . It consists of 26 cantons , and the city of ___MASK20___ is the seat of the federal authorities . The country is situated in Western - Central Europe , and is bordered by Italy to the south , France to the west , Germany to the north , and ___MASK22___ and Liechtenstein to the east . ___MASK63___ is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps , the Swiss Plateau and the Jura , spanning an area of . While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory , the Swiss population of approximately eight million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau , where the largest cities are to be found : among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva . Oberglatt is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the ___MASK43___ of Zürich in Switzerland , and belongs to the Glatt Valley . Zürich Airport is partially in Oberglatt . Germanium is a chemical element with symbol Ge and atomic number 32 . It is a lustrous , ___MASK96___ , grayish - white metalloid in the carbon group , chemically similar to its group neighbors tin and silicon . Pure germanium is a semiconductor with an appearance similar to elemental silicon . Like silicon , germanium naturally reacts and forms complexes with oxygen in nature . Unlike silicon , it is too reactive to be found naturally on Earth in the free ( elemental ) state . An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight . Airlines utilize aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements . Generally , airline companies are recognized with an air operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body . ___MASK17___ is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the ___MASK43___ of Zürich in Switzerland , and belongs to the Glatt Valley ( German : " Glattal "). Zürich Airport is partially located in ___MASK17___ . Swissair AG / S . A . ( Schweizerische Luftverkehr - AG ; : S . A . Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne ) was for many years the national airline of ___MASK63___ . ___MASK67___ Airport , formerly and still unofficially known as " Cointrin Airport ", is the international airport of ___MASK67___ , the second most populous city in Switzerland . It is located northwest of the city centre . It reached 15 million passengers for the first time in December 2014 and serves as a hub for Swiss International Air Lines , easyJet Switzerland and Etihad Regional . ___MASK67___ features a route network of flights mainly to European metropolitan and leisure destinations as well as some long - haul routes to North America , China and the Middle East , amongst them Swiss International Air Lines ' only long - haul service ( to ___MASK21___ City ) outside of Zürich . In the airline ___MASK16___ , a focus city is a destination from which an airline operates several point - to - point routes . Thus , a focus city primarily caters to the local market rather than to connecting passengers . However , with the term ' s expanded usage , a focus city may also function as a small - scale hub . Allegiant Air , JetBlue and Frontier Airlines are examples of airlines that consider some of their destinations to be focus cities . An international airport is an airport that offers customs and immigration facilities for passengers travelling between countries . International airports are typically larger than domestic airports and often feature longer runways and facilities to accommodate the heavier aircraft commonly used for international and intercontinental travel . International airports often also host domestic flights . Some , such as ___MASK81___ in Germany are very large ; others such as Fa ' a '  International Airport in ___MASK2___ , are quite small . ___MASK82___ Airport , also known as ___MASK33___ Airport , is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines . It serves ___MASK82___ , Switzerland ' s largest city , and , with its surface transport links , much of the rest of the country . The airport is located north of central ___MASK82___ , in the municipalities of ___MASK33___ , Rümlang , Oberglatt , Winkel and Opfikon , all of which are within the canton of ___MASK82___ . Swiss International Air Lines AG ( short Swiss , stylized as SWISS ) is the flag carrier airline of ___MASK63___ operating scheduled services in Europe and to ___MASK23___ , South America , ___MASK68___ and ___MASK9___ . Its main hub is Zurich Airport , with a focus city operation at Geneva Airport . The airline was formed after the 2001 bankruptcy of Swissair , ___MASK63___ ' s former flag carrier . The ___MASK43___ of Zürich has a population ( as of ) of . The ___MASK43___ is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zürich is the capital of the ___MASK43___ . The official language is German . The local Swiss German dialect called " Züritüütsch " is commonly spoken . In English the name of the ___MASK43___ is often written without an umlaut . EDELWEISS ( Expérience pour DEtecter Les WIMPs En Site Souterrain ) is a dark matter search experiment located at the Modane Underground Laboratory in ___MASK94___ . The experiment uses cryogenic detectors , measuring both the phonon and ionization signals produced by particle interactions in germanium crystals . This technique allows nuclear recoils events to be distinguished from electron recoil events . A partnership is an arrangement where parties , known as partners , agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests . The partners in a partnership may be individuals , businesses , interest - based organizations , schools , governments or combinations . Organizations may partner together to increase the likelihood of each achieving their ___MASK64___ and to amplify their reach . A partnership may result in issuing and holding equity or may be only governed by a contract . Partnership agreements can be formed in the following areas : ___MASK33___ is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland , and belongs to the Glatt Valley .