A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a first vane; a second vane, wherein each of said first vane and said second vane includes an inner platform, an outer platform and an airfoil that extends between said inner platform and said outer platform, wherein each of said inner platform and said outer platform includes a leading edge rail and a trailing edge rail, and wherein said first vane is attached to said second vane at least at one of said inner platforms and said outer platforms with a first attachment mechanism and a second attachment mechanism, wherein said second attachment mechanism includes a pin-socket connector and said first attachment mechanism includes a bracket, said bracket bridging a parting line between said first vane and said second vane; characterized in that: said first attachment mechanism mechanically attaches one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of one of said inner platform and said outer platform of said first vane with an adjacent one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of said second vane and said second attachment mechanism mechanically attaches the other of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails at said one of said inner platform and said outer platform of said first vane with an adjacent one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of said second vane; wherein said bracket is attached to said leading edge rails or to the trailing edge rails of said first and second vanes (30, 32) via fasteners or by being integrally cast as part of the leading edge rails or the trailing edge rails of the first vane and the second vane. a first vane; a second vane, wherein each of said first vane and said second vane includes an inner platform, an outer platform and an airfoil that extends between said inner platform and said outer platform, wherein each of said inner platform and said outer platform includes a leading edge rail and a trailing edge rail, and wherein said first vane is attached to said second vane at least at one of said inner platforms and said outer platforms with a first attachment mechanism and a second attachment mechanism, wherein said second attachment mechanism includes a pin-socket connector and said first attachment mechanism includes a bracket, said bracket bridging a parting line between said first vane and said second vane; characterized in that: said first attachment mechanism mechanically attaches one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of one of said inner platform and said outer platform of said first vane with an adjacent one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of said second vane and said second attachment mechanism mechanically attaches the other of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails at said one of said inner platform and said outer platform of said first vane with an adjacent one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of said second vane; wherein said bracket is attached to said leading edge rails or to the trailing edge rails of said first and second vanes (30, 32) via fasteners or by being integrally cast as part of the leading edge rails or the trailing edge rails of the first vane and the second vane. said first attachment mechanism mechanically attaches one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of one of said inner platform and said outer platform of said first vane with an adjacent one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of said second vane and said second attachment mechanism mechanically attaches the other of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails at said one of said inner platform and said outer platform of said first vane with an adjacent one of said leading edge rails and said trailing edge rails of said second vane; wherein said bracket is attached to said leading edge rails or to the trailing edge rails of said first and second vanes (30, 32) via fasteners or by being integrally cast as part of the leading edge rails or the trailing edge rails of the first vane and the second vane.