28th Aug 2020 09:16
(Alliance News) - Carnival PLC on Friday said its cruise line AIDA Cruises plans to resume operations in Germany in November.
The FTSE 250-listed cruise ship operator said AIDAmar will set sail on November 1 for seven-day voyages to the Canary Islands, with AIDAperla following on November 7. In the Western Mediterranean, AIDA Cruises will resume sailing operations with AIDAstella on December 12, and AIDAprima will resume on December 11.
Carnival, however, said that due to Covid-19, and the response of countries to the pandemic - which include prohibiting cruise ships until 2021 or the issuance of travel warnings by Germany about neighbourhood European countries - AIDA has cancelled its previously announced cruises for September.
"Even though it is currently not possible for cruise ships to call at Norway, which is so important for our voyages to the north, we are confident that the first AIDA ships from Germany will be able to travel to Northern Europe again at the beginning of 2021," said Felix Eichhorn, president of AIDA Cruises.
AIDA Cruises has cancelled all short voyages with AIDAblu from Kiel, the voyages with AIDAperla with departure dates of September 12, 19 and 26 from Hamburg, as well as all voyages up to and including October 31. In addition, all other voyages planned for the fall and winter season for 2020 and 2021 in the Western Mediterranean, the Azores, Cape Verde Islands and Northern Europe will not take place.
Shares in Carnival were trading 0.7% higher at 1,026.00 pence each on Friday morning in London.
By Ife Taiwo; [email protected]
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