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AIDA Cruises
Company typePublic
IndustryTransportation
Founded1960
HeadquartersRostock, Germany
ProductsCruises
Websitehttp://www.aida.de/

AIDA Cruises is an American/British-owned German cruise line based in Rostock, Germany. The company was founded as Deutsche Seereederei with a ship called Völkerfreundschaft ("Friendship Between Peoples"), and entered the cruise industry in the 1960s.[1]

The company was acquired by P&O Princess Cruises in 2000.[1][2] In 2003, P&O Princess merged with Carnival Corporation, to form Carnival Corporation & plc, the worlds largest cruise holiday company. Following the merger, executive control of AIDA Cruises transferred to Costa Cruises Group,[3][4] one of the main operating companies of the Carnival Group, with responsibility for the group's European brands.

AIDA Cruises is now one of ten brands owned by Carnival Corp, based at Miami, Florida, accounting for 6.5% of its share of revenue[5] and has its own executive team, led by company President Felix Eichhorn.[6][7] AIDA ships cater to the German-speaking market. As seagoing "club resorts", AIDA ships have on-board amenities and facilities designed to attract younger, more active vacationers.[8]

In October 2017, AIDAcara departed from Hamburg on the company's first round-the-world cruise. After a 116-day sailing, the ship returned to Hamburg on February 10, 2018.[9] The ship visited Southampton, Lisbon, Madeira, Rio de Janeiro, Ushuaia, Easter Island, Tahiti, Singapore, the Maldives, and many other destinations.[10]

AIDAaura will take the company's second World Cruise in fall 2018. On October 8, 2018, the ship will depart from Hamburg on a 117-day voyage visiting 41 ports in 20 countries on four continents.[11] During this voyage, AIDAaura will become the company's first ship to visit several destinations including South Africa, Namibia, Melbourne, Tasmania, Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia.[12]

Ships

Current fleet

Ship Built Builder Entered Service for AIDA Gross Tonnage Flag Notes Image
AIDAcara 1996 Kvaerner Masa-Yards (Finland) 1996–Present 38,531 tons  Italy Previously AIDA
AIDAvita 2002 Aker MTW 2002–Present 42,289 tons  Italy
AIDAaura 2003 Aker MTW 2003–Present 42,289 tons  Italy
AIDAdiva 2007 Meyer Werft 2007–Present 69,203 tons  Italy
AIDAbella 2008 Meyer Werft 2008–Present 69,203 tons  Italy
AIDAluna 2009 Meyer Werft 2009–Present 69,203 tons  Italy
AIDAblu 2010 Meyer Werft 2010–Present 71,300 tons  Italy The name has been used for a former AIDA ship from 2004–2007.
AIDAsol 2011 Meyer Werft 2011–Present 71,300 tons  Italy
AIDAmar 2012 Meyer Werft 2012–Present 71,300 tons  Italy
AIDAstella 2013 Meyer Werft 2013–Present 71,304 tons  Italy
AIDAprima 2016 Mitsubishi 2016–Present 125,572 tons  Italy Ship Delivered in March, Begins Operating April 25[13]
AIDAperla[14] 2017 Mitsubishi 2017–Present 125,572 tons  Italy [15]

Future ships

AIDA 825th Harbour anniversary in Hamburg
Ship Delivery Builder Gross Tonnage Planned flag Notes Image
AIDAnova[16] 2018 Meyer Werft 180,000 tons  Italy AIDA's largest ship ever, planned with 6600 passengers.
AIDAmira December 2019 Chantiers de l'Atlantique 48,200 tons  Italy Currently sailing as Costa neoRiviera.
TBA 2021 Meyer Werft 180,000 tons  Italy
TBA 2023 Meyer Werft 180,000 tons  Italy

Former fleet

Ship Built Builder Entered Service for AIDA Gross Tonnage Flag Notes Image
AIDAblu 1991 Fincantieri 2003–2007 69,845 tons  Italy In 2007 became the Ocean Village 2 for Ocean Village, then sailing for P&O Cruises Australia as Pacific Jewel

References

  1. ^ a b "About AIDA". Cruise Critic. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  2. ^ "FindArticles.com – CBSi". Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ http://www.thestage.co.uk/connect/howto/azcruising.php
  4. ^ Newman, Alex. "Costa Cruises – Latest offers from Costa Cruises". Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2012 World Wide Market Share". Cruise Market Watch. 2011-11-20.
  6. ^ "Carnival Corporation". Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Biography – Carnival Corporation". Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  8. ^ Design 07, ShipPax Information ISSN 1403-3437
  9. ^ Staff, CIN (2018-02-12). "AIDAcara Returns to Hamburg Following World Cruise". Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  10. ^ Tore, Iuliia. "AIDA's first world cruise launched from Hamburg | Rus Tourism News". www.rustourismnews.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  11. ^ Staff, CIN (2017-07-21). "AIDAaura Set for 2018 World Cruise". Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  12. ^ Kalosh, Anne. "AIDA charts new destinations in second world voyage". Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  13. ^ "AIDAprima in Singapore – Cruise Industry News | Cruise News". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  14. ^ "AIDA releases catalog "Holiday a new way"". Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  15. ^ plc, Carnival Corporation &. "Carnival Corporation & plc Orders New Ships for Its Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises Brands". Retrieved 5 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "AIDAnova heißt das neue Schiff der nächsten AIDA Generation" (in German). 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
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