AIDA Cruises

AIDA Cruises
Public
Industry Transportation
Founded 1960
Headquarters Rostock, Germany
Products Cruises
Website http://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

ShipBuiltBuilderEntered Service for AIDAGross TonnageFlagNotesImage
AIDAcara1996Kvaerner Masa-Yards (Finland)1996–Present38,531 tons ItalyPreviously AIDA
AIDAvita2002Aker MTW2002–Present42,289 tons Italy
AIDAaura2003Aker MTW2003–Present42,289 tons Italy
AIDAdiva2007Meyer Werft2007–Present69,203 tons Italy
AIDAbella2008Meyer Werft2008–Present69,203 tons Italy
AIDAluna2009Meyer Werft2009–Present69,203 tons Italy
AIDAblu2010Meyer Werft2010–Present71,300 tons ItalyThe name has been used for a former AIDA ship from 2004–2007.
AIDAsol2011Meyer Werft2011–Present71,300 tons Italy
AIDAmar2012Meyer Werft2012–Present71,300 tons Italy
AIDAstella2013Meyer Werft2013–Present71,304 tons Italy
AIDAprima2016Mitsubishi2016–Present125,572 tons ItalyShip Delivered in March, Begins Operating April 25[13]
AIDAperla[14]2017Mitsubishi2017–Present125,572 tons Italy[15]

Future ships

ShipDeliveryBuilderGross TonnagePlanned flagNotesImage
AIDAnova[16]2018Meyer Werft180,000 tons ItalyAIDA's largest ship ever, planned with 6600 passengers.
AIDAmiraDecember 2019Chantiers de l'Atlantique48,200 tons ItalyCurrently sailing as Costa neoRiviera.
Unnamed2021Meyer Werft180,000 tons Italy
Unnamed2023Meyer Werft180,000 tons Italy

Former fleet

ShipBuiltBuilderEntered Service for AIDAGross TonnageFlagNotesImage
AIDAblu1991Fincantieri2003–200769,845 tons ItalyIn 2007 became the Ocean Village 2 for Ocean Village, then sailing for P&O Cruises Australia as Pacific Jewel

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  16. ↑ "AIDAnova heißt das neue Schiff der nächsten AIDA Generation" (in German). 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-05-31.


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