Cruise industry suffers
Aida Cruises will move the start of the season on November
The AIDAblu of Aida Cruises at the Baltic sea resort of Warnemünde. The cruise shipping company Aida Cruises has postponed the start of the season 2020/2021 due to the Corona pandemic again. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
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The growth of the cruise industry seemed at times to be boundless. However, the global Lockdown to combat the Corona pandemic brought the business to a Standstill. The restart is difficult. Aida Cruises is planning the start of the season now for November.
The cruise shipping company Aida Cruises has postponed the start of the season 2020/2021 due to the Corona pandemic again. As the company reported, the program has now 1. November with a seven-day trip to the “Aidamar” in and around the Canary Islands will be included.
Six days later, the “Aidaperla a result of” also on the Canary Islands. For a mid-December restart in the Western Mediterranean was then planned sea with the “Aidastella”. At the same time, the “Aidaprima should start” of your stay in the United Arab Emirates.
Aida-Cruises-President Felix Eichhorn was confident to be able to from the beginning of 2021 first trips to Northern Europe have to offer. Currently, such trips would be made, particularly to countries in Northern Europe such as Norway, Denmark or the Baltic States is not possible.
Most recently, Aida Cruises has had since mid-March, continuous Corona-induced interruption of the cruise season until September 30. September 2020 extended. Also initially planned had to be traveling without a country in the Baltic sea cancelled.
