AIDA Cruises has been forced to cancel several cruises aboard AIDAprima at the tailend of her summer season in the Mediterranean, in order to accomodate a longer repositioning voyage around Africa to […]
Emirates Airline has renewed its partnerships with both AIDA Cruises and TUI Cruises for the next two cruise seasons, reinforcing Dubai’s place as a major maritime tourism hub with state-of-the-art cruise terminals […]
The German cruise line AIDA Cruises has opened bookings for its 4-month World Cruise taking place during 2025 and 2026, with port calls in the Middle East scheduled despite the security crisis […]
AIDA Cruises has announced a major fleetwide refit and refurbishment program called AIDA Evolution, which will modernise every ship in the fleet, bringing standards and amenities on-par with the latest vessels in […]
The German cruise line AIDA Cruises, owned by Carnival Corporation, has become the third cruise line to cancel its repositioning itineraries and grand voyages from Dubai due to the ongoing tensions in […]
AIDA Cruises will be sailing multiple voyages between Cape Town, Mauritius and the Seychelles during the 2025/26 South African cruise season, marking the cruise line’s return to the country for the first […]
AIDA Cruises has released its 2025/26 winter cruise itineraries with AIDAprima selected to return to the Middle East to sail a full season of roundtrip Dubai cruises in the Arabian Gulf.
Royal Caribbean has confirmed the cancellation of the remainder of its Israeli cruise season, with Rhapsody of the Seas switching from cruise operations to humanitarian work, while AIDA Cruises has confirmed the […]
Stretches of AIDAsol’s 2024/2025 world cruise have opened for sale, with 33- to 84-night legs of the voyage now available for booking, including the portion visiting South Africa.
AIDA Cruises is expanding its fining offerings with the addition of a new restaurant serving sustainable, plant-based cuisine.
MSC Cruises, AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises have all confirmed that they are not fuelling their Dubai-based cruise ships with LNG, but are instead using regular MGO, due to issues with availability […]
An 87-year-old British passenger was evacuated Tuesday morning from a cruise ship sailing off the coast of South Africa after suffering a medical emergency, according to IOL.
AIDA Cruises has confirmed that instead of re-deploying AIDAcosma to the Middle East for the 2023/24 cruise season as previously announced, it will instead be sending AIDAprima.
Carnival Corporation has partnered with Space X’s Starlink to provide the next-generation of internet connectivity across its global fleet.
An 80-year-old South African cruise passenger had to be medically evacuated from a cruise ship near Cape Town this week, after suffering a fall that resulted in serious injuries.
AIDA Cruises has confirmed that it will re-deploy AIDAcosma to the Middle East for the 2023/24 Arabian Gulf cruise season, homeporting once more at the Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal.
AIDA Cruises has announced that its venerable cruise ship AIDAaura will homeport in Cape Town for the 2022/23 cruise season ahead of her retirement from the fleet.
Carnival Corporation has announced that it will be retiring AIDAaura from the fleet of its German cruise line AIDA Cruises in September, 2023.
Dubai’s new seafront district Dubai Harbour has received its first cruise ship of the 2022/23 Arabian Gulf cruise season with the arrival of AIDAcosma.
The German cruise line AIDA will be homeporting its ship AIDAaura in South Africa for the 2023/24 cruise season, carrying on an annual tradition that has become popular with its home market.