AIDA Cruises, the German market leader for cruises has ordered two new ships from the Italian shipyard Fincantieri. On the occasion of Seatrade Cruise Global, the world’s largest cruise trade fair, which is currently taking place in Miami from April 7 to 10, 2025, AIDA Cruises today announced a billion-euro Read more…
The first shore power plant for cruise ships in the Netherlands has been officially launched with AIDAnova being the first ship to be successfully supplied with energy from shore during its stay in port. With this commissioning, AIDA Cruises can now use shore power in 13 European ports in seven Read more…
AIDA Cruises, the market leader in cruises and Germany’s third-largest tour operator, has successfully completed the first of seven major ship modernizations under its Evolution program with AIDAdiva. After a seven-week dry dock overhaul at the Chantier Naval Shipyard in Marseille, France, from February 3 to March 21, 2025, AIDAdiva Read more…
With these cruises, the cold season can be easily forgotten: From now on, new cruises around Africa with AIDAstella and AIDAprima can be booked in the 2025/2026 winter season. The dream destination of Africa is on the agenda on a wide variety of routes – for example, the two-week journey Read more…
In February 2025, AIDA Cruises will launch the largest fleet modernization program in the company’s history as part of its AIDA Evolution future initiative. AIDAdiva will be the first ship to go to the Chantier Naval shipyard in Marseille, France. During the seven-week dry dock overhaul from February 3 to Read more…
The use of shore power is becoming increasingly important, especially in countries bordering the Baltic Sea. The cruise company AIDA Cruises is playing a key role in the growing availability and use of these facilities. On September 25, the Port of Kiel announced a new record in shore-side power usage: Read more…
AIDA Cruises has officially opened its fully modernized Fleet Operations Centre (FOC) in Hamburg. The FOC is part of Carnival Maritime GmbH (CMG), which was established in 2015 as a maritime service unit for AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises. The embedded FOC, which is available around the clock for cruise Read more…
When AIDAdiva docked in Stockholm on July 25, 2024, the shore power plant in the Port of Stockholm was the first of its kind in Sweden to go into official regular operation. This means that, for the first time, cruise ships in Sweden can also be supplied with shore power Read more…
AIDA Cruises is forging ahead with modernizing its fleet: After AIDAdiva, the shipyard schedules for the next two Sphinx-class ships have now been set. As part of AIDA Evolution, the largest fleet modernization program in the company’s history, the first three ships of the Sphinx series will be extensively modernized Read more…
Five years ago, AIDA Cruises opened the first school in Cebu City, Philippines. It was funded entirely by donations from AIDA Cruise & Help. Since then, numerous other schools in twelve countries have been added. One of these schools is the Okanguati Primary School in Namibia. AIDA President Felix Eichhorn Read more…
With AIDA Evolution, the cruise company AIDA Cruises is launching the largest fleet modernization program in the company’s history. AIDAdiva will be the first ship to go to the Chantier Naval shipyard in Marseille, France. From February 3 to March 22, 2025, extensive modernization work will be carried out in Read more…
With around 1.5 million visitors, the 835th HAMBURG PORT ANNIVERSARY came to an end on Sunday May 12. One of the absolute highlights was the light and music show on Saturday evening, in which around 300 light drones showcased the cruise ship AIDAprima. Kayef and top act DJ Alle Farben, Read more…