Passenger cruises from Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been impacted by the ongoing Red Sea crisis, with operators cancelling or rerouting their ships in response.
AIDA Cruises, Carnival Corporation’s German subsidiary, is the latest operator to do so, cancelling the itineraries of three ships from its spring 2024 season, which it said will now “head directly for their summer cruising areas in Europe without guests”. These include several trans-Suez voyages that were scheduled from Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Nearly six weeks of sailing have been affected on certain dates aboard the AIDAbella, currently in Southeast Asia, which was due for repositioning from Dubai to Mallorca in April, and AIDAprima Globetrotter cruises, starting in March and April from Dubai and Abu Dhabi to Hamburg.
Last week, because of the risk to sailing in the Red Sea, MSC Cruises cancelled three repositioning Grand Voyage trips that were to be made in April from the UAE and South Africa to Europe. The operator said…
