Aidanova Cruise Ship Maiden Voyage
AIDAnova is the largest ship to join the AIDA fleet and in fact the largest Carnival-owned ship ever built.
Aidanova cruise ship maiden voyage. Once the ship has received its final fittings and has completed various sea trials AIDAnova will be delivered to AIDA Cruises in an official handover ceremony from the Meyer Werft shipyard on November 15 2018 in Bremerhaven Germany. Carnival Cruise Lines First LNG-Fueled Ship Departs on Maiden Voyage. AIDAnova on track to get its methanol-operated fuel cell in 2021.
On November 15 2018 AIDA Cruises will take ownership of its first newbuild of a new generation from the Meyer shipyard. The Maritime Executive. Another of these sister ships Carnival Celebration will be homeported out of PortMiami after its delivery next year.
The German cruise line AIDA Cruises has announced that AIDAnova will be redeployed from the Middle East to the Canary Islands for the upcoming winter Dubai 202122 cruise season. AIDAnova sets sail for the first time at the end of September to Eemshaven in the Netherlands for internal fit-out and sea trials. In a statement Meyer Werft said.
The AIDAnova is the lead ship of the Helios class. As a result AIDA Cruises will be the worlds first cruise. For a short time-out in Advent AIDA Cruises has added two new short cruises.
It was the maiden voyage of MSC Virtuosa - a 4-night roundtrip cruise from Southa. The first of the new Excellence-class ships she was launched on 21 August 2018 and delivered on 12 December 2018. Nine of these ships are to be built for Carnival Corporation plc by 2023 including three for AIDA Cruises.
She has two sister ships scheduled for delivery in 2021 and 2023. The latest delay has seen the maiden voyage from Hamburg now also cancelled and the ship is now expected to depart of its first cruise from Tenerife on 19 December 2018. AIDAnova will begin its maiden voyage from Hamburg to the Canary Islands on December 2 2018.
