Celebrate Good Times, Costa Cruises Set Sail this Weekend

Carnival Corporation the world's largest cruise company announced plans to resume sailing operations, with Italy-based Costa Cruises scheduled to restart sailing in Italy on September 6, 2020, followed by Germany-based AIDA Cruises scheduled to resume on November 1.

These initial cruises will take place with adjusted passenger capacity and enhanced coronavirus health protocols developed with government and health authorities to follow shoreside mitigation guidelines.

"Our highest responsibilities and top priorities are always compliance, protecting the environment, and the health, safety and well-being of our guests, the communities we visit, and our crew," said Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation.

Costa Cruises is restarting sailing with two initial ships departing from Italian ports beginning September 6.

Costa Deliziosa will offer weekly cruises from Trieste on September 6, 13, 20, and 27, visiting five destinations in southern Italy, including Bari and Brindisi in Puglia, Corigliano-Rossano in Calabria, and Siracusa and Catania in Sicily. 

Costa Diadema will follow on Sept. 19 from Genoa, calling at Italian ports in the western Mediterranean, including Civitavecchia/Rome, Naples, Palermo, Cagliari, and La Spezia.

Unfortunately, these one-week itineraries are being reserved exclusively for Italian guests.

In November AIDA Cruises will resume its cruise operations with two of its ships, sailing from the Canary Islands in November 2020, followed by an additional two ships departing from the western Mediterranean and the United Arab Emirates beginning in December 2020.

The first of the brand's cruises sails on November 1, with seven-day voyages to and departures from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, with AIDAmar, followed by sailings from Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife with AIDAperla on November 7.

In December, AIDA Cruises will resume sailing operations in the Western Mediterranean with AIDAstella departing on seven-day cruises from Palma, Mallorca, beginning December 12.

Additionally, AIDAprima will offer seven-day cruises from Dubai starting December 11 and from Abu Dhabi beginning December 15.

Previously, on July 16, 2020, the U.S. CDC extended the No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation for ships in U.S. waters through the end of September 2020.

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