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Virgin Voyages plots new course as Middle East conflict escalates

Destinations
James Chapple
9 February 2024

Virgin Voyages has rerouted a repositioning cruise from Australia to Europe next month to swerve the ongoing skirmishing in the Red Sea and wider Middle East region.

Resilient Lady Athens Virgin Voyages credit Alex Anderson _ Maritime Filming UK.jpg

Resilient Lady will instead reposition in the Caribbean

The line said that owing to its concerns about the risk of "potential escalations" of tensions in the region over the next 12 months, it had made a number of changes to Resilient Lady’s upcoming voyage, which is due to depart Sydney on 27 March.


Virgin Voyages has pledged to protect agent commissions where guests take advantage of the flexibility the line is offering owing the changes to the voyage.


The line added a full review of "other geographically similar repositioning voyages and linked sailings" was under way owing to "the very likely continuation of this escalated regional conflict".