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Carnival to operate its entire fleet next summer

Cruise
Gary Noakes
21 December 2021

Carnival Corporation predicts it will have its entire fleet back in action by June as it reveals a huge $9.5 billion 2021 loss.

The line removed the need for vaccinated guests to test prior to embarkation last Friday (12 August)

The order will create a new ship class for Carnival Cruise Line

The cruise giant said it ended its financial year on 30 November with 61% of capacity operating. The fourth quarter saw an adjusted net loss of $2 billion, however the group’s annual loss has improved on 2020’s $10.2 billion deficit and the brand has $9 billion in liquidity.

Carnival Corporation & plc president and chief executive Arnold Donald said: "Since resuming guest cruise operations, we have established effective protocols for Covid-19 and its variants and have returned 65,000 team members and 50 ships.