Sailings within English waters will resume from 17 May – with MSC’s Virtuosa set to become the first ship to cruise when the line restarts operations from Southampton on 20 May.
Under guidance laid out by the DfT on Friday (23 April), ships will initially only be able to operate with “up to 1,000 people or 50% capacity, whichever is lower” not including crew.
While onboard, groups of more than six passengers or two households will not be allowed to mix indoors, “whether or not they originally booked in the same group”, the DfT said.
