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Carnival Corporation's AIDA Cruises to Restart Sailing Vacations in August 
 
Germany's leading cruise company presents details about its gradual, phased-in 
restart and enhanced health and safety protocols. Bookings for the first short 
cruises start today, July 9, 2020. 
 
ROSTOCK, Germany, July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AIDA Cruises, Germany's leading 
cruise line and a part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: 
CUK), the world's largest cruise company - today announced it will resume 
sailing operations in August 2020. Following an industry-wide pause in 
operations in mid-March, three of its ships will restart sailing next month. 
AIDAperla will be the first to set sail on August 5 from Hamburg, followed by 
AIDAmar from Rostock-Warnemünde on August 12 and AIDAblu from Kiel on August 
16. Bookings start today, July 9. 
 
Supported by the theme - "With certainty the most beautiful vacation" - AIDA 
Cruises has worked with several global and national health authorities to 
develop a comprehensive set of health and hygiene protocols to help facilitate 
a safe, healthy and phased-in return to cruise vacations. The brand will 
provide extensive information about the enhanced protocols and procedures it 
will implement against COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. More 
details are available at  www.aida.de/sichererurlaub. 
 
Starting with the booking process through individual travel preparation, 
embarking and disembarking in port, and medical care on board, AIDA Cruises has 
introduced a variety of preventive measures to complement existing health and 
hygiene standards. 
 
These measures range from the digital health questionnaire prior to the cruise, 
to temperature measurements before check-in for guests and crew, to physical 
distancing guidelines and routing systems on arrival and departure and on 
board, to closely managing capacities at venues such as restaurants, bars, 
theatres, sports and wellness areas. 
 
The enhanced protocols are supplemented by additional hygiene and safety 
measures, such as increased cleaning and disinfection measures, which take 
place in all cabins and public areas according to a defined protocol, as well 
as additional disinfection dispensers at check-in and on board. 
 
Onboard medical care for all guests and crew is available around the clock. The 
ships are equipped with PCR-test-kits and diagnostic devices for the immediate 
evaluation of suspected COVID-19 cases, and the medical team on board is 
trained in the relevant test procedures and treatment methods. Together with 
the responsible authorities, extensive processes have been developed to 
facilitate medical care, safe disembarkation, and a safe return home as quickly 
as possible for patients diagnosed with a confirmed COVID-19 case. 
 
The first cruises will take place with an adjusted passenger capacity and 
without calling at another port. AIDA guests can look forward to a versatile 
vacation program on board with the usual five-star service for guests, with the 
implementation of necessary hygiene standards and rules for avoiding contact 
and keeping distance. Bookings start today, July 9, 2020, 12:00 a.m. (German 
time) in all travel agencies, at  www.aida.de, as well as in the AIDA Customer 
Center at +49-381-20270707. 
 
The comprehensive health concept and the measures taken to manage suspected and 
confirmed COVID-19 cases have been developed with medical experts and are based 
in part on the current guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and 
the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as well as other governmental and health 
authorities. Additionally, the renowned independent testing company SGS 
Institut Fresenius will check the implementation of the comprehensive hygiene 
standards and the processes of preventive measures against COVID-19. 
 
AIDA Cruises is already working intensively on the next steps. Depending on the 
opening of further European ports for cruise ships, the first foreign 
destinations could be integrated into the itinerary. 
 
In a third phase, the gradual return to the original itinerary will be 
possible, naturally taking into account current developments in the 
destinations and in compliance with the respective international and national 
regulations of health and hygiene authorities and AIDA's own high standards. 
 
CONTACT: Communication: Hansjörg Kunze, Vice President Communication & 
Sustainability, Tel.: +49 (0) 381 / 444-80 20, Fax: + 49 (0) 381 / 444-80 25, 
presse@aida.de 
 
 
 
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July 09, 2020 06:38 ET (10:38 GMT)

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