AIDA - The club ship is a mark of the shipping company AIDA Cruises, German Branch OF Costa Crociere S.p.A. (formerly sea-route).

AIDA is often falsely accepted not, as due to the name the club ship, a cruise ship, but the over term for a whole fleet ships.

AIDA Cruises

The enterprise AIDA Cruises is in Germany among the cruise offerers after conversion and passengers market leader. In the year 2005 233,000 passengers were carried. The conversion amounted to approx. 375 million euro. This corresponds to a market share of approx. 35%. AIDA Cruises employs about 2,400 coworkers from 25 countries. Of it approximately 2,000 persons work on board the ships and 400 ashore.

At the head office of AIDA Cruises in Rostock are the departments operation, Newbuildings, marketing, Sales as well as administration, Finance and human Resources settled. Entertainment, Edutainment, animation and Events from a casting the sea-live Tivoli Entertainment & Consulting possible GmbH, in the year 2001 a common society created between AIDA Cruises and Schmidt' s Tivoli makes. From the location in Vienna out the team of AIDA Cruises Austria journeys with AIDA markets - the club ship.

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The fleet of the AIDA Cruises consists of the ships AIDAcara, AIDAvita, AIDAaura and AIDAblu, which drive all under Italian flag. Their home port is Genova. 2007, 2008 and 2009 the fleet is to be supplemented around in each case a ship. These carry the names AIDA SPHINX I, AIDA SPHINX II and AIDA SPHINX III in the building phase, however late names in the tradition of the past ships are received. As Aida Cruises admits in the meantime gave, will with the first ship of the Sphinx class the AIDAblu to Great Britain to be sold. Meanwhile the secret was ventilated around the first ship, the successor of the AIDAblu. The name of the new ship reads AIDAdiva and in March 2007 in service is placed.

AIDAcara

The AIDAcara is the first ship of the AIDA fleet. It 1996 of the Finnish threw Kvaerner Masa yard placed under the name CS AIDA (CS = Cruise Ship) finished. After further ships (AIDAvita, AIDAaura) were activated, the name changed to AIDAcara. At the end of April 2005 experienced the ship a change, with which 44 cabs were equipped equipped with balconies, which extended restaurant ranges, as well as the Wellnessbereich with new Massagekabinen. An extendable platform to the as well as a new painting the rounded overhaul off.

The AIDAcara possesses eleven of deck with altogether 590 cabs. It has a length of 193 meters, width of 27.6 meters and a depth of six meters. Their maximum speed amounts to 20 knots. It is presumptuous and by two variable-pitch propellers is propelled with a gross space number (BRZ) of 38.531. The crew strength amounts to 370 persons.

The godmother of the ship is Christiane duke.

In the winter the AIDAcara goes for the first time on cruise toward Orient. It breaks Arab emirates open off/to Dubai to one-week cruises by the united ones. On their route are among other things Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Muscat. In the summer the Cara drives of warn-flows out by the Baltic Sea, where she starts Stockholm, Helsinki, Danzig and St. Petersburg.

AIDAvita

The AIDAvita is the second ship of the AIDA fleet. It 2002 of the German threw Aker MTW finished placed.

The AIDAvita has twelve of deck (633 cabs). It is 203 meters long, 28 meters wide and possesses a depth of 6 meters. Their maximum speed amounts to 21 knots. The ship exhibits a BRZ of 42.200 and by 2 propellers is propelled. The crew capacity is exhausted with 418 persons.

The godmother of the ship is Doris cutting back.

In the winter term the Vita the Karibik (small Antilleses) bereist. The journeys start in La Romana (cathedral. Republic) and among other things Antigua, Grenada, pc. Lucia and Curacao.Im summer lead bereist AIDAvita the western Mediterranean with start on Mallorca to the islands. From there it drives 2 in the week rhythm to Cannes, Rome, Barcelona (overnight), Tunis, Neapel and Malta.

AIDAaura

The AIDAaura is identically constructed to the AIDAvita. It was given again with German Aker MTW throwing in order and placed 2003 in service.

Their data correspond to those the AIDAvita: Twelve of deck with altogether 633 cabs, length of 203 meters, width of 28 meters, depth of six meters, maximum speed: 21 knots, BRZ: 42.200, propelled of two propellers, crew strength: 418 persons.

The godmother of the ship is Heidi Klum.

In the winter the AIDAaura drives on a route at the tropical Central America. One embarks in Montego Bay on Jamaica. From there it goes to Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Belize and on the Cayman Iceland. In the summer bereist the ship the eastern Mediterranean from Crete. Starting from Heraklion it drives Istanbul in the two-week rotation toward Greece, Cyprus, Israel and from Athens until.

AIDAblu

The AIDAblu is the fourth ship of the AIDA fleet. It 1990 of the Italian threw Fincantieri S.p.A. finished placed and first provided with the name Crown Princess. 2002 took place at it extensive change work and them on A'ROSA BLU was renamed. In April 2004 it was converted again and received its present name AIDAblu.

The AIDAblu possesses 13 of deck with altogether 840 cabs. It has a length of 245 meters, width of 32 meters and a depth of eight meters. Their maximum speed amounts to 20 knots. It has a BRZ of 70.310 and by two Festpropellern is propelled. The crew covers 600 persons.

The godmother of the ship is iris Berben.

The oldest ship of the fleet starts the islands larva Irish Republican Army and the Kanaren in the winter. Their basis port is Santa Cruz on Teneriffa. In the summer the AIDAblu of its basis port Kiel from Copenhagen, Oslo starts some fjords and Iceland.

For the distribution of the first Sphinx new building (see below) in the spring 2007 the AIDAblu will leave the AIDA company and within the nut/mother company Carnival cruiselines sold to the shipping company Ocean Village. The future name is Ocean Village Two.

Future ships

The names AIDA SPHINX I, AIDA SPHINX II and AIDA SPHINX III apply only to the building phase. The final names in the tradition of the past ships are not certain.

AIDA SPHINX I/AIDAdiva

The AIDA SPHINX I is to be placed in April 2007 as the fifth ship of the AIDA fleet into the service. She is built of German Meyer throwing.

The keel-laying found at the 3. March 2006 in Papenburg instead of. Given with this cause also the final name, AIDAdiva, admits.

The AIDAdiva possesses 13 of deck (1,015 cabs, max. 2500 passengers) and has a length of 249, width of 32 and a depth of 7 meters. It is propelled likewise by two propellers and is fast knappe 22 knots. Their BRZ is indicated as 68.500. At crew it seizes 634 persons.

To 30.04.2007 the AIDAdiva their ten to fortnightly young remote travel into Hamburg will begin and will then terminate these in Palma de Mallorca. The exact route is officially not yet well-known. In the connection it will drive on several routes in the Mediterranean.

AIDA SPHINX II

The AIDA SPHINX II will be identically constructed the AIDA SPHINX I and in April 2009 the sixth ship of the fleet will become prospective. She is likewise built by that Meyer throwing.

AIDA SPHINX III

The AIDA SPHINX III is manufactured likewise identically constructed with the Sphinx sister ships by Meyer throwing Papenburg, and between the dates of delivery of the Sphinx ships I and II in the spring 2008 to be delivered. This concerns the 3. New building, there the contract for the building of the new ships only later in July 2005 around the 3. Ship was extended.

Related links

• Official AIDA homepage
• AIDA FANS.de - the fan side of the AIDA of club ships
• AIDA of reports on a journey, photos and ME (e) HR!
• AIDA photo gallery

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