sistership AIDAsol AIDAstella will be the name of Germany’s AIDA Cruises newest ship when she launches in 2013. I have updated CruiseInd’s Newbuild Database

Carnival Corp. announced 2 newbuild agreements they entered into. The first deal inked with Carnival Favorite Fincanteri, calls for one ship for Italian/European brand Costa Crociere. The unnamed vessel will come in at 132,500grt. making her the largest for Costa and 3rd largest in Carnival Corp (QM2 and Royal Princess are larger). Pax numbers are, [...]

…for its German AIDA brand that its. Sorry if I got your hopes up. But in this economy and slump in travel, it shows a sign that progress IS being made. So the new order is for one 71,300grt ship at a cost of around $419,450,151.16 USD at €150,000 per lower berth. The 2,192 guest [...]