News Release

AIDAaura starts the summer season - cruises to Great Britain, Greenland and Northern France

On Saturday, May 7, 2022, is the time: The cruise ship AIDAaura will be the 12th ship in the AIDA fleet to depart from Hamburg on a 14-day cruise to Scotland and Ireland. In addition to the impressive natural adventures of the Scottish islands, guests can expect two-day stays in Killybegs (Ireland) and Dublin. The small natural harbor of Killybegs is the perfect starting point for excursions to unique coastal landscapes in northwestern Ireland. In Dublin, AIDAaura will stay overnight. This gives guests the opportunity to explore Ireland's capital city extensively. 

Captain Carsten Waetge and his crew are looking forward to the guests and this voyage. After a shipyard stop in April, they have used the past weeks intensively to prepare the ship for the guests.

In addition to voyages to Great Britain and Ireland, AIDAaura's program includes northern France or the Bay of Biscay from Hamburg.

The AIDAaura voyages from Bremerhaven in July and August take you far into the far north. Incredible natural spectacles and unique wildlife make these voyages an unforgettable experience. The 21-day cruises take guests to Scotland, Iceland and Greenland, past gigantic icebergs, glaciers and fjords. 

On October 18, 2022, AIDAaura will bid farewell to Germany and set course for its winter destination South Africa. Highlights of the crossing to Cape Town are the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, Walvis Bay in Namibia and Lüderitz on the edge of the Namib Desert.

For more information on AIDAaura's voyages in the 2022 summer season and to book, contact your travel agent, the AIDA Customer Center at +49 (0) 381 / 20 27 07 07 or visit www.aida.de.

With the AIDA Summer Promise, AIDA Cruises offers its guests extra flexibility and security for their booking. When booking a new voyage in the 2022 summer season until May 31, 2022, guests can rebook once free of charge up to 30 days before the start of the voyage - in all fares, both the travel date and the route. This applies to departures from March 30 to October 31, 2022.

For all AIDA voyages in the 2022 summer season, full vaccination protection is a prerequisite for all guests 12 years of age and older.

Rostock, May 7, 2022