Costa Cruises restarts with the entire fleet in 2022
Starting next summer the entire Costa Cruises’ fleet will resume operations, with the four most innovative ships to be deployed in the Mediterranean and free shore excursions.
Costa Cruises continues its gradual restart plan for 2022. From 5 March, the date on which the new Costa Toscana, star of the recent edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, will set sail for her first cruise, an increasing number of the company's ships will return to service, joining those already sailing.
Next summer, the company's entire fleet will resume operations, with all four of the new ships delivered in recent months - Costa Toscana, Costa Smeralda, Costa Firenze and Costa Venezia - deployed in the Mediterranean. Also, for the summer period, with the hope of favorable regulations, the company is planning to carry out again shore excursions in free mode, and, in light of the gradual relaxation of the measures in place, is working to be able to make them already available as early as this spring.
Costa's program includes a total of more than 1,800 cruises from spring 2022 to winter 2022-23, allowing guests to discover 179 destinations around the world, with cruises lasting from 3 to 127 days.
Roberto Alberti, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer of Costa Cruises, said:
"We are seeing the growth in demand for holidays, and I am sure that this trend will increase further in the coming weeks. We think our offer is the best ever, thanks to elements that combine unique experiences, both onboard and ashore.”
After Costa Toscana, Costa's restart program includes Costa Favolosa on April 28, with "mini cruises" in the Mediterranean, Costa Venezia on May 1 from Istanbul, with a new and one-week itinerary in Turkey and Greece, and Costa Smeralda on May 7, offering a one-week itinerary in the western Mediterranean. Costa Pacifica will resume operations on June 4 from Bari, exploring Greece and Malta. The two-week cruises to the Canary Islands and the Azores, originally planned with the Costa Pacifica in April and May, will be carried out by Costa Luminosa, while Costa Fortuna will return operating in Northern Europe on June 12.
In summer 2022, the sister ships Costa Smeralda and Costa Toscana, powered by liquefied natural gas, together with the Costa Firenze, will offer week-long cruises in the western Mediterranean, while Costa Venezia will continue with her new itinerary in Turkey and Greece, departing from Istanbul.
Costa Pacifica, Costa Deliziosa and Costa Luminosa will be operating in the Eastern Mediterranean with one-week cruises. Four ships, Costa Fortuna, Costa Favolosa, Costa Fascinosa and Costa Diadema, will be deployed in Northern Europe, visiting the Baltic capitals, the Norwegian fjords, the North Cape and Iceland.
