Emirates and AIDA Cruises renew their partnership for a further two seasons

Solidifying Dubai’s place as a main maritime tourism hub, Emirates and AIDA Cruises have renewed their partnership for a further two seasons.  

The renewed partnership was signed on the sidelines of the primary day of ITB Berlin and is in step with Dubai’s efforts to important develop its cruise capability. Dubai continues to draw the most important gamers within the trade via providing a seamlessly built-in maritime hub, with state-of-the-art dealing with amenities supported with unrivalled air connectivity.

Emirates will discover a variety of alternatives with AIDA Cruises for joint advertising and marketing, operational alignment and strategic planning round flight schedules from throughout its community, along with enhanced transportation options between Dubai International Airport and Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal.

The partnership will proceed to give attention to sharing related information and insights to enhance service supply, offering devoted help groups for cruise passengers, and facilitating a easy check-in course of at Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal. The airline may also dedicate capability for the subsequent two seasons to make sure continued momentum to fulfill the demand for cruise packages to Dubai.

The MoU was signed by Adnan Kazim, Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer, Emirates Airline; and Felix Eichhorn, President of AIDA Cruises.

Adnan Kazim commented on the renewed partnership: “We’re pleased with AIDA Cruises’ long-standing dedication to Dubai, once they have been one of many first cruise liners to residence port in 2006.  We are readying the enterprise for one other sturdy cruise season in Dubai, and via the help of companions like AIDA Cruises anchoring in our residence metropolis and hub, we’ll proceed to strengthen Dubai’s place as a pretty gateway for winter cruising.”

“The Arabian Gulf is considered one of our hottest winter locations as a result of its average flight occasions, nice summer season temperatures and many hours of sunshine. Combined with the brand new state-of-the-art terminals at Dubai Harbour inside straightforward attain of town’s points of interest and wonderful airport connectivity, our cooperation with Emirates will further improve the attractiveness of this vacation spot for our visitors with tailored flight choices,” mentioned Felix Eichhorn, President of AIDA Cruises.

AIDAprima has been working to Dubai Harbour since 2021 and can accommodate as much as 3,200 passengers. This season, passengers embarking and disembarking from Dubai can sit up for numerous itineraries that embrace locations like Muscat, Doha, Sir Bani Yas and Abu Dhabi.

Dubai has been a first mover in becoming a member of up your entire journey and tourism ecosystem to facilitate hassle-free entry and visas for cruise passengers, seamless dealing with at ports which incorporates entry to Emirates check-in desks at Dubai Harbour together with a host of different facilities dotted throughout your entire air and floor journey. Travellers have the added benefit of disembarking at one of many world’s most iconic tourism locations, with landmarks and points of interest that swimsuit each style, age and funds.

The 12 Emirates check-in counters in Dubai Harbour permit passengers who’re disembarking from their cruise ships to completely check-in as much as 4 hours earlier than flight departure with the comfort of exploring Dubai with out their baggage earlier than heading on to the airport and breezing previous most formalities earlier than their flight.

Last yr, Emirates transported round 400,000 cruise passengers utilizing Dubai cruise terminals. The metropolis welcomed over 166 ships over the past cruise season, making it the area’s largest port of embarkation and hottest name for cruise liners. The metropolis expects a rise of 23% extra cruise passengers for the upcoming season.