| AIDA, Disney, RCI all cancel Russia calls 04 Mar 22

AIDA Cruises, Disney Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International (RCI) have become the latest companies to cancel stops in Russia.

Carnival Corporation’s AIDA has cancelled all calls to St. Petersburg, and announced new alternative ports of call for its upcoming summer season.

Four AIDA ships had been scheduled to visit Russia with three of those vessels being given new itineraries, while the return-to-service date for AIDAvita has been postponed until Jul.

“In the coming days, we will adjust the itinerary of our cruise ships in the summer season of 2022 in the Baltic Sea region and inform our guests about the changes as soon as possible,” AIDA said.

“The safety and well-being of our guests and crew are our highest priority.”

Disney also removed St. Petersburg from two of its Disney Magic sailings, one which would have been an overnight stay.

The cruise line is still in discussions with ports in other countries, and will share updated itineraries later this month.

Meanwhile, RCI said: “with the recent events, we have made the decision to cancel our visits to St. Petersburg, Russia on all Summer 2022 itineraries.

“We have planned alternative ports and will communicate itinerary changes in the next few days to our guests and travel partners…customers can reschedule their cruises.”

The three cruise lines join a litany of companies which cancelled their Russian calls upon the country’s invasion of Ukraine (CW 28 Feb).