The Australian travel brand will fold its operations into parent company Carnival Cruise Line from March 2025, leaving passengers with cruises booked on the Pacific Explorer after that date to receive a refund or credit.
Australian travel brand P&O Cruises will cease sailing from early next year, folding its operations into parent company Carnival Cruise Line .
The Australian travel brand will fold its operations into parent company Carnival Cruise Line from March 2025. The company's first permanent ship in Australia, the Fairstar — heavily promoted as "the fun ship" — was part of the fleet for nine years until 1997."As a result, all itineraries on Pacific Explorer scheduled to sail after 2nd March 2025 are being cancelled," it said.
Crews on the Pacific Explorer were expected to be redeployed to other ships, but a small number of workers in the P&O Australia head office would lose their jobs, a spokeswoman said. The Carnival brand will see its fleet boosted by eight ships after also acquiring vessels from sister line Costa Cruises and ordering new ships to come into operation in 2027 and 2028.
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