ʻO Costa Europa e hui pū me Thomson Cruises ma lalo o ka charter 10 makahiki

Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Carnival Corporation & plc i kēia lā e hui pū ana ka 1,488-passenger Costa Europa, i kēia manawa e kāna hōʻailona ʻo Costa Cruises, e hui pū me ka hui huakaʻi Pelekane ʻo Thomson Cruises ma lalo o kahi hoʻolimalima waʻa he 10 makahiki e hoʻomaka ana i ʻApelila 2010. Ma lalo o ka ʻaelike, loaʻa iā Thomson kahi koho e kūʻai i ka moku i kēlā me kēia manawa ma hope o ʻelima mau makahiki.

ʻO Costa Europa, ka mea i hui pū me nā ʻauwaʻa ʻo Costa ma 2002, ʻo ia kekahi o nā moku mua e holo ana ma nā moku holo maʻamau i ke Kaiwa Arabian, me ka haʻalele ʻana mai Dubai, a me ka moana India mai Mauritius.

ʻOiai e haʻalele ana ka Costa Europa, ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Costa i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa o 14 mau moku e lawelawe nei i kēia manawa. ʻO ka papahana hoʻonui holo moku o ka hui Italia, ʻo ia ka mea nui loa o kāna ʻano ma ka honua me ʻelima mau moku hou e komo ana i ka lawelawe ma waena o 2009 a me 2012 e hōʻike ana i ka huina kālā he 2.4 biliona euros. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Costa Luminosa a me Costa Pacifica i ka lā 5 o Iune, 2009 ma Genoa, Italia. I ka hopena o Ianuali 2010, e hoʻolauna ʻia ka Costa Deliziosa, ka moku kaikuahine no ka Costa Luminosa. ʻElua mau moku kaikuahine i Costa Pacifica e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2011 a me 2012.

I nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana, e hoʻolauna ʻo Carnival Corporation & plc i 13 mau moku no ʻehiku mau mana like ʻole.

"ʻOiai mākou e hoʻomau nei i ka ulu ʻana i kā mākou ʻoihana me nā moku hou a hoihoi, ke hoʻopau nei mākou i nā tonage kahiko, kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke hāʻawi aku i kekahi o nā ʻauwaʻa ʻenehana hou loa i ka ʻoihana holo moana," wahi a Micky Arison, Carnival Corporation & plc luna a me Luna Nui.