Norwegian Cruise Line is cancelling a number of sailings onboard its fleet for 2025.
Based on a press release despatched to journey brokers, a complete of 20 departures throughout seven totally different vessels have been affected.
“Attributable to fleet redeployments, charters and one drydock, we have now made the choice to cancel chosen sailings onboard our ships,” the corporate mentioned.
Based on the letter, the next cruises are now not going forward:
- Norwegian Epic: Nov. 1, 2025; and Nov. 11, 2025
- Norwegian Jade: Feb. 20, 2025; Mar. 4, 2025; Mar. 13, 2025; and Mar. 24, 2025
- Norwegian Pearl: Oct. 15, 2025
- Norwegian Sky: Apr. 19, 2025; Might 5, 2025; Might 16, 2025; Might 27, 2025; and Jun. 5, 2025
- Norwegian Spirit: Jan. 1, 2025
- Norwegian Star: Might 17, 2025; Might 29, 2025; and Jun. 9, 2025
- Norwegian Viva: Might 18, 2025; Might 27, 2025; Sep. 20, 2025; and Sep. 29, 2025
Affected passengers are being provided the choice of rebooking their cruises to alternate dates of journey that provide related itineraries, the corporate added.
New cruises to exchange the cancelled sailings will probably be introduced in two weeks, Norwegian Cruise Line additionally mentioned.
The cancelled cruises had been set to go to an array of areas of the globe, together with the Western and Jap Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Adriatic Sea, the Center East, the Pink Sea, Asia and Northern Europe.
A number of itineraries included locations in areas which might be at the moment going through geopolitical challenges, together with Israel and the Pink Sea.
The Norwegian Viva’s Sep. 29, 2025 departure was scheduled to sail from Haifa, Israel, to Istanbul, Turkey. Crusing for ten nights, the now-cancelled itinerary featured visits to a number of locations within the Jap Mediterranean and the Holy Land, with ports of name in Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, Greece and Turkey.
