founded 1960 headquarters rostock germany products cruises website http www.aida.de aida cruises is an american british owned german cruise line based in rostock germany . originally founded as deutsche seereederei with a ship called v lkerfreundschaft friendship between peoples the company entered the cruise industry in the 1960s . 1 the company was acquired by p & o princess cruises in 2000 . 1 2 in 2003 p & o princess merged with carnival corporation to form carnival corporation & plc the worlds largest cruise holiday company . following the merger executive control of aida cruises transferred to costa cruises group 3 4 one of the main operating companies of the carnival group with responsibility for the group s european brands . aida cruises is now one of ten brands owned by carnival corp based at miami florida accounting for 6.5 % of its share of revenue 5 and has its own executive team led by company president felix eichhorn . 6 7 aida ships cater to the german speaking market . as seagoing club resorts aida ships have on board amenities and facilities designed to attract younger more active vacationers . 8 contents 1 ships 1.1 current fleet 1.2 future ships 1.3 former fleet 2 references 3 external links ships edit current fleet edit ship built builder entered service for aida gross tonnage flag notes image aidacara 1996 kvaerner masa yards finland 1996 present 38 531 tons italy previously aida aidavita 2002 aker mtw 2002 present 42 289 tons italy aidaaura 2003 aker mtw 2003 present 42 289 tons italy aidadiva 2007 meyer werft 2007 present 69 203 tons italy aidabella 2008 meyer werft 2008 present 69 203 tons italy aidaluna 2009 meyer werft 2009 present 69 203 tons italy aidablu 2010 meyer werft 2010 present 71 300 tons italy the name has been used for a former aida ship from 2004 2007 . aidasol 2011 meyer werft 2011 present 71 300 tons italy aidamar 2012 meyer werft 2012 present 71 300 tons italy aidastella 2013 meyer werft 2013 present 71 304 tons italy aidaprima april 2016 mitsubishi 2016 present 125 572 tons italy ship delivered in march begins operating april 25 9 future ships edit ship delivery builder gross tonnage planned flag notes image aidaperla 10 2017 mitsubishi 125 000 tons italy 11 tba 2019 meyer werft 180 000 tons italy aida s largest ship ever planned with 6600 passengers 12 tba 2020 meyer werft 180 000 tons italy former fleet edit ship built builder entered service for aida gross tonnage flag notes image aidablu 1991 fincantieri 2003 2007 69 845 tons italy in 2007 became the ocean village 2 for ocean village then sailing for p & o cruises australia as pacific jewel references edit a b about aida . cruise critic . retrieved 2 september 2008 . p & o acquires leading position in german cruise market http www.thestage.co.uk connect howto azcruising.php http www.offers on holidays.co.uk cruises costa cruises.php 2012 world wide market share . cruise market watch . 2011 11 20 . new york times http phx.corporate ir.net phoenix.zhtml c 140690 & p irol govbio2 & id 155617 design 07 shippax information issn 1403 3437 aidaprima in singapore cruise industry news cruise news . www.cruiseindustrynews.com . retrieved 2016 04 21 . aida releases catalog holiday a new way . retrieved 2016 03 09 . http www.prnewswire.com news releases carnival corporation plc orders new ships for its costa cruises and aida cruises brands 126651498.html http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 6408 aida cruises site external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to aida cruises . aida cruises official site german company facts and figures cruise critic review carnival corporation aida v t e cruise brands and operational groups of carnival corporation & plc north america carnival carnival cruise lines fathom cruise lines holland america group holland america line princess cruises seabourn cruise line europe asia australia eaa carnival uk cunard line p & o cruises p & o cruises australia costa cruises group costa cruises 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