AMID continuing uncertainty about the resumption of cruising Down Under, P&O Cruises Australia has cancelled its Adelaide, Fremantle and Cairns homeport seasons for next year (CW breaking news yesterday). P&O Australia will also be cancelling cruises scheduled to call in Papua New Guinea until Oct next year, as well as...
AMID continuing uncertainty about the resumption of cruising Down Under, P&O Cruises Australia has cancelled its Adelaide, Fremantle and Cairns homeport seasons for next year (CW breaking news yesterday).
P&O Australia will also be cancelling cruises scheduled to call in Papua New Guinea until Oct next year, as well as the re-position sailing from Singapore to Cairns, originally scheduled to depart on 19 May.
The line’s outgoing President Sture Myrmell (pictured) said there was no doubt the three ports all remained important calls for visiting ships when governments allow cruising to resume in Aussie waters.
“P&O Cruises Australia has prided itself on being the cruise line that has ships based from all mainland cities,” he said.
“We are naturally disappointed our guests in Adelaide, Fremantle and Cairns will be unable to cruise from their doorstep until 2023, however, they are all extremely popular ports of call for ships on coastal or around mainland Australia itineraries and will benefit from a resumption in cruising, when approved.”
P&O has already paused operations for cruises scheduled to depart from Sydney and Brisbane until mid-Feb, and Myrmell said the cruise line would continue to call for federal and state governments to provide a clear pathway for a return to cruising in Australia.
