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AID AIDA Cruises

Germany · Carnival Corporation · HQ: Rostock

Germany's cruise market leader — the smiling lips on the bow, and the world's first LNG cruise ship.

Ships here1
Biggest shipAIDA Nova
Group / allianceCarnival Corporation
Founded1960
MarkAID
The whole fleet

Every AIDA Cruises ship, in brief

AIDA Cruises sails around 11 ships for the German market as of mid-2026, led by the LNG Excellence-class sisters AIDA Nova and AIDA Cosma, above the Hyperion-class AIDAprima and AIDAperla and the long Sphinx-class series behind them.

We profile the flagships in full below — the rest of the fleet joins ships.fyi class by class.

The fleet

What AIDA Cruises operates

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1 in fleet

AIDA Nova

Meyer Werft · In service

German-market itineraries — Canaries in winter, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean in summer.

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Good to know

AIDA Cruises, in a few facts

  • AIDA Nova was the first cruise ship in the world able to run entirely on liquefied natural gas.
  • Every ship in the fleet wears the painted lips and eyes designed by artist Feliks Büttner — the most recognisable bows afloat.
  • Dominates the German-speaking cruise market from its Rostock headquarters.
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