AIDAnova
Meyer Werft · In service
German-market itineraries, Canaries in winter, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean in summer.
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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 here11
Biggest shipAIDAnova
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 AIDAnova and AIDAcosma, 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.
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What AIDA Cruises operates
AIDAcosma
Meyer Werft · In service
Mediterranean summers, Canaries in winter, from German home ports.
Full specification →AIDAperla
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · In service
Canaries and Mediterranean itineraries.
Full specification →AIDAprima
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · In service
Baltic and northern European itineraries from Kiel and Hamburg.
Full specification →AIDAsol
Meyer Werft · In service
Baltic and Norwegian itineraries from Kiel and Hamburg.
Full specification →AIDAmar
Meyer Werft · In service
Baltic itineraries from Hamburg and Warnemünde.
Full specification →AIDAblu
Meyer Werft · In service
Greek islands and eastern Mediterranean itineraries from Corfu.
Full specification →AIDAstella
Meyer Werft · In service
Mediterranean itineraries from Palma de Mallorca.
Full specification →AIDAluna
Meyer Werft · In service
Iceland, Norway and Baltic itineraries from Kiel.
Full specification →AIDAbella
Meyer Werft · In service
Baltic itineraries from Kiel; long-haul repositioning in winter.
Full specification →AIDAdiva
Meyer Werft · In service
Baltic itineraries from Warnemünde; Canaries in winter.
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Good to know
AIDA Cruises, in a few facts
- AIDAnova 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.