Derived metrics
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How big is it, really?
The AIDAluna's length overall, against things you already know the size of.
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One AIDAluna = 0.94 Titanics · 2.4 football pitches · 10 blue whales · 3.3 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.
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The numbers
| Length overall | ≈251.9 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 32.2 m waterline, 37.6 m max |
| Draught | 7.3 m |
| Gross tonnage | 69,203 GT |
| Passengers | ≈2,050 |
| Crew | ≈646 |
| Decks | 14 |
| Speed | ≈21.8 kn |
| Entered service | April 2009 |
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What makes it different
AIDAluna is the third Sphinx-series ship and the last built to the original 69,203-ton size before the class was enlarged. She and her two earlier sisters are the smallest ships AIDA operates.
The Sphinx design is efficient rather than showy: four Caterpillar MaK diesels producing 36,000 kW, two shafts with fixed-pitch propellers, twin rudders and a hull that runs at nearly 22 knots, quick for a mid-size cruise ship, which suits the long northern itineraries she works.
She spends her summers on Iceland and Norway runs out of Kiel, the kind of high-latitude, port-heavy schedule that the class was designed around and that the line's two LNG giants are far less suited to.
The AIDAluna line
Sphinx class
Who operates the AIDAluna
All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.
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