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AIDAperla

AIDA Cruises · Cruise · In service · built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

AIDAperla entered service in 2017 at around 124,500 GT, the second Hyperion-class ship and the last large cruise ship Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built.

Length overall300 m
Beam37.6 m
Gross tonnage124,500 GT
Passengers3,400
Speed21.5 kn
Delivered2017
Our numbers

Derived metrics

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Passengers per metre#54 of 116
11.3 pax/m passengers (double occupancy) ÷ length overall
Length-to-beam ratio#77 of 142
7.98 length overall ÷ beam
Sense of scale

How big is it, really?

The AIDAperla's length overall, against things you already know the size of.

AIDAperla300 m
Eiffel Tower (height)330 m
Titanic269.06 m
Football pitch105 m
Boeing 747-876.3 m
Blue whale25 m
You (probably)1.75 m

The 747-8 held the longest-airliner record for over a decade, until Boeing's 777-9 took it by about 19 inches (76.72 m) — our sibling site aircraft.fyi measures everything that flies the same way.

One AIDAperla = 1.11 Titanics · 2.9 football pitches · 12 blue whales · 3.9 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.

#96 of 142 by length → #80 by gross tonnage → #63 by passengers → Run the Canal-Fit Checker → Sailing on her? Get cruise-ready →

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Specification

The numbers

Length overall≈300 m
Beam≈37.6 m
Gross tonnage≈124,500 GT
Passengers≈3,400 (max)
Crew≈900
Decks18
Speed≈21.5 kn
Entered serviceJune 2017

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The story

What makes it different

AIDAperla is the second and final Hyperion-class ship, and part of one of the most costly episodes in modern shipbuilding. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries took the two-ship order to break into the European cruise market and ended up writing off the equivalent of billions of dollars on delays, redesigns and cost overruns.

The company withdrew from large cruise ship construction afterwards, leaving the segment effectively to Fincantieri, Meyer, Chantiers de l'Atlantique and the Korean yards. AIDAperla is the last big passenger ship Mitsubishi delivered.

The ships themselves are well suited to their market: a glass-roofed covered pool and lounge area runs down the centre of the ship, which matters when your customers sail from Hamburg and Kiel rather than Miami.

The class

The AIDAperla line

Hyperion class
Two ships, AIDAprima (2016) and AIDAperla (2017), both built at Nagasaki. Notable for a glass-roofed covered pool area designed for northern European weather.
Operators

Who operates the AIDAperla

All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.

AIDAIDA CruisesCanaries and Mediterranean itineraries.1✓→
Quick answers

AIDAperla, asked and answered

How long is the AIDAperla?
300 m (984 ft) length overall — the #96 longest of the 142 ships on ships.fyi, and 2.9 football pitches end to end.
How big is the AIDAperla compared to the Titanic?
The AIDAperla is 1.11× the Titanic's length — 300 m against her 269.06 m. By volume the gap is starker still: 124,500 GT against Titanic's 46,328 GRT — roughly 2.7 times the tonnage, measured across two different rule eras.
Who operates the AIDAperla?
AIDA Cruises. Current status: in service.
Does the AIDAperla fit through the Panama Canal?
Not the original locks — but yes through the 2016 Neopanamax locks: at 300 m by 37.6 m on a 8 m draft she clears the 366 × 51.25 × 15.2 m expanded gauge.
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