Derived metrics
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How big is it, really?
The AIDAstella's length overall, against things you already know the size of.
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 AIDAstella = 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 | 253.26 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 32.2 m |
| Draught | 7.3 m |
| Gross tonnage | 71,304 GT |
| Deadweight | 7,833 DWT |
| Passengers | 2,700 (max) |
| Crew | 620 |
| Decks | 14 |
| Installed power | 36,000 kW |
| Speed | 21 kn |
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Last verified: 2026-07-15 · Spot an error? business@luck.fyi
What makes it different
AIDAstella closed the Sphinx series in 2013, seven ships in six years, all from Meyer Werft at Papenburg, and the class that turned AIDA from a small German operator into Carnival Corporation's biggest brand in that market.
She was christened at Warnemünde by ten women simultaneously, which is unusual: naming ceremonies almost always have a single godmother, and the choice fitted a line that markets itself as informal and unstuffy.
Like every AIDA ship she carries the hull art the brand is built on, a pair of eyes and red lips painted across the bow. It is the only mainstream fleet in the world with a face on the front, and it makes an AIDA ship identifiable at a distance from any angle.
The AIDAstella line
Sphinx class
Ten godmothers
Who operates the AIDAstella
All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.
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