The crocieristico group Carnival has closed the period February-May with a profit clearly of 14 million dollars (- 93.2%)



The crocieristico group American Carnival Corporation & plc has closed the second trimester of the exercise anniversary 2012, period that is finished 31st May, with a single profit clearly that February-May of 2011 is piled to 14 million dollars respect to a profit clearly of 206 million dollars in the period. The group has emphasized that the result of according to trimester of this year includes losses for 145 million dollars determined from derivative contracts on the fuel regarding nobody correspondent loss in the same period of 2011.

The revenues have recorded a bending of 2.3% having attested to 3,54 billion dollars regarding 3,62 billion dollars in the period February-May last year. The operating profit has been of 253 million dollars, down of 9.3% regarding 279 million dollars in according to trimester of exercise 2011. In according to trimester of the exercise the 2012 fleet of cruise ships of the group it has accommodated 2,33 million passengers (+0.2%).

In the first semester of the exercise 2012 (period November 2011 - May 2012) Carnival has totaled a net loss of 125 million dollars respect to a profit clearly of 358 million dollars in the first semester of exercise 2011. The revenues have grown of 1.2% to 7,12 billion dollars, while the operating profit is diminished of 66.7% coming down to 171 million dollars regarding 514 million dollars in the first half of exercise 2011.

Commenting the performances of according to trimester of the 2012 president and managing director of the group American, Micky Arison, it has specified that the revenues of the North American marks of the group have shown an increment of 3%, while those of the European, Australian and Asian marks have recorded an light decrement with exclusion of Costa Crociere, company that accusation the impact of the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia ship happened at the beginning of this year to the island of the Lily.

The crocieristico group has announced that from last March the total volume of the reservations it has continued to grow last year with a advanced rate of increase to that, but with prices of the cruises to an inferior level. In particular, in last the seven weeks the volumes of reservations (excluded those to Costa Crociere) are increased of 8% regarding the correspondent period of 2011, while the reservations for the cruises of the single Costa Crociere have recorded an increase of +25%. "The increase of the volumes of reservations - it has found Arison - indicates that it is in existence decided a progressive resumption and that we are recovering land after the slow down of the reservations in the course of the wave season, that constitutes our period of peak of the reservations. The tempting level of prices that we anticipate on the market is clearly stimulating the question, in particular for the brand Coast. We are pleased to assist to a resumption of the question of the consumers regarding Coast, that it is testimony of the reputation of quality of long date that the brand has constructed in the course of many decades".

Carnival previews to record the exercise anniversary 2012 with clean revenues (with exclusion of those generated from Coast) light inferior regarding those of the exercise precedence, while with the inclusion of the results of Costa Crociere a bending is attended of 3-4%.