Crystal Cruises announces an important potenziamento of the fleet and the debut in the aerial field



The tourist, hotel group and real estate malaysian Genting Hong Kong di Kuala Lumpur has ordered to the German ship yard Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven the construction of three oceanic ships from destined cruise of luxury to Crystal Cruises, the crocieristica company that recently shipowning group Japanese NYK has sold to the Genting Hong Kong ( on 3 March 2015), and the construction of a destined fluvial cruise ship to the new crocieristico brand Crystal River Cruises.

Draft of most important slowly than potenziamento of the fleet in the history of the crocieristica company Crystal Cruises, that it is founded in 1988 and it has begun the activity in 1990 with the Crystal Harmony ship. Currently Crystal Cruises work two ships, the Crystal Symphony launched in 1995, that he has an ability to 922 passengers, and the Crystal Serenity launched in 2003, that he has an ability to 1.070 passengers.

The plan of widening of the fleet will be started in the end of this year with the debut of the Crystal Yacht Cruises brand that to November will be equipped by the Genting Hong Kong of the Crystal Esprit yacht of 3.000 tons of tonnage and of the ability to 62 passengers. The ship will be used in order to mostly carry out routes of the duration of seven days in the warm seas. Crystal Esprit will on 23 December begin the activity with a cruise in the Seychelles Islands continuation in 2016, 2017 and 2018 from routes in the archipelago of the Seychelles, from cruises in the Middle Eastern area with departures from Dubay and in the Adriatic with departures from Venice, Dubrovnik and Pireo.

At the end of 2018 therefore it will be taken in delivery before the three new oceanic cruise ships ice class constructed by Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven, the three units will have a tonnage of beyond 100.000 tons and an ability to about 1.000 passengers and 1,000 members of the crew. Between the more innovative characteristics, on the higher bridge of the new ships there will be Crystal Residences, that is 48 apartments of surface comprised between 37 and beyond 370 square metres and of beyond 2,7 meters of height that will arrange of a restaurant and other classified services.

The plan of potenziamento of the activity of the Crystal Cruises company will not be but solo limited to the naval field. In 2017 Crystal Luxury Air will come in fact launch the new aerial brand, with the objective to offer to travels airplane of luxury with an aircraft Boeing 787 Dreamliner that usually has an ability to 300 places and that instead it will be employed in order to only accommodate 60 passengers. The new airline will offer routes of the duration of about 28 days in order visiting remote resorts and with lodging in the most luxurious hotels and resort of the world.