In the exercise anniversary the 2015 result clearly of the Carnival group has grown of +3%



The crocieristico group American Carnival Corporation has closed the fourth trimester of the exercise 2015 (period December 2014 - November 2015) with a profit clearly of 270 million dollars respect to a net loss of -104 million dollars in the correspondent period of the financial year precedence. The revenues have remained stable to 3,7 billion dollars, while the operating profit has recorded an increment of +92% having gone up to 510 million dollars. In the period september-November of this year the ships of the ten crocieristici marks of the group (AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Crociere, Cunard, Fathom, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises (Australia), P&O Cruises (UK), Princess Cruises and Seabourn) have accommodated 2,7 million passengers (+3%).

In the entire exercise anniversary the 2015 group American has totaled a profit clearly of 1,78 billion dollars respect to a profit clearly of 1,21 billion dollars in the exercise precedence. The revenues are dropped of the -1% coming down to 15,71 billion dollars. The operating profit has grown of +45% attesting itself to 2,57 billion dollars. The passengers accommodated on the ships of the group in exercise 2015 have been 10,8 million (+3%).

Commenting today these figures, the president and managing director of Carnival Corporation, Arnold Donald, it has emphasized that the group "has almost doubled the results of the fourth trimester and closed the year with a useful one increasing of 40%" and that the remarkable performances achieved in the last exercise anniversary have allowed "to very record cash flow pairs beyond four billions of dollars regarding 3,4 billion in the year precedence".

Remembering that, in consideration of the increased level of the sales, the group has begun to more sell the crocieristici routes to a price elevated respect to a year it makes, in particular in the next period to the departures, Donald has announced that the group previews an ulterior improvement of the results in 2016 and "to continue to give back liquidity in excess to the shareholders as demonstrated - has evidenced - from our recent increase of 20% of the quarterly dividends and from beyond 400 million dollars of purchase of actions own".

In the 2016 four marks of the group they will take in delivery four new ships: in April the new units Koningsdam and AIDAprima will enter to take part respective of the fleets of Holland America Line and of AIDA, while in May Carnival Cruise Line it will take in delivery the Seen Carnival and in Seabourn December it will have in delivery the Seabourn Encore.