After returning to profit in the third quarter of the current fiscal year closing a long period of 14 quarters archived at a loss due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023, ended on 30 November, the Group's financial statements U.S. cruise ship Carnival Corporation is back in despite continued revenue growth, which reached a record high for this quarter, despite a moderate cost increases and despite the continued recovery in the number of passengers embarked on the vessels of the Group's fleets.

In the period September-November of this year, the revenues of Carnival amounted to $5.40 billion, an increase +40.6% on the same quarter of fiscal year 2022, of which €3.51 billion generated by the sale of cruises (+54.7%) and €1.89 billion from sales on board ships (+20.1%). Costs operating income amounted to $5.01 billion (+0.8%). Operating income was $384 million compared to to an operating result of -€1.13 billion in the fourth quarter of last fiscal year. The net loss totaled -$48 million compared to a loss of -$1.60 billion in the September-November period of 2022.

In the last quarter of the 2023 financial year, the group's fleet It has accommodated 3.1 million passengers, a record number for this period of the year, compared to 2.5 million in the same period of the 2022 financial year.

For the full year of fiscal 2023, revenues stood at 21.59 billions dollars, a new all-time record having exceeded the previous one by 770 million in 2019 and represents an increase of +77.5% compared to the previous year, of which €14.07 billion was generated by the cruise sales (+100.3%) and €7.53 billion from cruise sales on board ships (+46.2%). Operating costs were equal to record value of €19.64 billion (+18.7%). Operating profit is €1.96 billion compared to a solid operating result negative for -4.38 billion in 2022. Carnival has closed the 2023 financial year with a net loss of -€74 million compared to a net loss of -$6.09 billion in the year previous.

In the 2023 fiscal year, passengers embarked on the ships of the group were 12.4 million compared to over 7.7 million in the previous year.

With regard to the outlook for the 2024 financial year, Carnival Group CEO Josh Weinstein announced that bookings are at a record high 'and Currently, we have about two-thirds of our Capacity already booked for 2024 at prices, currency considerably higher."