"It's been a fantastic start to the year." The jubilation of the CEO of the cruise group American Carnival Corporation, Josh Weinstein, is motivated, Who revenues recorded in the first quarter of the year fiscal 2024, which ended last February 29, have reached a record value for this time of year being amounted to more than $5.4 billion, an increase of +22.0% over the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, a value that is lower only than those totalled in the third quarter of 2019. 2023, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

The number of passengers was also high, with three million, embarked on the ships of the group's fleet slightly below the record for the first quarter of the financial year scored in 2020. Weinstein also disclosed that during the period December 2023 - February 2024 was also achieved the new all-time record for booking volume, with prices of cruises that - he specified - are significantly higher.

Carnival closed the first quarter of fiscal 2024 with an operating profit of $276 million and a net loss of -214 million compared to negative values of -172 million and -693 million in the same quarter of the year previous.