Viking Holdings, the U.S. company operating in the river cruise industry under the Viking River Cruises brand and ocean cruises under the Viking Ocean brand Cruises and which has been listed on the New Year's Fair since the beginning of this month York Stock Exchange, closed the first quarter of this year revenues of $718.2 million, an increase of +14.2% over the same period of 2023, of which €665.3 million deriving from from the sale of cruises (+13.9%) and €52.9 million from sales to on board ships (+17.2%). In addition, revenues attributable to Viking River amounted to €165.4 million (+27.0%) and those attributable to to Viking Ocean at €447.7 million (+12.6%).

Ebitda and EBIT were both negative, amounting respectively to -€328.4 million and -$70.5 million vs. also strong results -€34.0 million and -€115.9 million in the first three months of 2019. last year. Viking Holdings closed the first quarter of 2024 with a net loss of -€493.9 million compared to a loss of net of -€214.4 million in the corresponding period of 2023. The Result for the first quarter of 2024 includes losses of -330.5 million from financial instruments.

In the first quarter of this year, Viking River's fleet was made up of 63 boats (+5%) that hosted 27 thousand passengers (+15.7%), while Viking Ocean's fleet was made up of from nine ships (0%) that accommodated over 56 thousand passengers (+15,3%).