In the second quarter of fiscal 2024, which is ended on May 31st, the U.S. cruise group Carnival Corporation reported revenues of $5.78 billion dollars, a figure that represents an increase of +17.7% on the same period of the previous fiscal year as well as the new record for this quarterly period and the fourth quarterly value higher than ever, being inferior only to those recorded in the third quarters of the financial years 2023, 2019 and 2018. The only revenues deriving from the sale of cruises operated by the Group brands amounted to $3.75 billion (+19.5%) while revenues from sales on board ships are €2.03 billion (+14.5%), both of which are the highest seconds ever and lower only than those of the third quarter of fiscal year 2023.

In the second quarter of the current fiscal year, the costs of operating income increased by +9.0% to €5.22 billion Dollars. Operating profit amounted to €560 million (+366.7%) and net income at $92 million compared to a net loss of -€407 million in the same period of the year 2023.

In the period February-May of this year, cruise ships of the group accommodated a total of 3.3 million passengers (+10% approximately), which is the fifth highest number of and only lower than those of the third quarters respectively 2019, 2023, 2018 and 2017.

With regard to the forecasts for cruises, planned for the 2025 financial year and beyond, the Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation, Josh Weinstein, announced today that the A trend of significant growth in bookings is also continuing for those departures and specified that, although it is early To make estimates, the booking forecasts for 2025 are higher than those of 2024 both in terms of both in terms of occupancy of the capacity of the ships.