The American cruise group Viking Holdings has filed
the first quarter of 2026 with revenues of 1.05 billion
dollars, with an increase of +17.5% over the same period of
last year, of which 971.8 million generated by the sale of
cruises (+16.4%) and 82.0 million from sales on board ships
(+32,0%). In addition, revenues of $663.6 million (+18.7%)
were produced by Viking Ocean, the division of the group that
operates ocean cruises, and 249.5 million (+16.5%) from Viking
River, the division that operates river cruises.
Revenue growth was accompanied by an uptick
operating costs, which amounted to €694.1 million
(+16,9%). The value of the gross operating margin was
of $79.8 million (+141.5%) and profit
of €12.1 million, compared with an operating result of
negative sign of -9.3 million in the first three months of 2025. The
The first quarter of 2026 ended with a net loss
of -€54.2 million compared to a net loss of €-105.4 million
in the same period last year.
In the first three months of this year, ocean cruise ships
of the US group embarked 74 thousand passengers (+25.3%) and
river shipments 32 thousand (-0.5%).
The group said that it has already been
92% of the capacity of the scheduled cruises booked
for 2026 and 38% of the cruises so far scheduled for 2027.
Meanwhile, the Viking Holdings board of directors has
appointed Leah Talactac, President and Chief Financial Officer, as
new CEO of the group. Talactac takes over the
position in Torstein Hagen, who has been appointed executive
chairman and will continue to hold the position of chairman.
In addition, Linh Banh, Executive Vice President, was
appointed chief financial officer.
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