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AIDAprima: Maiden call at Southampton

On the morning of April 27, 2016, AIDAprima, the new flagship of AIDACruises, docked in Britain's Southampton port for the first time as part of afour-day short cruise.

From May 3, 2016 onwards, AIDAprima will always be visiting Southamptonon Mondays. This British port is one of the highlights on the seven-day cruisesto Western Europe's most beautiful metropolises offered by AIDA Cruises from Hamburgon board AIDAprima.

AIDAprima is the first cruise ship to depart from a German port allyear round.

From April 30, 2016 Hamburg will be thedeparture and arrival port for seven-day round trips to Western Europe's mostbeautiful metropolises such as London, Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam.

The highlights of AIDAprima include the "BeachClub" under a weather-independent transparent foil dome, the "FourElements" with two water slides, a climbing garden, and the brand new MiniClub providing childcare for young children starting from age of 6 months andolder. Spectacular veranda staterooms, the lanai deck withinfinity pools, an exclusive patio deck with panorama staterooms, numerous newrestaurants, the 3,100 m² Organic Body & Soul Spa wellness area, glasselevators, a skywalk - these are only a few of the new offerings making thisship an attractive year-round destination.

Germany's leading cruise company is once againsetting benchmarks in environmental protection with its new generation ofships. AIDAprima will be the first cruise ship in the world to be operatedusing LNG when at berth in all the ports she visits during her metropoliscruise. The preparations and initial permit proceduresfor the ports of Hamburg, Southampton, Le Havre, Rotterdam and Zeebrugge arealready well underway. LNG trucks will ensure the supply of LNG to AIDAprima.In contrast to the use of traditional marine diesel containing 0.1% sulfur,emissions will be significantly reduced when using LNG. The emission of sulfuroxide and soot particles will be completely prevented. Nitrogen oxide emissions will be reduced by upto 80 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent. AIDA Cruises willbegin test operations in the first ports within the coming weeks.

All offers from the AIDA Cruises vacation world can be booked viawww.aida.de, travel agencies, or the AIDA Customer Center at +49 (0) 381 / 2027 07 07.

Rostock, April 27, 2016

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