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AIDA is “all fired up” about Hamburg

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Germany’s leading cruise operator, AIDA Cruises, issponsoring Hamburg’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Thecompany continues to support the “Feuer und Flamme” (fire and flame) initiativeon its next phase which will culminate in the Olympics Referendum on November29, 2015. Olympic medal winner Hansjörg Kunze, Vice President Communication,will be entering the race on Hamburg’s behalf as an Olympic Ambassador.

“I’m all fired up because Hamburg has the unique opportunityto show what a cosmopolitan, fascinating and innovative metropolis in thecenter of Europe it is. We are already looking forward to welcoming guests andathletes from all over the world to Hamburg,” Hansjörg Kunze says.

AIDA Cruises is ready for the Olympic Games in Hamburg. Backin 2004 an AIDA vessel was already at the Olympic Games as the “German ship.”For the duration of the entire Games, AIDAaura was anchored at the port ofPiraeus, and was the official meeting point of Germany’s Olympic family.

The cruise company already operates one of the world’s moststate-of-the-art fleets. Its current fleet of ten ships is operated inaccordance with the highest international standards of quality,eco-friendliness and safety. In preparing its ships for onshore power and theuse of LNG, AIDA Cruises has already introduced trailblazing concepts forsupplying cruise ships at the port of Hamburg with eco-friendly power. The AIDAfleet will increase to 14 ships by 2020. With its new ships, which will becommissioned in 2019 and 2020, AIDA Cruises will realize the concept of “greencruising” for the first time. It will be the world’s first cruise operator topower its new generation of ships solely with LNG (liquefied natural gas). Thismeans that soot and sulfur dioxide emissions will be completely eliminated. AsHansjörg Kunze points out, “This would be an important contribution towardssustainable Games in Hamburg.”

Rostock, July 2, 2015

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