Phoenix Albatros Cruise Ship

The Albatros was retired by Phoenix Reisen in 2020 due to the consequences of the Covid 19 pandemicSh.

Phoenix albatros cruise ship. Concluding a series of three ships the Royal Viking Sea enters service. German cruise and tour operator Phoenix Reisen have announced the sale of their classic cruise ship Albatros to the Pick Albatros Group for use as a floating hotel in the Middle East. Albatros underway using engine leaving Amsterdam Holland onward to Bremerhafen Germany.

Although she is over 40 years old her classic lines and wide promenade decks mean that she remains a firm favourite with her passengers and is. A press release said that as a medium-sized company Phoenix Reisen was very solidly positioned. The object of the sale is the 536-passenger Albatros which was originally delivered in 1973 to the now-defunct US cruise company Royal Viking Line.

The vessel was last drydock refurbished in 2018 April. The Albatros is a 205 m long cruise ship owned and operated by Phoenix Reisen a German cruise ship operator. Like its sister vessels.

The German cruise line Phoenix Reisen has announced the sale of its oldest cruise ship Albatros due to reduced demand and the coronavirus-inflicted need to make the company more efficient and profitable. Having been built in 1973 the 830-guest Albatros was the oldest ship in the Phoenix Reisen fleet originally launching as the Royal Viking Sea. The 1973-built as Royal Viking Sea cruise ship MS Albatros was one of Phoenix Reisens chartered ocean liners - together with the fleetmates Amadea Artania and Amera ex Prinsendam.

Built in 1973 as Royal Viking Sea as one third of a trio of sisters for Royal Viking Line she is the oldest vessel in the Phoenix Reisen fleet. In 1993 a second ship joined the Phoenix Reisen fleet when SS Albatros was chartered from V-Ships. Albatros dates to an earlier era of cruising.

In early-October 2020 Phoenix Reisen announced that ends its charter agreement for MS Albatros. Phoenix Reisen first begun operating cruises under its own brand in 1988 when the company chartered the West German-built cruise ship SS Maxim Gorkiy from the Soviet Union-based Black Sea Shipping Company on a 20-year charter agreement. Book on Viator part of TripAdvisor.