Princess Cruises and Holland America Line canceled most of their summer and early fall sailings, including all Alaska and Canada/New England sailings.
Sister line Seabourn extended its operations pause until Oct. 13.
Princess and Seabourn cited limitations to international travel among the reasons for the extension.
“Among other disruptions, airlines have limited their flight availability and many popular cruise ports are closed,” Princess Cruises president Jan Swartz said in a statement. “It saddens us to think about the impact on the livelihood of our teammates, business partners and the communities we visit.”
The extended suspension means the cancellation of all remaining Alaska cruises on the Emerald Princess and Ruby Princess; all Europe and transatlantic cruises on the Enchanted Princess, Regal Princess, Sky Princess, Crown Princess and Island Princess; summer Caribbean cruises; and all Canada & New England cruises on the Caribbean Princess and Sky Princess as well as cruises in Asia and Australia.
Princess said Asia and Australia cruises on the Majestic Princess are still scheduled to operate in August. Certain sailings were scheduled to resume in Mexico, the California coast and the Panama Canal in September.
Holland America Line’s extended pause will mean the cancellation of all Alaska, Europe and Canada/New England cruises for 2020. In addition, HAL said the Amsterdam will not operate its 79-day Grand Africa Voyage from Boston to Fort Lauderdale that was scheduled to depart on Oct. 3.
“While this is very disappointing and we never want to let our guests down, as soon as it makes sense we will be back cruising again, giving our guests the memorable travel experiences they continue to dream about,” stated Holland America Line president Orlando Ashford.
Holland America’s first scheduled sailing back is Sept. 26 on the Koningsdam.
The Seabourn Odyssey will be inactive through Nov. 20., the Sojourn through Oct. 13, the Quest through Nov. 6, the Encore through Oct. 19 and the Ovation through Nov. 6.
“With many cruise ports still closed, destinations opening in phases, and airline capacity limited, a continuation of our pause gives us additional time to prepare for our eventual return to service,” Seabourn president Rick Meadows said in a statement.
Earlier this week, sister brand Carnival Cruise Line said that it had targeted resuming service on Aug. 1 with sailings from Miami, Port Canaveral and Galveston on eight ships. The line’s operations pause will extend in all other North American and Australian markets through Aug. 31.
