brentm77
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Interesting that he says the CDC greenlight could be a few days or a few weeks away. That's a lot sooner than what I would have thought.
I was just reading another article, and it put the comments in better context. Is said that the greenlight was when they could start the process to get approval to sail. So they haven't even started the test cruising stuff. The CDC hasn't even issued the guidelines needed to start the test cruising. Bummer. But it seems they think once they start the process, they could be sailing within 90 days.
That said, Del Rio estimated that from the moment the CDC gives Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings a green light on beginning the test cruise process, it could be around 90 days until the company has its first vessel back in operation.
This is the reason the line has been canceling sailings about three months out on a rolling basis, he suggested.
“I think for planning purposes, we’d like to give ourselves that 90-day window more or less,” Del Rio said. “And so we’ve (currently) canceled cruises through the end of May. So if you count with your fingers, we’re basically (at) March 1, so (we’ve canceled) all of March, all of April, all of May.”
Del Rio suggested the company was waiting to cancel further departures until it was sure they can’t operate. In the other words, the company still is holding out at least a sliver of hope that a handful of ships could restart operations in June.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/cruise-ship-restart-key-indicator/