Announcements

27 January 2022

In the absence of progress towards an agreed restart plan for cruising, P&O Cruises Australia today announced a new series of cruise cancellations in its rolling pause in operations that has been in place since cruising in Australia was suspended in March 2020.

15 December 2021

Expressing profound disappointment for guests and concern at no agreed restart plan for cruising, P&O Cruises Australia has today extended its pause until mid-April 2022, marking a full two years suspension of its operations.

30 November 2021

Despite tentative signs of a restart to cruising in Australia, P&O Cruises Australia has had to make the difficult decision to further extend its pause in operations to 3 March, 2022 amid continued uncertainty over when governments will allow the cruise industry to resume.

10 November 2021

With ongoing uncertainty around the resumption of cruising in Australia and the region, P&O Cruises Australia has today cancelled its 2022 homeporting seasons for Adelaide, Fremantle and Cairns.

27 October 2021

Amid continuing uncertainty about the resumption of cruising, P&O Cruises Australia today extended its voluntary pause in operations for a further month until mid-February next year.

22 September 2021

P&O Cruises Australia today extended its pause in operations for cruises departing from Sydney and Brisbane by a further month until mid January next year to give guests greater confidence in planning their Christmas and New Year holidays because of the uncertainty around the return of cruising.

1 July 2021

P&O Cruises Australia today extended its pause in cruise operations by a further three months until 17 December 2021 because of ongoing uncertainty around a pathway to resume Australia-only cruising.

In line with the periodic review of its temporary pause in operations, P&O Cruises Australia today announced a six-week extension to the pause to 17 September, 2021.

P&O Cruises Australia is extending its pause in guest operations until the end of July this year as it remains positive about a pathway for the cruise industry’s return to service.

P&O Cruises Australia is again taking a practical approach in extending its current operational pause to departures on and before 18 June, 2021.

P&O Cruises Australia is extending its rolling pause in operations in New Zealand to departures on and before 25 April, 2021.

Australia’s home-grown cruise line, P&O Cruises Australia, today announced the next stage of its fleet transformation with both Pacific Adventure® and Pacific Encounter arriving in the first half of 2021 in a mark of confidence in the expected rebound of the local cruise industry.

P&O Cruises Australia today announced it will farewell its much-loved Pacific Aria as early as next month after the cruise ship’s departure was brought forward during the current pause in operations.

P&O Cruises Australia today announced it will wave goodbye to the backbone of the Australian cruise industry – Pacific Dawn.

P&O Cruises Australia is extending its rolling pause in operations from Australia to 2 December this year as the cruise line continues to take guidance from authorities, public health experts and society on restarting sailing.

We wanted to let you know that P&O Cruises has extended its rolling pause in cruise operations across Australia and New Zealand to October 29, 2020 in response to the current impact of the global pandemic on the way we travel and holiday.

We wanted to let you know that P&O Cruises has extended the rolling pause in cruise operations in Australia to September 17, 2020. This is in response to the Australian Government’s approach to managing the resumption of international cruising in our region.

P&O Cruises today announced it has extended its voluntary pause in operations in Australia and New Zealand to August 31, 2020, in response to continuing travel restrictions due to the impact of COVID-19.

P&O Cruises is working hard to offer as much certainty as we can as we deal with the extended freeze on cruising and are committed to doing everything to support guests through these times in relation to cruise bookings.

As announced on Saturday, P&O Cruises Australia has extended its pause in cruise operations. Here is an important message from our Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Ryan Taibel.

We must let you know that the Australian Government has extended its ban on cruise operations until June 15, 2020 as we work together as a nation to slow the spread of coronavirus.

P&O Cruises Australia today announced a voluntary pause to its cruise operations. Here is an important message from our President Sture Myrmell.

P&O Cruises Australia today announced a voluntary 30-day pause to its cruise operations. Here is an important message from our President Sture Myrmell.