All but sunk
One beneficial effect of the virus:
Carnival suffered losses of $4.4bn (£3.6bn) in three months, as the cruise company’s business was all but sunk by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Revenues dropped to $700m from $4.8bn for the same March-May period in 2019, as bookings dried up and the corporation’s cruise lines suspended sailings after severe outbreaks onboard its ships.
These things just do not make sense in light of the climate catastrophe.
I took a Carnival cruise early this year and had a lovely time. I hear Carnival is selling a number of ships; I have not yet found if the ship I was on, one of the oldest ones, was sold, but I suspect it was. Since the pandemic hit, I have been appalled at the advertising pressure and the push to set sail again. I hear that their August bookings are extremely high; yes, it’s a bunch of people acting recklessly, but Carnival is facilitating it.