Marella Cruises, the UK focused contemporary market cruise unit in the TUI AG group, plans to launch domestic cruises in the UK this summer.

Managing Director Andrew Flintham of the northern region of the TUI group said in a webcast interview: “You will see us operating either domestically or in a more limited way to start with while they prove the regulation that is needed.”

“We will shaped by the opportunity. The team is looking at a multitude of scenarios; Dover has never looked so attractive,” he said in an interview with Travel Weekly. He did not elaborate.

P&O Cruises, MSC Cruises, Princess Cruises and Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines are among the cruise lines that have unveiled similar programmes and Cunard has said that it would launch its own itineraries soon.

Marella Cruises has four ships left of a fleet that comprised six units prior to the pandemic, but it axed Marella Celebration and Marella Dream, the two remaining 1980s built vessels from is fleet since then.