P&O Cruises, the UK focused contemporary market unit of Carnival Corporation & plc, has launched its winter 2022/23 programme, which includes the first cruises of Arvia.

Arvia’s 14-night Canary Islands maiden voyage, departing from and returning to Southampton, is followed by a special Canary Islands Christmas and New Year cruise before a season of seven and 14-night Caribbean fly/cruises from home port Barbados and, new turnaround port, Antigua.

Arvia will be the second of two 185,000 gross ton LNG powered ships of the line and it is due to enter service in 2022. The first unit of the class, Iona, was delivered last year and is due to make its maiden voyage this summer.

"Arvia’s Caribbean holidays all include an overnight call in Barbados with new itineraries also featuring La Romana in the Dominican Republic - a maiden port of call for P&O Cruises; Curaçao; Martinique; St Kitts; St Lucia and St Maarten,” the company said in a statement.

In a P&O Cruises first, winter sun Canary Islands fly/cruises from Tenerife will be available as Azura offers a programme of two alternating seven-night cruises which can be combined to create a 14-night holiday. 

Iona will sail a winter 2022 season of Spain, Portugal and Canary Islands holidays featuring overnight calls in Lisbon or Barcelona as well as European city breaks.

P&O Cruises will offer a full world cruise, over 99 nights on Arcadia departing January 3, 2023, includes calls to Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Tauranga New Zealand, and Kuala Lumpur (from Port Kelang).

Aurora’s 65 night circumnavigation of South America will depart January 6, 2023, spending two days in Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, San Antonio and Lima (from Callao) among many more destinations.