The maiden voyage of AIDAprima, the first of two 124,500 gross ton ships AIDA Cruises in Germany has on order from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan, will be postponed to April 2016 from October 2015, the German cruise shipping company said in a statement.

The postponement is due to the fact that the shipyard will not be able to complete ship as planned. This is the second time the delivery of the ship has beeb postponed - initially, it was due to enter service in June this year.

AIDA Cruises is part of the Carnival Corporation & plc group.