P&O Cruises Australia Announces Extension of Pause in Operations through December 2

P&O Cruises Australia is extending its pause in cruise operations in Australia through December 2, 2020, as the company continues to take guidance from authorities, public health experts, authorities and society on restarting sailing.

P&O Cruises President Sture Myrmell said extending the rolling pause until 2 December (inclusive) – and the start of summer - was aimed at providing guests with an opportunity to plan ahead.

“I wanted to provide you with an update on our future sailings. From today, we will be extending our rolling pause in operations on cruises from Australia to 2 December, 2020 as we continue to take guidance from authorities, public health experts and society on restarting sailing.

We appreciate our guests’ loyalty and patience and, like you, remain hopeful that the start of summer brings new opportunities for the entire travel and tourism industry, which contributes so much to economies around Australia and across our Pacific region.

In the meantime, we have also extended our flexible payment and cancellation policy - ‘P&O Assurance’ – even further to the end of next year’s summer holidays (31 January, 2021) to give you more peace-of-mind in booking your next cruise holiday.

We will notify you directly if your cruise is affected by this pause. You will have the option to choose from a full refund, a future cruise credit and, on select cruises, can even opt to move your booking to the same time next year.

Once again, I want to thank all of our guests for their passion for cruising. We look forward to seeing you back onboard when the time comes for us to cruise again.” Mr Myrmell said.

"We have been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of our guests who are looking forward to being back onboard as much as we are. In the meantime, we are trying to provide guests with as much certainty as possible and flexibility around their bookings while we all wait for the day when cruising resumes."

The latest changes in operations are will affect the following cruises: