Carnival readies two brands for sailing, extends lay-up on two others

Carnival Corp is getting some ships ready to start sailing again, while keeping others at anchor for even longer as part of a patchwork approach to returning nine brands to service.

The Arnold Donald-led owner of 90 ships plans to start untethering Costa Cruises' 11 ships from Italian ports and AIDA Cruises' 13 vessels from German terminals on 6 September.