MSC Cruises is posed to remain the dominant pan-European brand with an annual passenger capacity of more than 4 million by 2026 based on current ship orders and deployment, according to the 2016-2017 Cruise Industry News Annual Report.
The second largest pan-European brand will be Costa Cruises with an estimated annual market capacity of 1.6 million, followed by Germany’s AIDA and TUI Cruises with 1.5 million and nearly 700,000, respectively.
The estimated combined market capacity of the Carnival Corporation brands will be 3.9 million.
The total estimated European market capacity will be more than 10 million passengers, compared to 6.6 million last year.
Factors that could affect the overall market growth and brand positioning would be pending orders that have not yet been announced and the possible move of more ships to China.
For 2016, MSC’s estimated European market capacity is 1.5 million passengers compared to 1.1 million for Costa as that brand has deployed more of its ships China.
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