Fincantieri floats out Costa Deliziosa

The Marghera shipyard of Italy’s Fincantieri has floated out Costa’s 97,000grt, 2,260 passenger capacity Costa Deliziosa, which is due for delivery at the end of 2010. Sistership to Costa Luminosa, also building at the same shipyard and due for delivery in April this year, Costa Deliziosa is set to undertake a winter season, starting February 2010, operating seven-day cruises in the Arabian Gulf from Dubai, with calls in the UAE, Oman and Bahrain. In the summer of 2010 the vessel will redeploy to Europe, operating a series of seven day cruises from Copenhagen to the Norwegian Fjords and Baltic capitals.  Sphere: Related Content