27 May 2020, Berlin – 375 Filipino crewmembers of AIDA Cruises departed for the Philippines from Hamburg, Germany on May 2020 via a chartered Evelop Airlines flight. The seafarers had been awaiting repatriation after cruise trips were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic starting in March. The Filipino crew, part of several thousand AIDA Cruises employees of different nationalities, were assisted at the send-off by Philippine Ambassador to Germany Theresa Dizon-De Vega, Welfare Officer ... Read more

Over 300 Filipino crewmembers of Sea Chefs and TUI Cruises departed for the Philippines from Hamburg, Germany in the early evening of 24 May 2020 via a chartered TUI Airlines flight. The seafarer had been awaiting repatriation for the last two months after their usual cruise liner routes, mainly in the Caribbean region, were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Filipino crew, part of several thousand Sea Chefs and TUI Cruises employees of different nationalities, were assisted at the ... Read more