截至8月31日,受困于新冠肺炎疫情期间游轮行业的萧条态势,嘉年华游轮公司(Carnival Corp.)第三季度共计报亏29亿美元。
本月,这家全球最大的游轮公司才刚刚开始恢复运营。目前,嘉年华旗下意大利子公司Costa的一艘游轮已经重新载着意大利游客出航7日,本周六另一艘游轮也会跟着出发。Costa接下来会逐渐向其他欧洲居民开放登船,而嘉年华的另一家子公司AIDA也预计将在今年秋季恢复运营。此前AIDA曾经在8月申请复运,但被意大利的监管机构拒绝了。
但欧洲地区的复运远远不足以抵消游轮业在疫情期间的损失。要知道,美国本身作为北美的一部分,几乎占了整个游轮业一半的市场,但这个市场起码要关闭到今年11月。根据国际游轮协会(Cruise Lines International Association)的数据,美国疾控中心(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)已经将“禁航令”延长至9月底,同时美国游轮运营商也自愿同意至少暂停运营至10月底。
欧洲地区的缓慢重启也并不能止住嘉年华的财务出血,平均每个月,嘉年华都要烧掉大约7.7亿美元。嘉年华表示,公司正在持续淘汰用不到的旧船,预计在第四季度可以把亏损控制在每月5.3亿美元左右。该公司还计划出售或直接报废18艘旧船,这一数字占到了疫情爆发前嘉年华在运游轮总量的12%。
嘉年华的首席执行官阿诺德•唐纳德在一场新闻发布会上说:“我们会继续采取积极行动,努力打造一家更精简、更高效的公司。”截至本季度末,嘉年华游轮一共结余82亿美元现金及现金等价物。该公司在9月15日还表示,将会出售不多于10亿美元的股票用于填充现金流。
当地时间9月15日上午,在嘉年华公布其第三季度的初步财报后,该公司的股价当即下挫7%,至每股16.60美元。(财富中文网)
编译:陈怡轩
截至8月31日,受困于新冠肺炎疫情期间游轮行业的萧条态势,嘉年华游轮公司(Carnival Corp.)第三季度共计报亏29亿美元。
本月,这家全球最大的游轮公司才刚刚开始恢复运营。目前,嘉年华旗下意大利子公司Costa的一艘游轮已经重新载着意大利游客出航7日,本周六另一艘游轮也会跟着出发。Costa接下来会逐渐向其他欧洲居民开放登船,而嘉年华的另一家子公司AIDA也预计将在今年秋季恢复运营。此前AIDA曾经在8月申请复运,但被意大利的监管机构拒绝了。
但欧洲地区的复运远远不足以抵消游轮业在疫情期间的损失。要知道,美国本身作为北美的一部分,几乎占了整个游轮业一半的市场,但这个市场起码要关闭到今年11月。根据国际游轮协会(Cruise Lines International Association)的数据,美国疾控中心(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)已经将“禁航令”延长至9月底,同时美国游轮运营商也自愿同意至少暂停运营至10月底。
欧洲地区的缓慢重启也并不能止住嘉年华的财务出血,平均每个月,嘉年华都要烧掉大约7.7亿美元。嘉年华表示,公司正在持续淘汰用不到的旧船,预计在第四季度可以把亏损控制在每月5.3亿美元左右。该公司还计划出售或直接报废18艘旧船,这一数字占到了疫情爆发前嘉年华在运游轮总量的12%。
嘉年华的首席执行官阿诺德•唐纳德在一场新闻发布会上说:“我们会继续采取积极行动,努力打造一家更精简、更高效的公司。”截至本季度末,嘉年华游轮一共结余82亿美元现金及现金等价物。该公司在9月15日还表示,将会出售不多于10亿美元的股票用于填充现金流。
当地时间9月15日上午,在嘉年华公布其第三季度的初步财报后,该公司的股价当即下挫7%,至每股16.60美元。(财富中文网)
编译:陈怡轩
Carnival Corp. lost $2.9 billion in the quarter ended Aug. 31, as the pandemic's near-total shutdown of the cruise industry continues to block most of its business.
The world's largest cruise company did get one ship slowly back into action this month, bringing Italian passengers aboard a seven-day cruise on its Italian Costa subsidiary, and has another such trip scheduled to leave Saturday. Costa will gradually open up its cruises to European residents, while Carnival's AIDA subsidiary also expects to resume operations this fall, after Italian regulators blocked its August attempts to bring passengers back.
But these European forays aren't enough to offset the total shutdown of cruising in the United States, which (as part of North America) accounts for about half of the industry's customers. U.S. cruises aren't expected to resume before at least November; the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended an industry "no sail" order through the end of September, and U.S. operators have voluntarily agreed to suspend operations through at least the end of October, according to industry trade group Cruise Lines International Association.
Its inching European restart can't fully staunch the financial bleeding for Carnival, which burned an average of $770 million every month in its third quarter. The company says it expects to bring that monthly burn rate down to about $530 million in the fourth quarter, as it continues to get rid of older ships. Carnival now plans to sell or scrap a total of 18 ships, or 12% of its pre-pandemic capacity.
"We continue to take aggressive action to emerge a leaner, more efficient company," Carnival CEO Arnold Donald said in a press release. The company, which ended the quarter with $8.2 billion of cash and cash equivalents, also said on September 15 that it would sell up to $1 billion in shares to increase its liquidity.
Carnival shares fell about 7% on September 15 morning, to $16.60 per share, after the company released its preliminary financial information for the quarter ended Aug. 31.