Carnival Corp subsidiary P&O Cruises Australia has revealed that it has sold two of its older cruiseships to as-yet undisclosed interests.

The Sydney-based company announced on Monday that the 70,300-gt Pacific Dawn (built 1991) and 55,800-gt Pacific Aria (built 1994) will be handed over to their respective new owners in the first quarter of 2021.

They will be replaced in the P&O Australia fleet by the 109,000-gt cruiseships Golden Princess (built 2001) and Star Princess (built 2002), which will be transferred across from Princess Cruises, another Carnival subsidiary.