AIDA Cruises plans to pull up anchor on its fleet of 14 Covid 19-suspended ships in about a month's time.

Carnival Corp's German brand announced on Tuesday that it will open its 2021 cruise season on 20 March, with the 3,300-berth AIDAperla (built 2017) sailing around Spain's Canary Islands off Africa's northwest coast.

The AIDA relaunch, which was initially set for 6 March, will come three weeks after Germany extended its pandemic lockdown until March 2021.