Viking Ocean Cruises announced it took delivery of Viking Sky, the company’s third ship.
Umcimbi wokulethwa kwempahla wenzeke namuhla ekuseni lapho umkhumbi wethulwa endaweni yemikhumbi kaFincantieri e-Ancona, e-Italy. NgoFebhuwari 25, iViking Sky izosuka ethekwini laseRoma eCivitavecchia futhi izodabula iMedithera ohambweni lwayo lokuqala. Ngemva kokuhamba ngomkhumbi entwasahlobo yonkana eNtshonalanga naseMpumalanga yeMedithera, iViking Sky izofika ibhapathizwe ngokusemthethweni ngaphansi “kwelanga laphakathi kwamabili” laseNorway ngoJuni 22 eTromsø – ukuvuma ngekhanda ifa leViking yaseNorway. Ngemva kokubhapathizwa, uViking Sky uzoqhubeka nesizini yakhe yokuqala yokuhamba ngomkhumbi eScandinavia naseBaltic ngaphambi kokuwela i-Atlantic ngoSepthemba lapho eya eMelika naseCaribbean.
“Eminyakeni emibili edlule, siye sakhuthazwa ukusabela okuhle okuvezwe yimikhumbi yethu yokuqala emibili yasolwandle phakathi kwezivakashi zethu kanye nozakwethu bemboni yezokuvakasha. Namuhla siphawula ingqopha-mlando ebalulekile ekwamukeleni umkhumbi wesithathu emkhunjini wethu. Ekupheleni konyaka wezi-2017 – unyaka wethu wama-20 kwezamabhizinisi – sizokwamukela nomkhumbi wethu wesine, sizophinda kabili imikhumbi yethu esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka,” kusho uTorstein Hagen, uSihlalo weViking Cruise. “Ngemikhumbi yethu ekhula ngokushesha kanye nemiklamo emisha, sibheke ngabomvu ukwethula abahambi abanokuhlangenwe nakho okwengeziwe ku-The Viking Way yohambo olugxile endaweni eminyakeni ezayo.”
Ifakwe kusigaba yi-Cruise Critic® “njengomkhumbi omncane,” i-Viking Sky eyi-veranda yonke iwumkhumbi ongudade oya eViking Star ne-Viking Sea eyawina umklomelo, eyethulwe ngo-2015 nango-2016, ngokulandelana, ukuze kuthakaselwe amakhasimende kanye nezimboni. Ngonyaka wayo wokuqala isebenza, iViking Ocean Cruises yaqanjwa ngokuthi #1 Ocean Cruise Line in Travel + Leisure's 2016 "Imiklomelo Engcono Kakhulu Emhlabeni."
Imikhumbi yasolwandle yamaViking inenani eliphelele lamathani angu-47,800, iziqhayisa ngama-stateroom angu-465 futhi ihlalisa izivakashi ezingu-930. NgoNovemba 2017, iViking izophinde yamukele iViking Sun®, ezochitha isizini yayo yokuqala ihamba ngomkhumbi iWorld Cruise yokuqala ngqa yenkampani, ethatha izinsuku eziyi-141, amazwekazi amahlanu, amazwe angama-35 namachweba angama-66. I-Viking Spirit izojoyina imikhumbi ngo-2018 futhi izohamba ngomkhumbi e-Australia, e-Asia nase-Alaska. Umkhumbi wesithupha, osazoqanjwa uzolethwa ngo-2019 futhi uzomaka iViking njengomzila omncane omkhulu wokuhamba ngomkhumbi olwandle.
