Ukuqala ngo-2021, iinqanawa ezintsha zeVirgin Voyages ziya kuhamba ngeMeditera, kwaye unyaka ngaphambi kokuba zihambe ngeCaribbean. Njengoko sele sinayo Oku kubhaliwe Inkampani kaTycoon Richard Branson izakuqala ukusebenza kwimarike yokuhamba ngenqanawa, kuphela kukhenketho lwabantu abadala, ngaphandle kokugxila kubantu abadala.
Iinqanawa ezintathu zale nkampani intsha ziyakhiwa kwindawo ekugcinwa kuyo iinqanawa iFincantieri eGenoa, kwaye ziya kufumana igama eliqhelekileyo leLady Ship.
Okwangoku asinazinkcukacha zininzi malunga nendlela le nkampani yokuthumela izimisele ngayo ukwahlukana nombono wenqanawa yabakhenkethi, okwangoku kukho iindlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo ekungekho nto ibonakala ikwazi ukuyaphula, kodwa yongeza nje iziyobisi kule ndlela ukuhamba. Kodwa njengokuba kunjalo Ukuhamba ngenqanawa kuphela kwabantu abadala, kuya kuba lolunye lweempawu zabo, kwaye ngamazwi kaRichard Brandson ngokwakhe "ufuna ukuhlala ingeyona veki ibalaseleyo yonyaka, kodwa yeyona veki intle yobomi babo", nge I-premium yabantu abadala, abanomdla kumculo (oya kuba yi-leitmotif yohambo) kwaye kumnandi, kodwa kude namaqela afikisayo angalawulwayo.
Uyilo lweenqanawa zeLady Ship ziyamangalisa. Siyazi ukuba imigodi iya kuba phantse yigolide, ineefestile ezimnyama kunye nesaphetha esithe nkqo, esihlala abantu. Ukuchongwa ngokulula xa uhamba elwandle kunye ne- Imisila ebomvu ebomvu eneflegi yeNtombi, enye kwicala ngalinye lomkhumbi.
Ezi zintathu ziya kulinganisa i-278 yeemitha ubude kunye nama-38 ububanzi, ngomthamo wabakhenkethi abangama-2.700, ngoku ababizwa ngokuba ngabahambi ngenqanawa kule nkampani, ekufuneka abasebenzi abangama-1.150 bongezwe kuyo. Zisekwe ngakumbi kumbono we-superyacht, kuba i-86% yeekhabini iya kuba neebhalkhoni elwandle.
Malunga nokukhathalelwa kwendalo, iya kuba yenye indawo yeVirge Voyages, Akukho zilwanyana ziya kusetyenziswa kuhambo, kwaye iinjini ziya kuba nenkqubo yokucoca igesi engumxube kunye nokuKhetha ukuNcitshiswa kweCatalytic (SCR), oko kuthetha ukuba baya kukhupha ukukhutshwa okuphantsi kakhulu emoyeni.