Amagceke emikhumbi ase-Italiya aseFincantieri asevele esikile ishidi lokuqala lensimbi eliqala ukwakhiwa komkhumbi wokuqala wenkampani yezokuvakasha iVirgin Voyages. Le nkampani entsha yokuthumela impahla, eyeqembu leVirgin Group likasomabhizinisi uRichard Branson, Izosekelwa ethekwini laseMiami.
Lokhu kungokokuqala kwemikhumbi emithathu leli qembu eliyithumele. Lo mkhumbi uzolethwa ngo-2019, futhi uzoqala ukusebenza ngonyaka owodwa kamuva, kanti eminye emibili ngo-2021 nango-2022.
Lo mkhumbi wokuqala, ozokwenza ukuhamba ngezinyawo okunethezeka futhi namanje esingakaziwa igama lawo, uzoba nomthamo wabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-2.700 1.430, uhlukaniswe waba ngamakhabethe angu-1.150, futhi uzoqondiswa ngabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-XNUMX. Umkhumbi uzosuka njalo ngeSonto usuka eMiami, usohambweni olungakabi nemininingwane kodwa oluzowela iCaribbean.
IVirgin Voyages izichaza ngokuthi "yiqoqo lokuqala lokuhamba ngolwandle", yakhiwa amafemu ayishumi: i-Roman ne-Williams, i-Concrete Amsterdam, i-Design Research Studio, i-Gem SRL, i-Softroom, i-WORKac, i-Knibb, i-HL Studio, i-HKS Inc. ne-Pearson Lloyd.
I-Virgin cruise iza ukujoyina i-Brason emporium, esivele inamabhizinisi ahlukahlukene njengamaselula, amalebula okuqopha, ezokuvakasha ezikhaleni, izinkampani zezindiza, ezithengiselwe i-Alaska Airlines, kanti kusukela ngo-2019 ngeke zisaba negama elithi Virgin ezindizeni zabo.
IFincatieri Shipyards yinkampani eyakha imikhumbi ezinze eTrieste, eklama futhi yakhe imikhumbi yabathengisi, imikhumbi yokuhamba ngezikebhe, nemikhumbi yempi, ngaphezu kokubambisana ngenkuthalo ekulungisweni kwemikhumbi. Ngedumela elikhulu, muva nje bahambise iViking Sky, eyinkampani yokuthumela impahla iViking Ocean Cruises, omunye wemikhumbi kanokusho ehamba ngomkhumbi njengamanje, kanti iNorway Cruise Line nayo ithumele imikhumbi emisha emine yohlelo lukaLeonardo kulezi zindawo zemikhumbi, kuzodingeka balinde kuze kube ngu-2022 ukuze baqale ukubakha.