Kusukela ngonyaka ka-2021, imikhumbi emisha yeVirgin Voyages izohamba iMedithera, futhi unyaka wonke ngaphambi kokuba ihambe ngomkhumbi iCaribbean. Njengoba sesivele sinayo ku- Lesi sihloko Inkampani kaTycoon Richard Branson izoqala ukusebenza ezimakethe zokunethezeka, kuphela ukuhamba kwabantu abadala, ngaphandle kokugxila kubantu abadala.
Imikhumbi emithathu yale nkampani entsha yakhiwa esikhumulweni semikhumbi iFincantieri eGenoa, futhi izokwamukela igama elijwayelekile leLady Ship.
Asinayo imininingwane eminingi kakhulu yokuthi le nkampani yemikhumbi ihlose kanjani ukwephula umqondo wokuhamba ngezikebhe zabavakashi, okwamanje kunezindlela eziningi ezahlukahlukene kangangokuthi akukho okubonakala ngathi kungakwazi ukuyephula, kepha mane ungeze imilutha kule ndlela ukuhamba. Kepha njengoba kunjalo ukuhamba ngezinyawo kwabantu abadala kuphela, kuzoba esinye sezimpawu zabo, futhi ngamazwi kaRichard Brandson uqobo "angafuni ukuhlala iviki elihamba phambili lonyaka, kodwa isonto elihamba phambili lezimpilo zabo", nge imvelo yabantu abadala ye-premium, inentshisekelo kumculo (eba yi-leitmotif yohambo) futhi ibe mnandi, kepha kude nezinhlangano zentsha ezingalawulwa.
Idizayini yezikebhe zeLady Ship iyamangaza. Siyazi ukuthi izikebhe zizocishe zibe ngegolide, zinamawindi anombala nomnsalo oqondile nongahlaleka kuwo. Ikhonjwa kalula lapho uhamba olwandle ne mermaids abanomsila obomvu nefulegi leVirgin, eyodwa ohlangothini ngalunye lomkhumbi.
Lezi zintathu zizolinganisa amamitha angama-278 ubude nama-38 ububanzi, ngomthamo wezivakashi ezingama-2.700, manje ezibizwa ngamatilosi kule nkampani, okumele kufakwe kuwo abasebenzi abangu-1.150 XNUMX. Zisekelwe kakhulu kumqondo wokunethezeka we-superyacht, ngoba ama-86% wamakamelo azoba namabhalkhoni olwandle.
Mayelana nokunakekelwa kwemvelo, kuzoba ngesinye sezakhiwo zeVirgin Voyages, azikho izilwane ezizosetshenziswa ohambweni, futhi izinjini zizoba nohlelo lokuhlanza igesi oluyingxube kanye ne-Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR), okusho ukuthi bazokhipha ukukhishwa okuphansi kakhulu emkhathini.