IONA is an ocean going cruise ship launched in 2020 and her age is 4 year old, registered under the flag of United Kingdom. The vessel welcomes 6600 passengers on board attended by a crew of 1800 professionals. The passenger to space ratio is 26. It has 20 decks of which 11 decks with cabins, altogether 2500 cabins. IONA is owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC and operated by P&O Cruises Australia. Shipbuilder is Meyer Werft (Papenburg, Germany). Тhe hull's class is Excellence-Helios. The building cost is EUR 700 million (USD 950 million). The vessel's operational speed is 23 kn. The main particulars are as follows - length of 337 m, beam of 42 m, gross tonnage of 184700 GT. Sister vessels are aidanova, costa smeralda, Costa 2021, Carnival Mardi Gras. Before its inauguration voyage the ship was christened by tba.
