Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, the UK based destination focused cruise operator, said it has decided to postpone the restart of operations of three of its four ships

“The new timetable shows that new ship Borealis will now be the first of the fleet to sail, and will embark on her maiden cruise with Fred. Olsen – the six-night ‘Scottish Lochs and Isles’ cruise - on 23rd April 2021 as originally planned,” the company said in a statement..

“Bolette will follow on 29th May and Balmoral on 9th June. Due to having an extensive fly-cruise programme, Braemar will remain in lay-up until 2022,” it added.

Braemar had been intended to operate a series of Caribbean fly cruises with Havana as the turnaround port in the 2021/22 season. On 28 August, the company said that all its four ships would restarted service by the end of April 2021.

“Initially, we believe it may be more complex for us to operate the planned fly cruise programme and we will therefore instead focus on our extensive ex-UK itineraries during 2021,\ Managing Director Peter Deer said in the statement.