Fears caused by attacks on tankers in the Straits of Hormuz and the detention of Stena Impero, a British-flagged tanker by the Iranian authorities, have sparked the reaction.
‘As a British company flying the red ensign it is not advisable for us to maintain our planned Dubai and Arabian Gulf programme this winter season,’ P&O Cruises President Paul Ludlow said.
He called it ‘a difficult decision’.
Full refund and new ex-UK programme
All bookings for P&O Cruises’ Oceana will be cancelled and passengers will get a full refund.
A new winter 2019/20 programme for Oceana will go on sale August 20, including departures from Southampton sailing to Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands, as well as a pre-Christmas 35-night cruise to the Caribbean.
The cruise line’s Arabian Gulf ex-UK fly-cruise programme was a new introduction which debuted in January-April 2019.
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