New Zealand Puts the Breaks on Trans-Tasman Travel Bubble Plans

(10:40 a.m. EDT) — The German cruise line AIDA canceled its planned resumption of service this weekend over an approval technicality.

The line, which is owned by Carnival Corporation plc., has implemented new health and testing protocols that had caught 10 crew members who were positive for COVID-19 after they boarded two AIDA ships but before any passengers came aboard. 

The hold-up for AIDAperla and AIDAmar, leaving on short cruises August 5 and August 12, though, came because the country of Italy, where the ships are flagged, had not given approval for the ships to sail, the company said in a release.

“Contrary to our expectations, the final formal approval for the start of th