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2/06/2005

Pacific Sky delay forces replacement

P&O has suffered another setback as repairs to Pacific Sky has been delayed, forcing it to be replaced by Pacific Sun.

The delay in repairs to Sky’s gearbox is expected to take an extra five days, preventing its departure.

Pacific Sun will replace the scheduled two-week Lions rugby tour charter in New Zealand between June 21 and July 6. This has resulted in the 11-night cruise out of Sydney (N518) on June 14 being shortened to seven nights and concluding in Auckland.

Passengers will receive a pro-rata refund, a $300 onboard spending credit and air transfer from Auckland to Sydney.

The same applies to the July 4 10-night round-trip from Sydney which will also be reduced to seven nights.

Pacific Sky is set to replace Pacific Sun on the scheduled June 25 departure (N519), which will be shortened by one night in order to be positioned to Auckland by July 3.

Pacific Sky will then be able to begin its New Zealand winter deployment on July 7.

In Europe, P&O has fared worse with 200 passengers onboard its Oceana found to have contracted the norovirus, which caused chaos two years ago on Aurora.

The 24-hour bug, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, affected 10 per cent of the 2,015 passengers.

2 June 2005

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