Carnival Corp said on Friday cruise bookings for the second half of 2022 were in front of pre-pandemic levels, in a sign the cruise operator expects a bounce back in business as it restarts voyages worldwide.

The cruise sector has been among those generally influenced by the pandemic as many boats moored at ports and secured seaward for quite a long time without travelers, constraining administrators to bring billions of dollars up under water to remain above water.

Some cruise fans are anticipating the resumption of more voyages from U.S. ports after the country’s wellbeing authorities gave the go-ahead recently for Carnival and its opponents to restart tasks.

Carnival said its voyages for the second from last quarter were income positive, adding that it anticipates that the trend should proceed.

Eight of the organization’s nine cruise line brands have continued sailings with travelers locally available, and it hopes for something else than a large portion of its complete armada ability to be open for visitors before the finish of October.

In any case, Carnival said its booking volumes for future travels during the second from last quarter were not as vigorous as the subsequent quarter because of the spread of the Delta variation of the Covid.

Opponent Norwegian Cruise Line said it saw an unobtrusive decline in net new reserving action in July following a flood in Covid-19 cases, while Royal Caribbean likewise hailed an unassuming hit to its appointments from the quick spreading variation.

Carnival expects its monthly average cash burn rate for the final quarter to be higher than the earlier quarters, as it readies its boats for voyages after over a year.

The organization, which announced a third-quarter adjusted deficiency of $1.99 billion, said its monthly average cash burn rate was $510 million during the revealed quarter.