357 German Cruise Passengers returned home after being stranded in Puerto Vallarta

A total of 357 German nationals who were traveling on a cruise ship from New Zealand and who had been stranded in Puerto Vallarta since March 19, were evacuated to Europe this weekend on a humanitarian airlift.

The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation said that the passengers were evacuated on two charter flights that left Puerto Vallarta, one on Friday, to Iceland, and the other on Saturday, bound for Germany.

The Bahamas-flagged cruise ship MS Europa arrived in Mexico with passengers from New Zealand after stopping in Honolulu, Hawaii, as the last port . . .