Yeah when you look at VV's size vs the bigger lines/conglomerates as well... for the bigger lines its easier to spread the cost of a longer and less profitable relocation avoiding the Red Sea across the company as a whole, where-as when you are dealing with just 3 (maybe 4) ships it has a bigger impact esp in the middle of all the other issues since launch/in the last few years
Don't get me wrong, as an Aussie who really enjoyed our VV cruise this year (booked our second while onboard which is not something ever did on Princess) am frustrated and disappointed they wont be back next season, and def think there are parts of this that could and should have been handled better, but also do still understand why it was done