 "Viking XPRS" made her maiden voyage between Helsinki and Tallinn on 27 April 2008 and entered regular service on the route the following day.Compared to that had sailed on the route the previous year the "Viking XPRS" attracted a notably larger number of passengers, with a 61% raise in passenger number and 74% raise in vehicles transported between Helsinki and Tallinn between June and August 2008 compared to the same months in 2007.During her first year in service, the ship transported approximately 1,466,000 passengers – more than any other ship that has trafficked in the northern Baltic Sea.