Pullmantur may be returning to service despite becoming insolvent and sending its three ships to Aliaga, Turkey for scrapping.

The Madrid-based cruise outfit, co-owned by Royal Caribbean Group and Cruise Investment Holdings, filed for reorganisation under Spanish insolvency laws in late July.

The Richard Vogel-led Pullmantur ships sent to Aliaga are 2,733-berth Sovereign (built 1987), 1,828-berth Horizon (built 1990) and 2,733-berth Monarch (built 1991).