Two men have been banned from an airline for life following “extreme antisocial behaviour” on board a plane.
Jet2.com is pursuing further action with the Turkish authorities and police in Scotland against the men following the incident on a flight from Glasgow to Dalaman in Turkey last week.
The airline banned a third passenger for six months and denied all three access to their return flight.
Paul Strain, Kevin Brady and Claire Marshall allegedly became abusive towards cabin crew after they were refused drinks from the bar on the flight to Dalaman on July 13.
The airline claims the two men continued to use obscene language despite warnings from the crew.
Jet2.com also alleges that Mr Brady made “vulgar sexual gestures”, spat in the face of a crew member and was seen stealing wine from the bar.
He refused to wear his seatbelt, remove his earphones and turn off his mobile phone during the plane’s descent, the airline claims.
All three passengers were escorted off the aircraft by the captain and met by Turkish police.
Mr Strain and Mr Brady have been issued with lifetime bans from travelling with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays while Ms Marshall has received a six-month ban under the airline’s Onboard Together campaign, which aims to stamp out an industry-wide surge in offensive behaviour on flights.
Jet2.com said it will be pursuing further action with the Turkish authorities and has also contacted Police Scotland, and will be looking at further action against the passengers on home ground.
Details of the incident emerged just a few days after the airline reported that it had banned another man, Jamie Ferguson, 21, following anti-social behaviour on a Glasgow to Ibiza flight.
The airline is also pursuing Mr Ferguson in the Spanish courts.
Phil Ward, the airline’s managing director, said: “Aggressive behaviour will simply not be tolerated.
“Families and friends travelling on any airline should have an enjoyable time from the moment they step on to the aircraft.
“They should not have to experience aggressive behaviour, nor should our dedicated cabin crew.
“These are clear examples, indeed some of the worst I have come across, of why we need a national shared database of passengers that have been banned for disruptive behaviour for the airlines to tackle the growing problem together.”