The individual from Glasgow showed "physical and verbal aggression" towards staff and has since been issued with a lifelong ban from the airline. 

Jet2 said the holidaymaker behaved in "such an appalling fashion" the crew had no choice but to divert the aircraft to Sofia on Tuesday (2 May) so police could offload him.

The individual’s catalogue of "unacceptable" behaviour, the carrier said, included the illicit consumption of alcohol, which is prohibited onboard, as well as physical and verbal aggression, which led to him having to be restrained whilst the aircraft diverted.
 
After police boarded to offload the passenger, the aircraft took off to Dalaman again, meaning customers arrived on their holidays two hours later than scheduled.

Jet2.com has confirmed it will pursue the man for recovery of all costs incurred by this diversion.
 
Phil Ward, managing director of Jet2.com, said: "As a family friendly airline we take a zero tolerance approach to this behaviour, and we would like to apologise to other customers and our colleagues for any upset caused.

"Our highly-trained crew, along with a number of other customers, acted to restrain the individual and we would like to sincerely thank them for their actions, however this simply should not be happening."