The passenger disrupted a flight from Edinburgh to Lanzarote on 5 July last year shortly after take-off by smoking, consuming his own alcohol and verbally abusing other passengers onboard.
They were one of three disruptive passengers whose "inexcusable" behaviour forced the flight to turn back to Edinburgh, causing six crew and 178 passengers to "suffer unnecessary disruption", the airline said.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court handed down to the passenger a community payback order and sentenced them to 225 hours of unpaid work.
