TWO boozing passengers have been banned from an airline after their onboard behaviour disrupted a holiday flight.

The pair were handed over to local police when their Jet2 flight from Newcastle touched down in Cyprus.

Cabin crew acted after both allegedly refused repeated requests to stop using foul and explicit language and consuming their own alcohol during the flight on July 22.

Their seats were also found to have been damaged, leading to a 30-minute delay for holidaymakers on the return flight from Larnaca to Newcastle Airport.

The airline has since banned both from travelling with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays for 12 months and has also handed details of the case to Northumbria Police, seeking costs for the damage incurred to the aircraft.

Phil Ward, managing director of Jet2.com said: “This incident highlights why it is important to take a stance on antisocial conduct. Such disruptive behaviour is simply not tolerated under our Onboard Together programme which empowers our crew to use numerous measures to stamp it out, including issuing verbal and written warnings and, in this case, alerting the authorities.

“This is a growing problem which needs to be tackled by the industry as a whole.

“Passengers and crew should not have to put up with such offensive and unnecessary disruption and airlines should certainly not have to deal with aircraft damage.”

Last week, rival budget airline Ryanair banned passengers from taking duty-free alcohol on flights to Ibiza after a number of onboard incidents.