In a public statement, Air Canada similarly said "to the extent that we can identify the passengers who were part of the group, Air Canada is denying boarding to ensure the safety of other passengers and its crew."
One individual attempting to return home is 19-year-old Rebecca St-Pierre. The young student from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec said she felt abandoned and uncertain how she would afford a hotel room for the unexpectedly extended stay.
St-Pierre said on Wednesday she tested positive for Covid-19 and was in isolation in Tulum, and believed around 30 other passengers on the Sunwing flight have also tested positive.
"The organizer just left everybody. I don't know who's still here. All the flights have been cancelled," she told The Canadian Press.
St-Pierre had won the trip as part of an Instagram contest but had expected a relaxing, inexpensive week.
After videos of the December 30 flight were shared on social media, they quickly went viral.
Passengers were shown dancing in the aisles, close together without masks, passing large bottles of vodka around and smoking electronic cigarettes.
According to St-Pierre, the videos didn't just capture what went on during the five-hour flight, but only part of it.
In a statement co-issued by Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, the trio said their departments had been directed to investigate the event.
Passengers who breached Transport Department regulations could be faced with fines up to $5,000 (NZD!), according to the statement. If any individuals provided false information to a Canadian government official, the maximum penalty could be up to $750,000 along with six months in jail.
With all the talk of passenger behaviour, some have questioned the actions of the pilot. Mehran Ebrahimi, who leads Universite du Quebec a Montreal's aerospace industry research unit said the investigation could provide answers as to why the pilot didn't make an emergency landing after passengers got out of control.
"We live in a world where pseudo-influencers think they are above everything, but a plane 30,000 feet above the ground can be extremely dangerous," Ebrahimi said.
"Imagine if people decided, for fun, to play with the door? A plane is not a cottage you rent where you can do everything you want."
The event was organised 111 Private Club, which is run by a man who goes by the name James William Awad on social media.
Awad recently took to Twitter to say the recent controversy was over a "simple party, however, he planned to "take a moment to sit down and rethink everything," and consider how things could be done better next time.
In a statement later released by Awad, he said the 111 Private Club was "working tirelessly" to get the passengers home safely and quickly.
Alongside passengers like St-Pierre who had won a spot on the trip, reality TV personalities and social media influencers were also in attendance.
Prime Minister Trudeau, however, wasn't one to be wooed by the celebrities, calling their behaviour a "slap in the face" to those who had been following public health restrictions.
"Like all Canadians who've seen the videos, I'm extremely frustrated," Trudeau said during a recent news conference.
