{"id":559204,"date":"2026-04-30T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559204\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:58:09","slug":"jet2-rewards-hero-boy-8-with-free-flights-to-anywhere-after-saving-plane-from-diverting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559204\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet2 rewards hero boy, 8, with free flights to anywhere after saving plane from diverting"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Rose, Phoenix’s father said they plan to use the tickets to go on holiday to Egypt\"Phoenix<\/p>\n

Phoenix Rose, 8(Image: James Rose)<\/p>\n

An airline has pledged to reward an eight-year-old boy from Salford<\/a> after his actions helped prevent a flight from being diverted.<\/p>\n

Jet2 confirmed they will send Phoenix a goodie pack and reward the pair with free flights after they helped calm a disruptive passenger on a Manchester-bound service from Izmir, Turkey, last Friday (April 24).<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Jet2 said: \u201cThe vast majority of customers have a brilliant experience when they fly with us, however our highly-trained crew are always there to look after everyone, as well as provide our friendly in-flight service.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have heard about how James and Phoenix reassured a fellow customer <\/a>and we would like to congratulate and thank them for their kindness and care.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are arranging for a goodie pack to be sent to them, alongside a voucher for a pair of free flights, in recognition of what they did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phoenix and his father, James Rose, were the mystery passengers who stepped in during the mid-air incident, with James insisting at the time: \u201cI\u2019m not the hero\u2026 it was me lad.\u201d<\/p>\n

James told the Manchester Evening News how his young son took control of the situation when a passenger became violent and abusive.<\/p>\n

“The way he handled the situation, he calmed her down,” James said. “He was absolutely fantastic, he took over. He was saying to her ‘don’t shout, don’t swear… what do your kids do?’. Every time she tried to go off he would tap her and say ‘come on, talk to me’. It was just magnificent to see.”<\/p>\n

Reacting to the airline\u2019s gesture, James said the family had not expected any reward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren’t expecting anything because if people do good deeds and expect a reward it\u2019s not really a good deed is it?\u201d he said. \u201cFrom our perspective me and Phoenix did what we did without the intention of anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t needed at the end of the day, it\u2019s a lovely reward for little Phoenix, I think it’s absolutely brilliant. We are really happy as a family.\u201d<\/p>\n

He revealed Phoenix had already set his sights on a destination.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhoenix said Mexico but I had to tell him I don\u2019t think Jet2 flies to Mexico. I think we are going to use the flights to go to Egypt,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

James also described how his son has reacted to the wave of public support since the story emerged.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sat him down and went through the response to the articles and the feedback from it, he couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d he said. \u201cHe said \u2018what, all that for me?\u2019 and I said \u2018yeah it\u2019s all for you son.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the attention, Phoenix has continued with his normal routine.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just gone to school as normal, it has not phased him,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

James said his son remained humble about his actions and got quite emotional following the response and support he had gotten \u201cjust for helping a lady\u201d. James added that Phoenix’s confidence is something he often showcases on his YouTube channel<\/a>, where he shares his football skills, something his dad believes has helped hi feel comfortable to step up in situations like these.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said \u2018but I\u2019d just do it again, it\u2019s just normal, we help people don\u2019t we.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing him as a \u201clittle superstar\u201d, James added the response has been overwhelmingly positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial media can sometimes have a very bad reputation but what this shows is there are people who do nice things for no reward and people can see that,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d just like to thank everyone for their comments about Phoenix, for just being nice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Rose, Phoenix’s father said they plan to use the tickets to go on holiday to Egypt Phoenix…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,10801,2447,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-559204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-jet2-com","tag-salford","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}