Baby Born Mid-Flight Will Have Plane Named After Him

The baby boy was delivered on board a JetBlue Airways flight from Puerto Rico to Florida.

A baby boy delivered on a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Fort Lauderdale, Florida is expected to have the plane renamed after him, subject to his mother’s approval. Assisted by the crew and onboard medical professionals, mother and baby were met by emergency services when they arrived in the US, with the baby becoming the airline’s youngest ever passenger.

Unexpected Diversion

The airline applauded its staff for their professionalism and quick thinking. “We’d like to thank the crew and medical professionals on board for their quick action under pressure, and wish the new mother and son all the best,” a JetBlue spokesperson said. While it’s rumoured that babies born in the air are gifted free travel for life by the relevant airline, this is extremely unlikely (but a nice idea nonetheless!), however JetBlue did hint at more exciting things to come. “With mom’s okay, we would like to rename ‘Born To Be Blue’ after our newest baby blue and our youngest customer ever. More baby shower gifts to come!” the airline tweeted.

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The baby boy’s name hasn’t been released as yet, but what an incredible birthday present from the airline and what an amazing birth story this family will be able to tell!

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17 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 23 Feb 2023
    12:03 pm
Thats certainly a story to tell at his 21st

- - ella12 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    10:45 pm
Well that is pretty special. All the best to the family.

- - Ellen said
  - 11 Mar 2019
    7:54 am
I think this is a lovely story and what a honor to have a plane named after you !

- - tessie said
  - 08 Mar 2019
    11:55 am
Well done to the crew and luckily there were medical professionals on board as well. Just lucky there were no complications with the birth. So glad Mum and baby are doing well

- - rachel1970 said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    6:07 pm
What an amazing story, and how amazing to have a plane named after you.

- - rovermum said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    8:55 am
Wow, how amazing and what a fantastic story. One to tell on his 21st. I now await the child’s name!!

- - mom290396 said
  - 04 Mar 2019
    4:49 pm
Staff did amazingly well and it nice of the airline to be so generous. I just hope women don’t see this and think it’s a good idea to have a baby born on a plane to get a bunch of gifts from the airline (you know there’d be a few out there thinking this). Glad mum and Bub are doing well! Congratulations on a safe arrival

- - mom265671 said
  - 03 Mar 2019
    10:11 pm
What a unique and interesting experience to have on board. Congratulations on the new bundle of joy.

- - mom90758 said
  - 03 Mar 2019
    5:05 pm
Incredible. Was the baby born earlier then? Because there is a limit to when you are allowed to fly while pregnant.
I love the idea of naming the plane after the baby.

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 03 Mar 2019
    4:38 pm
What a fantastic story glad mum and Bub are doing well

- - ashna9 said
  - 03 Mar 2019
    1:17 pm
What a crazy flight but glad mum and bub are ok.

- - mom114371 said
  - 03 Mar 2019
    9:11 am
How crazy! Imagine being on board whilst this was happening.

- - Ellen said
  - 03 Mar 2019
    7:39 am
I think it’s lovely they are going to name a plane after this boy. They all did well mum and baby and staff, congrats !

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 02 Mar 2019
    10:52 pm
Wow, sounds like it all happened very quickly. I think the gesture from the airline is lovely.

- - BellaB said
  - 02 Mar 2019
    4:39 pm
I would hate to give birth on a plane. So scary.

- - becstalou said
  - 02 Mar 2019
    4:11 pm
That’s pretty cool. Glad it all went well.

- - mom81879 said
  - 02 Mar 2019
    3:15 pm
All my births are memorable, I have beautiful children to remind me of their births. But no unusual ones. I can’t see if this baby was premature…..I thought mums were recommended to not fly after a certain time in their pregnancy???