Travis Barker has praised Qantas Airlines after traveling around Australia after overcoming his fear of flying following a fatal plane crash in 2008.
The Blink-182 drummer, 48, recently traveled to Australia with his wife Kourtney Kardashian and their family for his band’s first tour in the country in a decade.
The pop-punk band’s last tour of Australia was in 2013, but Travis did not join them due to his fear of flying, stemming from being a passenger in a plane crash in 2008.
Travis previously credited his wife Kourtney, 44, for helping him overcome his fear of flying, and has now shared a photo from his recent flight in Australia.
On Friday she took to her Instagram Stories to post a snap of her boarding pass from her February 7 flight from Sydney to Perth, where she performed in a series of shows.
Travis Barker (pictured with wife Kourtney Kardashian) praised Qantas after traveling around Australia after overcoming his fear of flying following a fatal plane crash in 2008.
On the business class ticket he had written: “I know I have angels watching over me,” along with the outline of a cross.
Last month, Travis joined his bandmates Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge Down Under for their long-awaited tour, which marks his first tour in Australia since 2013.
Travis did not join the band on the 2013 tour, and Brooks Wackerman filled in on drumsticks due to his fear of flying.
On flights, Travis puts on noise-canceling headphones so “he can’t hear the landing gear retract,” listens to guided recordings from an energy healer, and prays for lost loved ones.
Travis has previously credited the “power of love” from his wife Kourtney, with whom he shares four-month-old son Rocky, with helping him overcome his fear of flying.
On Friday she took to her Instagram Stories to post a snap of her boarding pass from her February 7 flight from Sydney to Perth, writing “I know I have angels watching over me.”
He said his partner had “healed” him and his children, Landon, 20, and Alabama, 18, after the crash in South Carolina 15 years ago, in which he was one of only two survivors. .
Speaking to the LA Times, she said: “I think the power of love really helped me.” Kourt made me fly, my kids fly now. She healed us.
‘Every time I fly, I take a little piece of my life with me. The amount of stress and anxiety it causes is simply unbearable. It brings up all this old trauma and sometimes I think, ‘Is it worth it?’
“But I also don’t like anything controlling me; I don’t like being afraid and I don’t like things from my past controlling my future.”
Travis shares Alabama and Landon with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler, while he is also stepfather to Shanna’s daughter Atiana de la Hoya, 24.
In August 2021, Travis successfully took his first plane trip for the first time in 13 years when he traveled to Cabo San Lucas with Kourtney.
In September 2008, Travis boarded a private jet in South Carolina to head to Los Angeles after a show, accompanied by his friend Adam ‘DJ AM’ Goldstein, his security guard Charles ‘Che’ Still, and his assistant Chris Baker.
Travis, 48, recently flew to Australia for Blink-182’s first tour in the country since 2013, when Travis didn’t join them due to his fear of flying, which stemmed from being a passenger in an accident. air in 2008.
Travis previously credited his wife Kourtney’s “power of love” for helping him overcome his fear of flying, saying she had “healed” him.
As the plane attempted to take off, one of the tires burst, causing the aircraft to skid off the runway, go through the airport fence and over the nearby road, and finally crash into the embankment at the side of road. .
The pilot, Sarah Lemmon, and co-pilot, James Bland, died within minutes from smoke inhalation and burns when the plane burst into flames upon impact, according to the Chicago Tribune. Still and Baker also died on impact.
Travis suffered third-degree burns to 65 percent of his body and had to spend three months in hospital while undergoing skin grafts and 26 surgeries to repair the damage.
After the accident, Travis was overcome with a debilitating fear of even seeing an airplane.