Spotted: 30 celebrities on private jets

If you're flying around the globe to play at some of the summer's top festivals then a private jet becomes more of a necessity than a luxury. British pop star Rita Ora demonstrated this with a series of social media posts in July 2018, the first of which showed her jetting off to Sweden to play at the Stadfesten festival. A second post the same day, also from a private jet, was mysteriously captioned 'going somewhere' before being followed up with another post showing the singer was taking some time out to enjoy a luxury yacht vacation in the South of France.

How better to beat the January blues than by jetting off to sunny climes once the festive season has come to an end? This is exactly what American model Devon Windsor did, posting this snap of herself posing in front of a sizeable private jet with the caption, "Off to somewhere warmer!" at the end of December 2017. Although Windsor didn't confirm her destination, the post was followed up by a number of images showing beautiful white sandy beaches and turquoise waters hinting at somewhere in the Caribbean or Bahamas.

Legendary musician Lionel Richie and his model daughter Sofia shared a series of snaps from a private jet jaunt to New York in September 2017. The pair were joined by other members of the Richie family who visited the American city from their home in LA to support Sofia as she walked in Jeremy Scott's New York Fashion Week runway show.

When you're one half of a Hollywood power couple chartering (or owning) a private jet becomes necessary to juggle hectic schedules. Of course, that doesn't mean it can't also be used for the occasional vacation, as Elsa Pataky - actress and wife of Chris Hemsworth - showed when she jetted off for a girl's holiday to the Dominican Republic on a private plane in March 2017.

When you're an international pop icon with a world tour and hectic promotional schedule to stick to flying private is the only way to go. It can also be super stylish, as Kylie Minogue showed with this fun snap taken on her arrival to the UK in March 2017. But the biggest benefit to having your own plane? Flexibility - Kylie shared a picture of herself on a gorgeous tropical beach just days later.

American model Karlie Kloss swapped New York Fashion Week for a relaxing break in St Barths in February 2017 but that didn't mean she forgot all the hard work going on back home. Posing on the private jet ready to whisk her off to the Caribbean, she posted this image with the caption, "St Barths bound. Wearing my @DVF wrap dress on this runway...and wishing good luck to @DVF and @saunderstudio on their #NYFW runway today".

When you're on tour as a member of one of the world's biggest girl groups then how better to travel the world than on a private jet? Recently spotted in Singapore and Australia before heading off to holiday on a luxury yacht in Marbella, Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock shows just how glamorous flying private can be.

Flying private may come as second nature to some celebrities but for Hollywood A-lister Chris Pratt it is still an experience worth sharing. He posted this image to social media with the caption, "Got to take a jet. Which is the pinnacle of luxury travel. So blessed and fortunate and still embracing how fantastic this is. Some people lose that. I don't think I will. Who knows? I hope not to."

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has undoubtedly been flying by private jet since she was a child so it comes as no surprise that she should be friendly enough with her pilot to pop in to the cockpit mid-flight - as she did when she took this photo on a recent jaunt from Paris to Cannes.

As the founder of Italian fashion house Valentino and the owner of superyacht T.M. Blue One, it seems only natural that Valentino Garavani should fly by private jet. This snap, taken by his partner Giancarlo Giammetti, shows the impeccably dressed designer using the peace and quiet of his jet to catch up on some reading.