Emirates Executive is a luxury private jet service that offers unsurpassed luxury in travel, and introduces new technology and design to meet the most discerning traveller's requirements. Courtesy Emirates

Emirates Executive is a luxury private jet service that offers unsurpassed luxury in travel, and introduces new technology and design to meet the most discerning traveller's requirements. Courtesy Emirates

FORGET the horrible, cramped cattle class experience we’re all too used to, these are the planes straight out of our wildest dreams.

As airline seats continue to shrink for the majority of us, the super-wealthy are turning to aircraft manufacturers to pimp out their planes, making them more spacious and extravagant than ever before.

Besides, when you splash out millions for a private jet, why not make sure it’s exactly to your taste?

According to Wired.com, an influx of billionaires from the Middle East, Russia and China wanting customised planes have prompted Airbus and Boeing to focus more on this profitable part of the business.

Airbus has sold over 170 aircraft since it began its private jet operations in 1997, while Boeing got started a year earlier and has delivered slightly more private jets: 195.

According to a survey by Airbus on the high-flying taste of billionaires, they love to fly with their family or business associates.

The price of such customised jets varies between $85 million for a Boeing 737 and over $300m for an A380.

This is what the plane looks like before being customised:

And after: