Jennifer Aniston has been undergoing hypnosis in a bid to cure her "extreme fear of flying".

The Friends star, 55, has been battling the phobia for years and developed a superstition which involved tapping the outside of the plane with her right hand and stepping onboard with her right foot, but she's now managed to put the ritual to rest.

She told Travel and Leisure magazine: "I have an extreme fear of flying. But I have been doing some hypnosis lately, and one of the requirements is to remove all of those superstitions.