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Good news for flight fanatics - an old jumbo jet destined for scrap has been salvaged and converted into a luxury hotel suite.

The £300-a-night plane hotel suite is perched on a purpose built ledge within the Costa Rican rainforest and offers flight fans the chance to play captain for their stay.

For a staggering £2,100 a week guests can enjoy the novelty of sleeping in the converted 1965 Boeing 727, which once carried passengers around the world with Colombian Avianca Airlines.

Jumbo luxury: For £2,100 a week guests can enjoy the novelty of sleeping in the converted 1965 Boeing 727

The suite is part of the Costa Verde resort, which is located on the edge of the Manuel Antonia National Park, Costa Rica.

The rainforest resort charges guests the same price to sleep in the converted plane as a room at The Ritz, London.

Airplane enthusiasts can have full run of the two-bedroom, two-bathroom suite which also includes a kitchenette, flat-screen tvs, a dining room, and a terrace with a sea view.

All aboard:The £300-a-night plane hotel suite is perched on a purpose built ledge in the Costa Rican rainforest

There is a specially crafter observation deck, which has been built on top of the plane's wing.

The inside of the jumbo jet is furnished with hand-carved teak panelling from the former cockpit to the tail which is all harvested locally in Costa Rica.

The plane was transported in pieces by five trucks from San Jose International Airport, and painstakingly rebuilt to create the luxury suite, within the resort which is just outside the village of Quepos, Costa Rica.

Inside the two-bedroom, two-bathroom suite, which includes a kitchenette, dining room and a terrace with a sea view

Luxurious: The jumbo jet, which was destined for scrap has been transformed into a top notch hotel

'At this height, its guests will be able to enjoy scenic ocean and jungle views both from the airplane windows and the handcrafted deck which has been built atop its wings.'

Under construction: The Columbian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 once carried passengers all over the world

Wreck: It now costs guests the same price to sleep in the converted plane as it does to stay at The Ritz in London

Salvaged: Visitors can now have full run of the two-bedroom, two-bathroom sea view suite