Nicole Kidman loves flying

Actress Nicole Kidman gets "excited" about being on an airplane, and says she is "passionate" about flying.

Speaking on the talk show “Studio 10”, the 47-year-old said she was delighted when asked to be the face of Etihad Airways because she enjoys being in the air, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

I'm passionate about flying, I love planes and I love that they give us the chance to be somewhere very quickly, Kidman said.

I still get excited about getting on the plane, I'm one of those people that gets excited to fly and when they asked me to shoot on The Residence I was like, 'Yes please'. I couldn't wait to see it because it's an apartment on a plane, I shot on it for four days,” she added.

Kidman, who has daughters Sunday Rose, six, and Faith Margaret, four, with husband Keith Urban, and adopted kids Isabella, 22, and Connor, 20, with former husband Tom Cruise, loves travelling because she is so “curious about the world”.

I spend so much time flying just because of my job, and also because I am a traveler and I am curious about the world," she said.