McVitie said that Branson would be "making the same mistake twice" if he went on to commit to one of Airbus' newest models, the A350 extra wide body plane.

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Should I check an extra bag on the plane?

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The first offering sold out quickly, so extra cases had to be shipped by plane.

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Last month he proposed removing all but one toilet on every plane to make room for extra seats.

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Some departing passengers want early boarding privileges and perhaps a seat with extra legroom in the front of the plane, which airlines reserve for passengers with disabilities.

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Loganair has put on an extra flight between Aberdeen and Shetland on Saturday and retailer Tesco chartered a Hercules transporter plane to fly supplies to the islands to restock empty shelves.

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Although the plane would be marginally slower than a 737, the wider fuselage would allow for an extra aisle, meaning faster boarding and deplaning, for a quicker journey overall.

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If the plane next to him was blown out of the sky, for example, Plank got extra points toward his return home under the theory that he, too, had been exposed to excess danger.

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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said yesterday, he doesn't think there needs to be a total ban on carry-on baggage, because the restrictions on liquids and the extra training given to screeners means passengers can be protected without stopping them from bringing anything on the plane.

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Would applying extra scrutiny to people with foreign-sounding names have kept would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid off a plane?

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