British Airways has airbrushed a scene of arch-rival Sir Richard Branson out of its in-flight James Bond movie “Casino Royale”, sources close to the company said on Monday.

The Virgin Atlantic chief is briefly featured in the original 007 film at an airport security scanner, but can only be seen from the back in the edited version.

Shots of the tail fin of a Virgin plane have also been obscured.

A spokesman for BA said only that it “previews films before they are screened on our aircraft and regularly edits films” on the grounds of taste and suitability.

What part of Richard Branson’s face is so distasteful and unsuitable that it deserves to be edited out? Honestly, that’s just ridiculous and the excuse is even dumber than the act.

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