Branson's budget air travel

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Richard Branson's airline Virgin Blue has intensified a fares price war in Australia by announcing 200,000 seats on internal flights at only 29 Australian dollars (�12).

It sold 60,000 tickets in 15 hours overnight. Blue faces competition from Qantas's new budget carrier, Jetstar, said to be taking 200 bookings a minute.