January 22, 1996

January 22, 1996

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BA SEEKS BIDS FOR 60 NEW AIRCRAFT

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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U.K. TRAFFIC RISES 5.8%

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MULTIYEAR C-l7 OFFER WOULD CUT PRICE 5%

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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BA SEEKS BIDS FOR 60 NEW AIRCRAFT

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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U.K. TRAFFIC RISES 5.8%

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MULTIYEAR C-l7 OFFER WOULD CUT PRICE 5%

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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UNC, PARKER HANNIFIN BUY SECOND-TIER FIRMS

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI

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HUBBLE DISCOVERS ANCIENT GALAXIES

WASHINGTON A narrow slice of space imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope for 10 days has revealed hundreds of previously undiscovered galaxies in various stages of evolution that are thought to date back to near the beginning of time. The area, just 1/30th the diameter of the full Moon, was imaged 342 times by Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 between Dec. 1 8 and Dec. 25.

By JOSEPH A. ANSELMO

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U.S., JAPANESE CREW HONE ORBITAL REPERTOIRE

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Endeavour's astronauts retrieved two satellites, dodged a defunct third one and performed two spacewalks during a mission to help NASA prepare for space station assembly later in the decade. The hectic pace of last week's Mission 72 is a harbinger of missions to come.

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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CARRIERS IN FLORIDA BRACE FOR SOUTHWEST

Although some airlines are more vulnerable than others, all carriers with Florida bases or destinations are reevaluating their game plans

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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AIRTRAN BANKS ON ATTRACTIONS TO FUEL STEADY TRAFFIC GROWTH

ORLANDO, FLA. AirTran Airways has a sunny future, its executives maintain, that will not be dimmed by the cloud that Southwest Airlines casts over other competitors in Florida markets. The executives base their optimism on the constant need of major tourist attractions in Orlando to establish and tap new sources of visitors.
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ARIANE 44L LOFTS PANAMSAT, MEASAT

PARIS Two Hughes-built communications spacecraft are undergoing orbital checks by their Malaysian and U.S. operators following launch on the first Arianespace mission of 1996. The Jan. 12 flight placed both PanAmSat 3R and the Malaysian Measat 1 into transfer orbits.

By CRAIG COYAULT

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RUSSIA PUSHES FOR BIGGER LAUNCH MARKET SHARE

WASHINGTON A Russian delegation is scheduled to arrive here this week to press Moscow's demand that its commercial space launch quota be greatly expanded. U.S. trade representative (USTR) officials are prepared to offer to raise a 1993 quota limiting Russia to nine geostationary commercial launches through 2000 to bring it into parity with agreements giving China and Ukraine up to 20 launches each over the same period (AW&ST Dec. 1 8/25, p. 97). But the Russian delegation, led by Russian Space Agency chief Yuri Koptev, will likely push for more, including a commitment on when the quotas will be lifted altogether.

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO

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