Cessa, Bell report improved Q4 revenues
Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter emerged from 2010 with relatively healthy fourth-quarter revenues and aircraft delivery increases, according to the ear

Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter emerged from 2010 with relatively healthy fourth-quarter revenues and aircraft delivery increases, according to the earnings report for the period released in late January by parent company Textron.

Cessna revenues were $105 million higher than in the fourth quarter of 2009, and the delivery of 79 business jets topped deliveries in the same period in 2009 by 11 aircraft. Cessnaπs backlog at the end of the fourth quarter was valued at $2.9 billion, down $495 million from the end of the third quarter 2010.