Aircraft
Textron Stands To Gain Much in Bombardier Combo
Combining Bombardier's business aircraft unit with Textron brings much synergy to the maker of Citation business jets, analysts say.

A potential combination of Bombardier’s Learjet, Challenger, and Global business with Textron Aviation could create a powerful OEM with an estimated share of more than half the business jet production market and installed base. That’s according to analysts reacting to a February 4 Wall Street Journal report that the parent of Textron Aviation is in talks with Bombardier to buy the Canadian airframer’s business jet unit. Mark Masluch of Bombardier and David Sylvestre of Textron told AIN that as a matter of policy neither company will “comment on market rumors.”