Shrinking Learjet Backlog Downplayed

By Joseph C. Anselmo janselmo@aviationweek.com
MONTREAL

A decline of more than 50% in Learjet’s backlog during the past year is unsettling but not dire, says a top executive at parent company Bombardier.

Bombardier reported early this month that a wave of cancellations in 2009 shrank Learjet’s order book to six months worth of production on Jan. 31, the end of the company’s fiscal year, down from 17 months a year earlier. But Bombardier Aerospace President and COO Guy Hachey says that Learjet’s backlog ...

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