RE:RE:macquarie airfinanceYes, this might all be idle speculation, but it is interesting that Macquarie finance acted as financial advisor for the consortium behind a US$4 billion train order for Bombardier in Australia in 2014
[A Macquarie analyst (Gupta) was also quite complimentary about the C-series in a recent interview], see links below.
so certainly the two firms work together productively and might be receptive to deeper ties
https://www.bombardier.com/en/media-centre/newsList/details.bombardier-transportation20140129bombardierconsortiumwinsmultibi.bombardiercom.html<br /> <br /> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-11/bombardier-cseries-jet-a-tough-sell-when-it-can-t-fly.html