Montreal  — Bombardier said on Thursday that it would meet a key 2019 target and announced a deal worth more than $1bn with Spirit AeroSystems, sending shares up nearly 7% despite reporting it burnt more cash than expected.

Montreal-based Bombardier is in the middle of a restructuring, shedding underperforming commercial aircraft programmes to focus on more profitable business jet and rail units...

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