0845 GMT - Airbus has to deliver a record number of planes to customers in the fourth quarter to meet its annual target, MWB Research's Jens-Peter Rieck writes in a note to clients. The European plane maker is aiming for roughly 870 commercial aircraft deliveries this year. It dispatched 475 by the end of August and Rieck estimates 69 deliveries in September, lifting the year-to-date figure to 544. That means Airbus would need to send about 326, or roughly 109 per month, to meet its annual goal, Rieck says. He notes this would be 14% above last year's fourth-quarter figure of 286 planes and 10% above the previous fourth-quarter record of 297 in 2018. Airbus shares trade 2.1% higher at 189.46 euros.