PARIS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Airbus has seen a

marked improvement in confidence and performance from its

suppliers, all of whom are ready to support the company's target

of increasing deliveries by 7% to some 820 jets this year, a

senior company official said on Monday.

The European planemaker is also on its way towards a

longer-term goal of increasing underlying output of narrow-body

jets to 75 a month in 2027, and expects to close the acquisition

of assets from struggling Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ) this

quarter, operations chief Florent Massou dit Labaquère told

reporters.