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Lufthansa Takes Delivery of First 747-8 in Airline Configuration

The first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental delivered to Lufthansa departs Paine Field in Everett, Wash., on May 1, bound for Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo: Boeing)

May 7, 2012

German flag carrier Lufthansa took delivery of the first 747-8 Intercontinental airliner from Boeing in ceremonial fashion on May 1, then flew the so-called “Queen of the Skies” from Everett, Wash., to its base in Frankfurt after a touch-and-go landing in Hamburg. Legally, Boeing signed over the airplane to Lufthansa on April 25.

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