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Boeing Continues To Bolster 747-8’s Performance
The first 747-8 passenger airliner takes off from Frankfurt on its maiden revenue flight on June 1.
The first 747-8 passenger airliner takes off from Frankfurt on its maiden revenue flight on June 1.

Lukewarm market reception and performance deficiencies that continue to fall short of the new 747-8’s original design specifications might have elicited a fair share of skepticism from various industry quarters, but they haven’t deterred Boeing from declaring that “prospects look quite good” for the stretched, re-engined and re-winged jumbo jet, now in passenger operation with Lufthansa Airlines and five cargo customers.