Boeing Plans First 747-8 Delivery on Feb. 28 to VIP Customer
By Susanna Ray -
2012-02-14T22:47:18Z
Boeing Co. (BA) said it will deliver the first passenger version of its 747-8, the biggest jumbo jet it’s ever built, to an unidentified VIP customer on Feb. 28.
A delivery ceremony has been scheduled for that day near Boeing’s wide-body-jet plant in Everett, Washington, the Chicago-based company said in an e-mail today.
The 747-8 freighter entered service in late 2011, two years behind schedule. Germany’s Deutsche Lufthansa AG is due to receive the first model intended for commercial passenger service early this year.
To contact the reporter on this story: Susanna Ray in Seattle at sray7@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Ed Dufner at edufner@bloomberg.net
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