Boeing Celebrates 747-8 Freighter Delivery with Atlas Air and British Airways

 Boeing [NYSE: BA] celebrated the delivery flight Thursday of the first 747-8 Freighter for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. The delivery is the first of nine 747-8 Freighters Atlas Air has on order. Atlas Air’s 49 percent subsidiary, Global Supply Systems (GSS), will operate the new freighter for British Airways World Cargo through a five-year wet-lease agreement.

Pictured here, the 747-8 Freighter in British Airways World Cargo livery takes off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.
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