The 747-8 Intercontinental jumbo jet, the largest passenger jet ever built by Boeing, has made its first commercial flight.
The longest airliner in the world took off on Friday from Frankfurt, Germany to Washington DC in the US in its first flight with launch customer Lufthansa.
It landed at Dulles International Airport outside Washington.
"The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is an exceptional aircraft," the Sydney, Morning Herald quoted Christoph Franz, chairman and CEO of Lufthansa, as saying ahead of the jet's departure from Frankfurt.