Atlas will operate the new plane on behalf of Swiss freight company Panalpina, whose livery is painted on the new jet. A second 747-8F yet to be delivered will also wear the Panalpina livery.
JetBlue Airways Chief Operating Officer Rob Maruster on Tuesday appeared in a company video apologizing for the airline's several stranded flights on Saturday, emphasizing that the airline was focused on safety.
A Silk Ways Airlines Ilyushin IL-76 ferrying supplies from Azerbaijan to the main U.S./NATO airbase in Afghanistan crashed Tuesday night, killing all nine people on board.