A selection of photos of Boeing 787s from an ATW visit to Boeing's Paine Field at its factory in Everett, Washington state.

Lufthansa has taken delivery of its 14th Boeing 747-8I as the US manufacturer delivered its 1,500th 747—its first widebody aircraft in history to reach the milestone—on Saturday at Paine Field in Everett, Washington state.

Boeing has delivered its 1,500th 747—a 747-8 Intercontinental—to Lufthansa.

Air Astana CEO Peter Foster is in talks to defer the carrier’s Boeing 787 order, but is planning to commit to Embraer E2s at the Farnborough Airshow ahead of finalizing a lease for around 11 Airbus A321neos this fall.

Air Astana CEO Peter Foster claims Boeing’s plans to launch a revamped 757 in the mid-2020s are advancing and has said he is “hugely interested” in the project.

Aircraft News

Belavia Belarusian Airlines has ordered three Boeing 737-800s, in a deal valued $272 million at current list prices.

Mitsubishi Aircraft has mounted the Pratt & Whitney PW1200G geared turbofan (GTF) engine onto the first MRJ flight test aircraft in preparation for first flight in early 2015.