The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental set for first delivery to airline launch customer Lufthansa completed its first production flight Wednesday.

The airplane took off from Paine Field, beside Boeing's wide-body production plant in Everett, Wash., at 8:55 a.m. and returned about three hours later, according to FlightAware. See more photos from NYCAviation, FlightBlogger and Boeing. Another Intercontinental set for eventual delivery to Lufthansa has been part of Boeing's 747-8 test fleet.

The 747-8 Intercontinental is the passenger variant of Boeing's new 747-8. The company already has delivered 10 747-8 Freighters. It is scheduled to deliver the first Intercontinental to a VIP customer (reportedly the government of Kuwait) early this year, with Lufthansa getting its first one this spring.

Boeing has orders for 36 Intercontinentals and 70 freighters.