Boeing Clears Hurdle on 777F Exports with FAA Waiver

Boeing has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to sell more of its 777F freighters. The waiver, granted on an unspecified date but mentioned as being requested by Boeing in December 2025, allows the company to sell 35 additional aircraft beyond January 2028.

The current emissions rules would have barred these sales after that date, and Boeing cited customer demand and a delay in certifying its successor, the 777-8F, as reasons for requesting the exemption. The FAA stated that the waiver gives flexibility and accommodates uncertainty in the certification timeline of the new aircraft.

The 777F is currently the only large widebody freighter in production, and Boeing expects to deliver the first 777-8F about two years after the first 777-9, which is currently targeted for 2027. The FAA estimates that these additional sales would raise freighter operations by around 2% and fuel burn by around 8% against 2024 global freighter operations.

Boeing claims that each exported 777F contributes $440 million to the US trade balance at list price, and that without the exemption, more than $15 billion of exports could have been lost. The company has previously received similar relief for its 767 freighters, which was granted by Congress in 2024 and runs through 2033.