Boeing Granted FAA Waiver for Additional 777F Sales

Boeing has received an FAA waiver allowing it to sell another 35 of its 777F freighters after new emissions rules take effect in 2028. The Federal Aviation Administration granted the exemption, citing strong customer demand and a delay in the certification timeline for the next-generation plane's replacement.

The waiver will give Boeing three more years to continue selling the planes, which are the only large widebody freighters currently in production. Without it, the company would have faced a gap in production that could have cost over $15 billion in US exports, according to Boeing.

Boeing's 777F is considered one of the most fuel-efficient planes for the global freight market, and its replacement, the 777-8F, won't enter service until around 2029. The FAA noted that the waiver will allow Boeing 'flexibility and accommodating uncertainty in the certification timeline' of the new plane.

Under former President Joe Biden's emissions rules, which were issued in February 2024, large aeroplanes flying in US airspace would be barred from selling the 777F beginning in 2028. However, planes already in service before that date are exempt.