US FAA Grants Boeing 777F Emissions Waiver Through 2030

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approved Boeing to produce and deliver an additional 35 777F freighters, allowing the aircraft to keep receiving airworthiness certificates after new emissions rules take effect in 2028. According to Sina Finance, the waiver runs through December 31, 2030, and applies only to 35 newly built aircraft. Under the approved plan, Boeing may apply for original airworthiness certificates for up to 35 777Fs after January 1, 2028. The article said Boeing expects to complete the batch in about 18 months at a production pace of roughly two aircraft per month. The waiver does not give the 777F a long-term exemption from emissions standards. Existing 777Fs are not affected by the new rules, which apply to newly produced aircraft first certified from 2028 onward. The article said the U.S. rules use aircraft carbon certification standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Some subsonic jets must meet new fuel-efficiency and greenhouse-gas emissions thresholds from 2028, and the current 777F would otherwise have had to end production by the end of 2027.