Boeing has been holding the 777F out for almost two months due to a dispute with a supplier. The production of the Boeing 777F cargo planes has been stopped for almost two months due to a dispute with the American company Varo. The problem also affected Boeing 767 production, including cargo planes and KC-46 Pegasus military transport tankers. Reuters reported this on October 23. The reason was a disruption in the supply of trailing rib kits. Boeing filed a legal complaint in August, saying Varro had stopped supplying critical components as its sole supplier. Boeing estimated in court documents that the outages cost the company up to $6.5 million per day. At the end of September, the parties reached an agreement, but until October 23, production of the 777F was not resumed. Two partially assembled cargo planes had to be removed from the final assembly line due to parts shortages, according to three Boeing employees interviewed by Reuters. One of them, according to aviation consulting firm IBA, is for FedEx. Sheet 767 was also affected. Moreover, after the agreement, Boeing received some of the components for this program. Boeing is trying to build rib kits in-house to reduce its dependence on the Varo. The 777X program is unaffected: aircraft from this family have a composite wing and do not rely on controversial components. According to Boeing, the company delivered 21 777F aircraft to customers in 2026. A number of additional vehicles could be delivered before the end of the year thanks to the wings assembled before the supply cut off. Reuters did not specify the exact cause of the dispute, but according to a publication of the legal dispute, Varro demanded additional payment from Boeing, including tens of millions of dollars for orders the supplier had already received. The talk was about raising prices for sets of wing ribs.

Boeing has been holding the 777F out for almost two months due to a dispute with a supplier. The production of the Boeing 777F cargo planes has been stopped for almost two months due to a dispute with the American company Varo. The problem also affected Boeing 767 production, including cargo planes and KC-46 Pegasus military transport tankers. Reuters reported this on October 23. The reason was a disruption in the supply of trailing rib kits. Boeing filed a legal complaint in August, saying Varro had stopped supplying critical components as its sole supplier. Boeing estimated in court documents that the outages cost the company up to $6.5 million per day. At the end of September, the parties reached an agreement, but until October 23, production of the 777F was not resumed. Two partially assembled cargo planes had to be removed from the final assembly line due to parts shortages, according to three Boeing employees interviewed by Reuters. One of them, according to aviation consulting firm IBA, is for FedEx. Sheet 767 was also affected. Moreover, after the agreement, Boeing received some of the components for this program. Boeing is trying to build rib kits in-house to reduce its dependence on the Varo. The 777X program is unaffected: aircraft from this family have a composite wing and do not rely on controversial components. According to Boeing, the company delivered 21 777F aircraft to customers in 2026. A number of additional vehicles could be delivered before the end of the year thanks to the wings assembled before the supply cut off. Reuters did not specify the exact cause of the dispute, but according to a publication of the legal dispute, Varro demanded additional payment from Boeing, including tens of millions of dollars for orders the supplier had already received. The talk was about raising prices for sets of wing ribs.