路透独家：波音与供应商 Vaero 纠纷致777货机停产近两月：767生产线亦受波及
位于华盛顿州金县的西雅图是波音公司总部所在地。据路透社10月23日独家报道，波音与佛罗里达州小型供应商 Vaero 的纠纷，已导致其777货机停产近两个月，并波及767生产线，包括货机与 KC-46 空中加油机。多名波音员工与法庭文件证实了这一此前从未被报道的停产。
波音今年8月提起诉讼，指控 Vaero 停止交付一种关键机翼部件：后缘翼肋组件（trailing-edge rib kit），导致位于华盛顿州 Everett、支撑777货机与767项目的机翼生产设施停工。诉状称，该部件「不可或缺」，而 Vaero 是唯一供应商；停工每天给波音造成的损失高达650万美元。
尽管双方已于9月底达成和解，但据三名知情的波音员工透露，777货机的生产至今尚未恢复。由于未获授权公开发言，三人要求匿名。和解后，767生产线已收到部分部件。路透社还报道，在没有 Vaero 部件的情况下，波音已将两架部分组装的777货机移出总装线；根据航空咨询公司 IBA 的数据，其中一架的目的地为 FedEx。
知情人士称，波音正试图将该部件的生产收回内部自行制造。该部件用于767与现款777货机的机翼组装；采用复合材料机翼的777X未受影响。波音公司拒绝置评，Vaero 未回应置评请求。波音今年迄今已交付21架777货机，另有少量机翼在纠纷前已组装完成的货机仍可能在年底前交付。该诉讼最早于8月由 Law.com 报道，但近两个月的停产此前从未见诸报端。
来源：GSM·美国
Reuters Exclusive: Boeing Supplier Dispute Has Halted 777 Freighter Production for Nearly Two Months, 767 Line Also Hit
SEATTLE, Washington — Boeing is headquartered in Seattle, King County. Reuters reported exclusively on October 23 that Boeing's dispute with a small Florida-based supplier, Vaero, has halted production of its 777 freighter for nearly two months and disrupted output of the 767, including freighters and KC-46 aerial refueling tankers, according to Boeing workers and court filings. The production halt had not previously been reported.
Boeing filed a complaint in August alleging that Vaero had stopped delivering a critical wing component known as the trailing-edge rib kit, stalling work at the Everett, Washington, wing-production facility that supports the 777 freighter and 767 programs. The complaint said the part was "indispensable" and Vaero was the sole supplier, and that the disruption was costing Boeing as much as $6.5 million a day.
Although the companies reached a settlement in late September, production of the 777 freighter has yet to resume, according to three Boeing workers who declined to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Since the settlement, Boeing has received some parts for the 767 line. Without the Vaero parts, Boeing removed two partially assembled 777 freighters from its final assembly line; using data from aviation consultancy IBA, Reuters identified one of the aircraft as destined for FedEx.
Boeing is trying to bring production of the trailing-edge rib kit in-house, according to people familiar with the matter. The component is used in wing assembly for the 767 and the current-generation 777 freighter; the 777X, which uses composite wings, has not been affected. Boeing declined to comment and Vaero did not respond to requests for comment. Boeing has delivered 21 777 freighters so far this year, and a handful of freighters whose wings were assembled before the dispute could still be delivered before year-end. The lawsuit was first reported by Law.com in August.
Source: GSM·America
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图片来源：图：波音777货机试飞。摄影：Andrew W. Sieber，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: a Boeing 777 Freighter on a test flight, by Andrew W. Sieber, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
