What does BOC Aviation do?

BOC Aviation buys commercial aircraft and leases them to airlines around the world, so airlines can fly planes without buying them outright. It also buys planes from airlines and leases them back, finances aircraft engines, and manages or resells aircraft for other owners such as banks and investors.

Industrials · Rental & Leasing Services · 2588.HK

What BOC Aviation Does & How It Makes Money (2588.HK)

Updated October 2026 · reflects BOC Aviation's latest reported financials

Singapore-based global aircraft leasing company owned by Bank of China. It earns most of its money from lease rent on the aircraft it owns, and also makes money by selling aircraft from its fleet and charging fees for asset management, remarketing and financing services.

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How BOC Aviation makes money

It earns most of its money from lease rent on the aircraft it owns, and also makes money by selling aircraft from its fleet and charging fees for asset management, remarketing and financing services.

What BOC Aviation does

BOC Aviation Limited is an aircraft operating lessor headquartered in Singapore. It was founded in 1993 and is a subsidiary of Bank of China. It owns and manages a fleet of commercial aircraft, has more on order, and leases them to airlines in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, the rest of Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Its main business is operating leases, and it also offers finance leases, sale and leaseback deals and engine finance leases. Other income comes from selling aircraft and from fee-based work for airlines, banks and investors, including asset management, remarketing, technical management, debt financing and lease management.

Products & services

Aircraft operating leases
Sale and leaseback facilities
Aircraft finance leases
Engine finance leases
Third-party aircraft asset management
Aircraft remarketing and technical management

What is BOC Aviation worth?

Fair value: not published

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