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1993
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Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) established |
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1995
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Acquired first owned aircraft |
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1996
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Placed first order with Airbus for 12 A320 Aircraft
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1997
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Placed first order with Boeing for six 777 aircraft
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Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited and Government of Singapore Investment Corporate Private Limited each became a 14.5% shareholder of SALE |
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1998
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Sold first owned aircraft |
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2000
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Launched SALE's first bond issue
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2001
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First overseas office opened in London |
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2004 |
Owned fleet reached 50 aircraft |
| 2006 |
Bank of China acquired 100% of SALE on 15 December 2006 |
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Office opened in Seattle |
| 2007 |
Name of the Company changed to BOC Aviation Pte. Ltd. |
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2009
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Owned fleet exceeded 100 aircraft
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Office opened in Dublin |
| 2011 |
Owned fleet exceeded 150 aircraft
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Placed first order with Embraer for E190 family aircraft |
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2013 |
Owned fleet exceeded 200 aircraft
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| 2014 |
Owned and managed fleet reached 250 aircraft
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Aircraft on order at the end of the year exceeded 200 |
| 2015 |
Office opened in Tianjin
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First portfolio sale of 24 aircraft to a special purpose purchaser funded by the capital markets |
| 2016 |
The Company was converted to a public company limited by shares and changed its name to BOC Aviation Limited |
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The Company was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 1 June 2016
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| 2017 |
Office opened in New York
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| 2018 |
Owned, managed and on order aircraft exceeded 500 aircraft |
| 2019 |
Announced sale of 17 aircraft to Silver Aircraft Lease Investment Limited and Affiliates, an ABS managed by the company |
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Record net profit after tax of US$702 million |
| 2020 |
Signed more than 1,000 lease commitments since inception |
| 2021 |
Purchased 890 aircraft totalling US$51 billion since inception |
| 2022 |
Owned, managed and on order aircraft crossed 600 |
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Shifted to new head office at 79 Robinson Road, Singapore |
| 2023 |
Record net profit after tax of US$764 million |
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Signed largest club loan transaction with 16 banks globally totalling US$1.375 billion |
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Celebrated 30th anniversary |
| 2024 |
Included in the inaugural Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list
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