Press Release

BOC Aviation Selects Bucher Galley

15 Jul 2008

BOC Aviation has selected Bucher Leichtbau AG as baseline supplier to provide forward and full aft galleys for up to 47 new Airbus A320 family aircraft.  Deliveries of these aircraft will commence in the fourth quarter of 2008.

“Bucher is our preferred supplier for galleys that are low in weight and high on performance,” said Robert Martin, Chief Executive Officer of BOC Aviation.  “We are happy to renew our partnership while providing flexible solutions to our customers.”

BOC Aviation, 100% owned by Bank of China, is the leading Asia-based aircraft leasing company with a portfolio of 83 modern aircraft operated by airlines worldwide. In addition, the company has 73 aircraft on firm order for delivery through to 2013.  BOC Aviation has one of the youngest fleet in the industry with an average aircraft age of four years.

Bucher, based in Fällanden, Switzerland, offers products that range from galleys through EMS equipment to video deployment systems and folding tables for business class seats in aircraft and luxury automobiles.