Press Release

BOC Aviation Selects Thales Flight Management Systems

15 Jul 2008

BOC Aviation has selected Thales to provide a comprehensive package of flight management systems for up to 47 new Airbus A320 family aircraft.  Deliveries of these aircraft will commence in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Under the terms of the agreement Thales baseline flight management systems package for the Airbus A320 family aircraft includes: Flight Management System, Radio Altimeter, Angle of Attack Sensor, Pitot Probe, Combined Radio Magnetic Indicator and ATC Control Panel.

Robert Martin, Chief Executive Officer of BOC Aviation said that the company was pleased to extend its commercial relationship with Thales.  “Thales flight management systems meet the rigorous standards worldwide and we are delighted to promote them to our lessees,” he said.  

“This contract is an affirmation of the confidence that BOC Aviation has in our products,” said Daniel Malka, Vice President and General Manager of Thales, Aerospace Services Worldwide. ”It is a strategic partnership which has contributed to the growth of our share of the avionics market.”

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.

Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales’ leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group’s civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of €12.3 billion.