BOC AVIATION (02588) announced its interim results, with a net profit after tax of $357 million, an increase of 4% year-on-year.

BOC AVIATION (02588) announced its interim results for the six months ending June 30, 2026, with total operating and other income amounting to $1.297 billion, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year; net profit after tax reached $357 million, up 4% year-on-year; earnings per share were $0.51, and an interim dividend of $0.1799 per share was declared. In the first half of 2026, rental income from leasing amounted to $988 million, a 5.5% increase compared to $937 million in the first half of 2025. In the first half of 2026, we added 16 aircraft and sold 8 operating lease aircraft. The yield on rental income from operating lease aircraft in the first half of 2026 was 10.4%, compared to 10.3% in the first half of 2025. In the first half of 2026, interest income from finance leases was $141 million, an increase of 8.2% from $130 million in the first half of 2025. The number of finance lease aircraft increased from 77 as of June 30, 2025, to 84 as of December 31, 2025, and further increased to 92 as of June 30, 2026.