Shell Aircraft

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Shell Aircraft International
IATA ICAO Callsign
SHE PECTEN [1]
Fleet size3x Falcon 8X
Parent companyRoyal Dutch Shell
HeadquartersRotterdam, Netherlands

Shell Aircraft International, based at Rotterdam The Hague Airport, operates aircraft for Shell plc headquarters and for one Shell group operating company, Shell Oil Company in the United States. It also provides advice on air operations and flight standards to Shell group companies.

Prior to 2000, Shell Aircraft Limited operated corporate jets for Shell group headquarters, and Shell Oil and Shell Canada operated their aircraft independently. In 2000 the three operations were linked in Shell Aircraft International, whose first CEO was Brian Humphries.

On 4 October 2013 the operation of Shell Canada was closed down and all operations were contracted out to Flair Airlines Ltd.[2]

The ICAO telephony designator (Callsign) changed from SHELL to PECTEN in the Edition 201 of the ICAO DOC 8585 Edition 201, published July 2022, however the three-letter designator remained SHE.[3]

Fleet[edit]

Rotterdam 3 x Dassault Falcon 8X
Brunei 2 × AgustaWestland AW139 and 4 × Sikorsky S-92

Shell Aircraft International also works with Brunei Shell Petroleum, the Shell group's Brunei operating company (a 50-50 joint venture with the Brunei Government),[4] which operates 4 Sikorsky S-92[5][6] and 2 AgustaWestland AW139. Brunei Shell Petroleum is the only Shell operating company to operate its own helicopters: elsewhere, helicopter operations are contracted out to companies such as Bristow Helicopters.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ICAO Doc 8585/201" (Edition No. 201). July 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Shell Canada dissolves corporate aviation department - Skies Mag".
  3. ^ "ICAO DOC 8585" (Edition No. 201). July 2022: Changes incorporated into this edition. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Overview of Our Business Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine – Brunei Shell Petroleum
  5. ^ The sky's the limit with BSP’s SAV Archived 2013-01-15 at archive.today – Brunei Shell Petroleum, 29 August 2012
  6. ^ "Brunei Shell adds Milestone S-92 for offshore missions | Magazine | Business Air News". www.businessairnews.com. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  7. ^ Shell drops Bond Helicopters contract plans – BBC News, 1 June 2012