Shell Aircraft International, based at Rotterdam The Hague Airport, operates executive business jet aircraft for

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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. Of historical note, Sir Douglas Bader, Second World War

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of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and double-leg amputee was aviation director in the United Kingdom for Royal Dutch Shell. 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 Aviation based in Calgary was closed down after 60 years operation, and future operations were contracted out to Flair Airlines Ltd. The

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telephony designator ( call sign) 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.

Fleet

Shell Aircraft International also works with

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(BSP), the Shell Group's Brunei operating company (a 50-50 joint venture with the Brunei Government), which operates four

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and two 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

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Former fleet

Aircraft formerly operated by Shell Aviation (former name of Shell Aircraft International) and its subsidiaries include British Aerospace HS-125-700B,

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de Havilland DH.104 Dove The de Havilland DH.104 Dove is a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland. The design, which was a monoplane successor to the pre-war Dragon Rapide biplane, came about from the Brabazon Committee report whi ...

, DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, DHC-6 Twin Otter,

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, Dornier 328-300 328JET Envoy 3,

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, Embraer 175, Fairchild F-27, and Piper PA-23 Aztec. Former Brunei Shell Petroleum include Aérospatiale Alouette III, Auster J5B Autocar (VR-UDO), Beech 90, Beech 99, Percival P50 Prince,

Short Sealand The Short SA.6 Sealand was a light, commercial amphibious aircraft designed and produced by Short Brothers. It was sized to accommodate between five and seven passengers as well as to suit the general overseas market in territories with suitable ...

, Sikorsky S55 Whirlwind, Sikorsky S61 Sea King, and Vickers Supermarine Type 309 Sea Otter.

References

External links

FDM – An Operator's Perspective
by Stan Medved (Director Corporate Aviation, Shell Aircraft International), at Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom) Flight Data Monitoring for Business Jet Operators Conference, 14 November 2012 Companies based in Rotterdam Aviation in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-company-stub