Shell Aviation

Every day at over 850 airports across some 55 countries, Shell Aviation provides fuel for more than 7,000 aircraft, refuelling a plane every 12 seconds. Shell Aviation’s customers range from the private pilot to the largest global airlines. In July 2009 Shell Aviation celebrated 100 years of delivering innovation to the aviation industry, based on Louis Blériot’s flight crossing the English Channel in 1909 using Shell fuel. Since this time Shell has played a crucial role in many landmark events in the aviation industry, from helping Sir Frank Whittle develop the jet engine to the development of alternative jet fuels today.