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Petroleum Air Services

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Egyptian airline

Petroleum Air Services (PAS) (Arabic: خدمات البترول الجوية Khidmāt al-Bitrūl al-Gawwīyyah) is an airline based in Cairo, Egypt. It operates helicopter services to support the oil industry. The airline also operates commercial passenger services within Egypt and the regional cities.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1982Founded¹

HeadquartersCairo¹
Websitewww.pas.com.eg

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Corporate structure

Petroleum Air Services is part of a group headed by Bristow Helicopters. 3 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Bristow Helicopters Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Petroleum Air Services Cairo
- Bristow Norway Subsidiary · Sola, Norway

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The airline was established and started operations in 1982. It is owned by Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (75%) and Bristow Group Inc. (25%).

The airline's headquarters is in Nasr City, Doctor Batrawy Street; it moved operations there in 1990.

During the 2011 Dubai Airshow, the airline signed an order with Bombardier for their first jet aircraft, the Bombardier CRJ900. The aircraft will be delivered in 2012.

In 2016 Petroleum Air Services becomes an Authorized Customer Service Facility for Bell Helicopter.

From Wikipedia’s article on Petroleum Air Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Products and brands

Operations

Main Operations

PAS's main operations focus on serving the petroleum industry in Egypt. All petroleum operations are conducted and flown by the Bell-212, Bell-412, Bell-206, Eurocopter-135 and AgustaWestland AW139helicopters.

The main bases/cities of operations are:

Alexandria – Port Said – Sidi Kerir – Abu Rudeis – Ras Gharib – Ras Shukeir

Charter Flights

PAS Air provides charter flights to all domestic destinations inside Egypt plus other international destinations within the region

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VIP Flights

PAS Air operates the Bombardier DHC-8 and CRJ-900 airplanes, regional category Aircraft. PAS offer also Helicopter VIP flight to domestic destinations.

Airline Feeder Services

PAS is capable of providing Tour Operators, Aerial Photography, Petroleum Industry Flights, and short flights to connect with other scheduled airline flights through PAS's fleet of Airplanes and Helicopters.

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2026, the Petroleum Air Services fleet consists of the following (fixed-wing) aircraft:

Former fleet

As of August 2025, the Petroleum Air Services operated the following (fixed-wing) aircraft: 5 De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 and 3 CRJ900.