Airbus H160 to Enter Offshore Sector with Shell and PHI (16 Feb 2021) Shell has selected PHI, an US-based offshore helicopter company, to operate four Airbus H160s to service a support contract in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract marks the entry into the oil and gas market of the H160. Airbus will provide one H160 ahead of final deliveries to PHI and Shell for a year-long route-proving programme to enable the operator and the final customer to familiarize themselves with the type’s advanced features and mitigate the normal challenges around entry into service. The H160 will be based at Houma, Louisiana and