The history of Indian Civil Aviation is synonymous with the history of Bharat Petroleum Aviation Service. Bharat Petroleum Aviation Service is present at all the major gateways and other airports in the country rendering into-plane services to leading domestic and international airlines and operating the Aviation Fuelling Stations. BPCL which started as Burmah Shell has been the pioneer in Aviation Fuelling Service in India.
The first powered flight was refueled in 1911. In 1928, KLM flew the first civil air transport route across India - from Amsterdam to Batavia and BPCL serviced their Fokker F-VII-A aircraft at Karachi, Jodhpur, Allahabad and Dum Dum. The list goes on...