Shell's Falcon 7X lands in Rotterdam the day after LNG Outlook release

Shell's Dassault Falcon 7X (VQ-BXH) was tracked flying from London City Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport on July 1, 2026, a 45-minute hop across the North Sea. The aircraft departed EGLC at 18:22 UTC and touched down at EHRD just before 19:08 UTC, according to flight data.

If Shell executives were aboard, they would arrive the day after the company released its tenth annual LNG Outlook on June 30, which projected flat global LNG trade in 2026 due to the Strait of Hormuz conflict and a 65% demand surge by 2050 [business-news-today.com](https://business-news-today.com/shell-lng-outlook-2026-65-demand-surge-by-2050-despite-hormuz-shock/). The report, one of the most consequential forward-looking statements from the world's largest LNG trader, was issued from London, making the short hop to Shell's headquarters in The Hague a logical return leg.

The flight fits a pattern: over the previous week, VQ-BXH shuttled between Rotterdam and locations in the Middle East and Aberdeen, reflecting Shell's active management of its portfolio amid the Middle East crisis and the recently announced $1.7 billion sale of its Na Kika stake in the Gulf of America [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/shell-to-sell-interest-in-gulf-of-america-platform-856914463.html).