Azur Air

Azur Air (Russian: Азур Эйр), formerly Katekavia and stylised as azurair, is a charter airline and former regional airline in Russia. Initially it was based out of Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport, the domestic airport serving Krasnoyarsk, and its destinations were all within the Krasnoyarsk Krai.[1] Nowadays it mainly serves leisure and some domestic destinations.

Azur Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
ZF AZV AZUR AIR
Founded1992 (as Katekavia)
17 Dec 2014 (re-branded to Azur Air)
HubsVnukovo International Airport
SubsidiariesAzur Air Ukraine
Fleet size32
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Key peopleAlexander Zosymov, General Director
Websitewww.azurair.com

History

Katekavia

The airline started operations in 1995 and operates regional flights out of Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport and Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo Airport.[2][3] The airline also operates charter services to Siberia and Yakutia. It carried around 122,000 passengers in 2009,[4] and in 2010 started to acquire larger aircraft, mainly the Tupolev Tu-134. As of 3 April 2014, it had three Tupolev Tu-134s.[3]

In April 2014 the airline commenced scheduled flights between larger Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo Airport and further cities in Siberia: Surgut and Tomsk. The airline received international media and social media attention in 2014, when a video emerged of passengers on a scheduled flight from Igarka to Krasnoyarsk disembarking pre-departure to push their plane in temperatures of minus 52 degrees Celsius after its chassis froze.[5]

Azur Air

In 2015, Katekavia handed over its fleet to Turukhan Airlines. Katekavia was rebranded as a leisure carrier and renamed Azur Air.[6][7] In December 2015, it has been confirmed that former owner UTair Aviation sold Azur Air to Turkish tourism company Anex Tourism Group[8] which also bought Azur Air Ukraine, the former UTair-Ukraine, a few weeks earlier.[8]

In February 2018, the Russian aviation authority RosAviatsiya announced that Azur Air faces a suspension of its operational licence by 20 March 2018 if the carrier does not resolve alleged safety violations by then. As this would lead to the shut down of all flight operations, Russian tourism agency RosTourism advised tour operators to not sell tickets on Azur Air for the time being.[9] All restrictions by RosAviatsiya and RosTourism were lifted on 20 March 2018 as a result of controls on technical and documental details.

Destinations

As of November 2020, Azur Air operates to the following destinations:[10][11]

Country City Airport Notes Ref.
BulgariaBurgasBurgas AirportSeasonal charter
ChinaSanyaSanya Phoenix International AirportSeasonal[12]
XiamenXiamen Gaoqi International Airport
CubaVaraderoJuan Gualberto Gómez Airport
CyprusLarnacaLarnaca International AirportSeasonal
Dominican RepublicPuerto PlataGregorio Luperón International AirportSeasonal charter
Punta CanaPunta Cana International AirportTerminated
La RomanaLa Romana International Airport
GreeceHeraklionHeraklion International AirportSeasonal charter
RhodesRhodes International AirportSeasonal charter
IndiaGoaGoa International AirportSeasonal charter
MexicoCancúnCancún International AirportSeasonal charter
MontenegroTivatTivat AirportSeasonal charter
MoroccoAgadirAgadir–Al Massira AirportSeasonal charter
RussiaArkhangelskTalagi AirportSeasonal charter
BarnaulBarnaul AirportSeasonal charter
BelgorodBelgorod International AirportSeasonal charter
ChelyabinskChelyabinsk AirportSeasonal charter
IrkutskIrkutsk International AirportSeasonal charter
KaliningradKhrabrovo AirportSeasonal charter
KalugaKaluga (Grabtsevo) AirportSeasonal charter
KazanKazan International AirportSeasonal charter
KemerovoKemerovo International AirportSeasonal charter
KrasnodarKrasnodar International AirportSeasonal charter
KrasnoyarskYemelyanovo International AirportSeasonal charter
Mineralnye VodyMineralnye Vody AirportSeasonal charter
MoscowVnukovo International AirportBase
MurmanskMurmansk AirportSeasonal charter
NizhnekamskBegishevo AirportSeasonal charter
NizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk AirportSeasonal charter
Nizhny NovgorodStrigino International AirportSeasonal charter
NovokuznetskSpichenkovo AirportSeasonal charter
NovosibirskTolmachevo AirportBase
OrenburgOrenburg Tsentralny AirportSeasonal charter
OmskOmsk Tsentralny AirportSeasonal charter
PermPerm International AirportBase
Rostov-on-DonPlatov International AirportSeasonal charter
Saint PetersburgPulkovo AirportBase
SamaraKurumoch International AirportSeasonal charter
SurgutSurgut International AirportSeasonal charter
SyktyvkarSyktyvkar AirportSeasonal charter
TomskBogashevo AirportSeasonal charter
TyumenRoshchino International AirportSeasonal charter
UfaUfa International AirportSeasonal charter
UlyanovskUlyanovsk Vostochny AirportSeasonal charter
VolgogradVolgograd International AirportSeasonal charter
VoronezhVoronezh International AirportSeasonal charter
YekaterinburgKoltsovo International AirportBase
SpainBarcelonaBarcelona–El Prat AirportSeasonal charter
Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportSeasonal charter
TenerifeTenerife South AirportSeasonal charter
Sri LankaColomboBandaranaike International AirportSeasonal charter
ThailandBangkokSuvarnabhumi AirportSeasonal charter
KrabiKrabi International AirportSeasonal charter
PattayaU-Tapao International AirportSeasonal charter
PhuketPhuket International AirportSeasonal charter
TunisiaDjerbaDjerba–Zarzis International AirportSeasonal charter
EnfidhaEnfidha–Hammamet International AirportSeasonal charter
MonastirMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportSeasonal charter
TurkeyAntalyaAntalya AirportSeasonal charter
BodrumMilas–Bodrum AirportSeasonal charter
DalamanDalaman AirportSeasonal
United Arab EmiratesDubaiAl Maktoum International AirportSeasonal charter
DubaiDubai International Airport
VietnamNha TrangCam Ranh International Airport
Phu QuocPhu Quoc International AirportSeasonal charter
Da NangDanang International AirportSeasonal charter

Fleet

An Azur Air Boeing 777-300ER in the Azur Bear livery

The Azur Air fleet consists of the following aircraft as of January 2021:[13]

Azur Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-800 4 189 189 1 aircraft is currently stored
Boeing 737-900ER 2 215 215 1 aircraft is currently stored
Boeing 757-200 9 238 238 4 aircraft are currently stored
Boeing 767-300ER 12 1 336 336 6 aircraft are currently stored
Boeing 777-300ER 1 42 386 428 3 aircraft are currently stored
4 7 524 531
Total 32 1

Accidents and incidents

Crash site of Katekavia Flight 9357
  • On 3 August 2010, a Katekavia Antonov An-24 crashed on approach to Igarka Airport, killing twelve people. The crash was caused by pilot error. As a result of the crash, the Russian government started to investigate how Katekavia operated their flights.[14]

See also

References

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