Azur Air
Azur Air, 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. Nowadays it mainly serves leisure and some domestic destinations.
History
Katekavia
The airline started operations in 1995 and operates regional flights out of Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport and Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo Airport. The airline also operates charter services to Siberia and Yakutia. It carried around 122,000 passengers in 2009, and in 2010 started to acquire larger aircraft, mainly the Tupolev Tu-134. As of 3 April 2014, it had three Tupolev Tu-134s.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.
Azur Air
In 2015, Katekavia handed over its fleet to Turukhan Airlines. Katekavia was rebranded as a leisure carrier and renamed Azur Air. In December 2015, it has been confirmed that former owner UTair Aviation sold Azur Air to Turkish tourism company Anex Tourism Group which also bought Azur Air Ukraine, the former UTair-Ukraine, a few weeks earlier.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. 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 2018, Azur Air operates to the following destinations:| Country | City | Airport | Notes | Ref. |
| Bulgaria | Burgas | Burgas Airport | ||
| China | Sanya | Sanya Phoenix International Airport | ||
| Cuba | Varadero | Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport | ||
| Cyprus | Larnaca | Larnaca International Airport | ||
| Dominican Republic | Puerto Plata | Gregorio Luperón International Airport | ||
| Dominican Republic | Punta Cana | Punta Cana International Airport | ||
| Dominican Republic | La Romana | La Romana International Airport | ||
| Greece | Heraklion | Heraklion International Airport | ||
| Greece | Rhodes | Rhodes International Airport | ||
| India | Goa | Goa International Airport | ||
| Mexico | Cancún | Cancún International Airport | ||
| Montenegro | Tivat | Tivat Airport | ||
| Morocco | Agadir | Agadir–Al Massira Airport | ||
| Russia | Arkhangelsk | Talagi Airport | ||
| Russia | Barnaul | Barnaul Airport | ||
| Russia | Belgorod | Belgorod International Airport | ||
| Russia | Chelyabinsk | Chelyabinsk Airport | ||
| Russia | Irkutsk | Irkutsk International Airport | ||
| Russia | Kaliningrad | Khrabrovo Airport | ||
| Russia | Kaluga | Kaluga Airport | ||
| Russia | Kazan | Kazan International Airport | ||
| Russia | Kemerovo | Kemerovo International Airport | ||
| Russia | Krasnodar | Krasnodar International Airport | ||
| Russia | Krasnoyarsk | Yemelyanovo International Airport | ||
| Russia | Mineralnye Vody | Mineralnye Vody Airport | ||
| Russia | Moscow | Vnukovo International Airport | ||
| Russia | Murmansk | Murmansk Airport | ||
| Russia | Nizhnekamsk | Begishevo Airport | ||
| Russia | Nizhnevartovsk | Nizhnevartovsk Airport | ||
| Russia | Nizhny Novgorod | Strigino International Airport | ||
| Russia | Novokuznetsk | Spichenkovo Airport | ||
| Russia | Novosibirsk | Tolmachevo Airport | ||
| Russia | Orenburg | Orenburg Tsentralny Airport | ||
| Russia | Omsk | Omsk Tsentralny Airport | ||
| Russia | Perm | Perm International Airport | ||
| Russia | Rostov-on-Don | Platov International Airport | ||
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | Pulkovo Airport | ||
| Russia | Samara | Kurumoch International Airport | ||
| Russia | Surgut | Surgut International Airport | ||
| Russia | Syktyvkar | Syktyvkar Airport | ||
| Russia | Tomsk | Bogashevo Airport | ||
| Russia | Tyumen | Roshchino International Airport | ||
| Russia | Ufa | Ufa International Airport | ||
| Russia | Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport | ||
| Russia | Volgograd | Volgograd International Airport | ||
| Russia | Voronezh | Voronezh International Airport | ||
| Russia | Yekaterinburg | Koltsovo International Airport | ||
| Spain | Barcelona | Barcelona–El Prat Airport | ||
| Spain | Palma de Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca Airport | ||
| Spain | Tenerife | Tenerife South Airport | ||
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | Bandaranaike International Airport | ||
| Thailand | Bangkok | Suvarnabhumi Airport | ||
| Thailand | Krabi | Krabi International Airport | ||
| Thailand | Pattaya | U-Tapao International Airport | ||
| Thailand | Phuket | Phuket International Airport | ||
| Tunisia | Djerba | Djerba–Zarzis International Airport | ||
| Tunisia | Enfidha | Enfidha–Hammamet International Airport | ||
| Tunisia | Monastir | Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport | ||
| Turkey | Antalya | Antalya Airport | ||
| Turkey | Bodrum | Milas–Bodrum Airport | ||
| Turkey | Dalaman | Dalaman Airport | ||
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Al Maktoum International Airport | ||
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Dubai International Airport | ||
| Vietnam | Nha Trang | Cam Ranh International Airport | ||
| Vietnam | Phu Quoc | Phu Quoc International Airport | ||
| Vietnam | Da Nang | Danang International Airport |
Fleet
The Azur Air fleet consists of the following aircraft as of June 2020:Accidents and incidents
- 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.