Azur Air

For the French airline, see Aigle Azur.
Azur Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
ZF KTK Katekavia
Founded May 1995 as Katekavia
2015 rebranded to Azur Air
Hubs Yemelyanovo International Airport
Fleet size 26
Parent company Anex Tourism Group
Headquarters Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Russia
Key people Alexander Zosymov, General Director
Website azurair.com

Azur Air (Russian: Катэкавиа), formerly Katekavia, 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.

History

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 has 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]

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

Destinations

Katekavia Antonov An-24RV

As of April, 2015, Azur Air flies from its bases in Krasnoyarsk as to charter routes, as to regional routes, which are:[1]

†Hub
S&CSeasonal & Charter
^Future destinations
!Bases for charter flights
FTerminated destinations
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Ref
AgadirMoroccoAGAGMADAgadir–Al Massira AirportS&C
AlicanteSpainALCLEALAlicante–Elche AirportS&C
AntalyaTurkeyAYTLTAIAntalya AirportS&C
BarcelonaSpainBCNLEBLBarcelona–El Prat AirportS&C
BelgorodRussiaEGOUUOBBelgorod International Airport!
Cam RanhVietnamCXRVVCRCam Ranh International AirportS&C
HurghadaEgyptHRGHEGNHurghada International AirportS&C
IgarkaRussiaIAAUOIIIgarka Airport
IrkutskRussiaIKTUIIIInternational Airport Irkutsk!
KodinskRussianonenoneKodinsk Airfield
KrasnoyarskRussiaKJAUNKLYemelyanovo International Airport†
MálagaSpainAGPLEMGMálaga AirportS&C
Marsa AlamEgyptRMFHEMAMarsa Alam International AirportS&C
MoscowRussiaDMDUUDDDomodedovo International Airport!
NovosibirskRussiaOVBUNTTTolmachevo International Airport!
OmskRussiaOMSUNOOOmsk Tsentralny Airport!
Palma de MallorcaSpainPMILEPAPalma de Mallorca AirportS&C
Saint-PetersburgRussiaLEDULLIPulkovo International Airport!
Sharm-el-SheikhEgyptSSHHESHSharm el-Sheikh International AirportS&C
SharypovoRussianoneUNKOSharypovo Airport
SurgutRussiaSGCUSRRSurgut Airport
SvetlogorskRussianoneUOIGSvetlogorsk Airport
TangierMoroccoTNGGMTTTangier Ibn Battouta AirportS&C
TenerifeSpainTFSGCTSTenerife South AirportS&C
TomskRussiaTOFUNTTBogashevo Airport
Ulan-UdeRussiaUUDUIUUBaikal International Airport!

Fleet

Azur Air Boeing 757-200

As of September 2015, the Azur Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[3][8][9]

Azur Air fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Seats Notes
Boeing 757-200 9 — 228
Boeing 767-300ER 4 1 336 Ex-UTair Aviation, one in Anex Tour Holiday livery[10]

Accidents and incidents

Crash site of Katekavia Flight 9357
Main article: Katekavia Flight 9357

References

  1. 1 2 "Авиакомпания «КАТЭКАВИА»: регулярные и чартерные перевозки по России, доставка грузов, самолёты в аренду". Katekavia.ru. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Katekavia". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация". russianplanes.net. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Death toll in Russia's East Siberia passenger jet crash rises to 12 (Update-4), RIAN, 2010-08-02
  5. ↑ "Passengers forced to push their frozen plane in Siberia". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Siberian Sun". Airliner World: 8. July 2015.
  7. 1 2 ch-aviation.com - Russia's UTair Group offloads Azur Air unit to Turkey's ATG 7 December 2015
  8. ↑ "Авиакомпания «КАТЭКАВИА»: регулярные и чартерные перевозки по России, доставка грузов, самолёты в аренду". Katekavia.ru. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  9. ↑ ch-aviation.com - Azur Air retrieved 7 December 2015
  10. ↑ ""Главное за неделю: прошлое и будущее авиаперевозок". izvestia.ru. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Crash: Katekavia AN24 at Igarka on Aug 3rd 2010, impacted ground short of runway". Aviation Herald. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  12. ↑ "Самолет российской AZUR air экстренно сел в Ташкенте". Gazeta.Uz. 2016-03-26.

External links

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