Azurair GmbH, trading as Azur Air or Azur Air Germany, was a German leisure

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headquartered in

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. It was founded in 2016 by

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- Dutch tour operator Anex Tourism Group as part of an expansion into the German leisure market and ceased operations in September 2018.

History

Early developments

In mid 2016, Anex Tourism Group, yet engaged especially in

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n leisure market and operating airlines both in Russia ( Azur Air) und

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( Azur Air Ukraine), founded a German subsidiary in Düsseldorf and started distribution for 2017 travel season in late 2016. The AOC for its German carrier was requested simultaneously. First flights are scheduled to start in April 2017. Beside its home base at Düsseldorf Airport, where the fleet will also be maintained, Azur Air planned to operate from Berlin-Schönefeld and

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. At the beginning, Azur Air flew to

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destinations and the

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for Anex Tour only. At first, Azur Air was to receive three

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from sister company Azur Air from Russia. The fleet was planned to be enhanced by

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and

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s later on while destination network would be expanded. Operations were firstly planned to start in spring 2017, but have been shifted towards summer 2017. Azur Air then received its AOC and commenced operations a few days later on 4 July. During summer 2017, Azur Air announced it would increase its long-haul operations by offering more flights to

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from its existing departure airports Berlin-Schönefeld and Düsseldorf as well as starting the destination from several more German cities such as

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Demise

In March 2018, Azur Air announced it would replace two of its three

, which were handed to sister company Azur Air Ukraine, by two smaller

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s.airliners.de - "Azur Air does not grow until further notice"
8 March 2018 In July 2018, Azur Air Germany announced major changes to its operations due to insufficient business figures. While the last remaining Boeing 767, which was then already leased out to Azur Air Ukraine, was to be transferred to Azur Air in Russia by October 2018, Azur Air Germany was to continue its operations with only one remaining aircraft without any long-haul services. In the same time, the entire station in

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was to be shut down, laying off 90 staff.airliners.de - Azur Air shrinks to one aircraft"
(German) 31 July 2018 In September 2018, Azur Air Germany sparked controversy amongst its employees after the relocation of its sole remaining aircraft to other operations while the flights from Germany have been taken over by leasing contractors on short notice. On 26 September 2018, it has been announced that the airline ceased all operations with immediate effect and will be dissolved due to a negative business outlook.airliners.de - "Operations ceased with immediate effect: German Azur Air to be dissolved"
(German) 26 October 2018 Prior to this, the owners tried to sell the airline's operational license without success.

Destinations

As of August 2018, Azur Air (Germany) served the following destinations:

Fleet

The Azur Air (Germany) fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of September 2018:azurair.de - Fleet
retrieved 24 September 2018

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Germany Defunct airlines of Germany Airlines established in 2016 Airlines disestablished in 2018 German companies established in 2016 German companies disestablished in 2018 Defunct charter airlines