Azur Air Ukraine, until October 2015 UTair-Ukraine, ( ua, ЮТейр-Україна, russian: ЮТэйр-Украина) is a

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charter airline Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline). Regulation Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flights ...

based at

Boryspil International Airport Boryspil International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Бориспіль») is an international airport in Boryspil, east of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving 65% of its passenger ...

. It used to be a subsidiary of

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UTair Aviation Utair (russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «ЮТэйр») () is a Russian airline with its head office at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport while its hubs are at Surgut International Airport and Vnukovo International Airport. It operates scheduled ...

. In October 2015, it has been announced that tour operator Anex Tours would acquire UTair-Ukraine from UTair Aviation.

History

UTair-Ukraine (2008–2015)

Founded in 2008, UTair-Ukraine was set up as the

subsidiary of

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n parent company,

, to serve domestic and international destinations.

Azur Air Ukraine (2015–present)

In October 2015, it was announced that tour operator Anex Tours would acquire UTair-Ukraine from UTair Aviation with the aim to rebrand it to Azur Air Ukraine as a leisure charter carrier. UTair Ukraine already shifted its focus from domestic services to leisure operations earlier and therefore phased out several planes. The sale and rebranding was confirmed shortly after.ch-aviation.com - Russia's UTair Group offloads Azur Air unit to Turkey's ATG
7 December 2015 A few weeks later, Anex also bought the Russian

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 Krasn ...

which the "new" Ukrainian Azur Air is now a sister company of.

Destinations

UTair Ukraine Boeing 737-800 taking off at Kharkov Airport

Azur Air Ukraine, UR-UTQ, Boeing 737-83N (33784140728)

As of November 2018, Azur Air Ukraine serves the following charter destinations:

Fleet

The Azur Air Ukraine fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2022): Although Azur Air Ukraine rebranded in 2015, select

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s in their fleet still fly with red Azur Air (Russia) liveries, from their Russian sister airline, with a 'Ukraine' marking painted on them for distinction.

References

External links

* Airlines of Ukraine Airlines established in 2008 Ukrainian companies established in 2008 {{Ukraine-transport-stub