Azur Air Ukraine

Azur Air Ukraine, until October 2015 UTair-Ukraine,[2] (Ukrainian: ЮТейр-Україна, Russian: ЮТэйр-Украина) is a Ukrainian charter airline based at Boryspil International Airport. It used to be a subsidiary of Russian UTair Aviation. In October 2015, it has been announced that tour operator Anex Tours would acquire UTair-Ukraine from UTair Aviation.[2]

For the Russian airline, see Azur Air.
Azur Air Ukraine
IATA ICAO Callsign
QU[1] UTN UT-UKRAINE
FoundedSeptember 2008 (2008-09)
Operating basesBoryspil International Airport
Focus cities
Fleet size10
Destinations23
Parent companyAnex Tour
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine
Websiteazurair.ua

History

UTair-Ukraine (2008–2015)

Founded in 2008, UTair-Ukraine was set up as the Ukrainian subsidiary of Russian parent company, UTair Aviation, 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.[3][4] The sale and rebranding was confirmed shortly after.[2] A few weeks later, Anex also bought the Russian Azur Air which the "new" Ukrainian Azur Air is now a sister company of.[2]

Destinations
UTair-Ukraine Boeing 737-800
Azur Air Ukraine Boeing 737-800 taking off at Kharkiv International Airport
UR-UTQ (737-800) in current Azur Air Ukraine livery.

As of November 2018, Azur Air Ukraine serves the following charter destinations:[5]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
BulgariaBurgasBurgas AirportSeasonal charter[5]
Dominican RepublicLa RomanaLa Romana International AirportSeasonal charter[5]
Punta CanaPunta Cana International AirportSeasonal charter[5]
EgyptHurghadaHurghada International AirportCharter[5]
Sharm El SheikhSharm El Sheikh International AirportCharter[5]
IndiaGoaDabolim AirportSeasonal charter[5]
MaldivesMaléVelana International AirportSeasonal charter[5]
MexicoCancunCancun International AirportCharter[5]
SpainBarcelonaBarcelona–El Prat AirportCharter[5]
Sri LankaColomboBandaranaike International AirportSeasonal charter[5]
ThailandPhuketPhuket International AirportSeasonal charter[5]
TunisiaEnfidhaEnfidha–Hammamet International AirportSeasonal charter[5]
TurkeyAntalyaAntalya AirportCharter[5]
BodrumMilas–Bodrum AirportSeasonal charter[5]
DalamanDalaman AirportSeasonal charter[5]
UkraineKharkivKharkiv International AirportCharter[5]
KyivBoryspil International AirportBase[5]
LvivLviv Danylo Halytskyi International AirportSeasonal Base[5]
OdesaOdesa International AirportSeasonal Base[5]
ZaporizhzhiaZaporizhzhia International AirportSeasonal Base[5]
United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International AirportCharter[5]
VietnamNha TrangCam Ranh International AirportSeasonal charter[5]

Fleet

The Azur Air Ukraine fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2022):[6]

Azur Air Ukraine Fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-800 4 — — 189 189
Boeing 757-300 3 — — 273 273
Boeing 767-300ER 3 — 12 312 324
Boeing 777-300ER 1 — 7 524 531
Total 11 —

Although Azur Air Ukraine rebranded in 2015, select Boeing 737-800s 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.[7]

References
  1. "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ch-aviation.com - Russia's UTair Group offloads Azur Air unit to Turkey's ATG 7 December 2015
  3. ch-aviation.com - Tour operator to acquire UTair Ukraine AOC, rename airline 5 October 2015
  4. "Новым владельцем авиакомпании "ЮТэйр-Украина" станет туроператор Anex Tour". October 2015.
  5. "Flights". anextour.com.ua.
  6. azurair.ua - Our fleet retrieved 5 August 2022
  7. Hohl, Marcel (30 June 2019). "UR-AZF Azur Air Ukraine Boeing 737-89L(WL)". Planespotters. Archived from the original on 2021-08-20.

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