Editing Azur Air (section)

==History==
===Katekavia===
The airline started operations in 1995 and operates regional flights out of [[Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka Airport]] and [[Yemelyanovo International Airport|Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Katekavia|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=8741|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=3 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="flightglobal1">{{Cite web|title=russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация|url=http://russianplanes.net/airline/267|publisher=russianplanes.net|access-date=3 April 2014|date=3 April 2014}}</ref> The airline also operates charter services to [[Siberia]] and [[Sakha Republic|Yakutia]]. It carried around 122,000 passengers in 2009,{{cn|date=May 2023}} and in 2010 started to acquire larger aircraft, mainly the [[Tupolev Tu-134]]. As of 3 April 2014, it had three Tupolev Tu-134s.<ref name="flightglobal1"/>

In April 2014, the airline commenced scheduled flights between larger [[Yemelyanovo International Airport|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Passengers forced to push their frozen plane in Siberia|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/11/27/passengers-forced-push-their-frozen-plane-siberia|access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref>

===Azur Air===
In 2015, Katekavia handed over its fleet to [[Turukhan Airlines]]. Katekavia was rebranded as a leisure carrier and renamed Azur Air.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ato.ru/content/aviakompaniya-turuhan-zavershila-formirovanie-samoletnogo-parka|title = Авиакомпания "Турухан" завершила формирование самолетного парка|date = 12 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Siberian Sun|journal=Airliner World|date=July 2015|page=8}}</ref>

In February 2018, the Russian aviation authority [[Federal Air Transport Agency|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.<ref>[https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/64707-russias-tourism-body-warns-against-selling-azur-air-tickets ch-aviation.com - Russia's tourism body warns against selling Azur Air tickets] 27 February 2018</ref>

On 8 April 2022, the US Department of Commerce restricted flights on aircraft manufactured in the US for [[Aeroflot]], [[Aviastar-TU|Aviastar]], Azur Air, [[Belavia]], [[Rossiya Airlines|Rossiya]] and [[Utair]]. It seems the US wants to reclaim ownership of the intellectual property.<ref name="usbroad"/> On 16 June, the US broadened its restrictions on the six airlines after violations of the sanctions regime were detected. The effect of the restrictions is to ground the US-manufactured part of its fleet.<ref name="usbroad">{{cite news |title=US Broadens Restrictions on Belarus National Airline After Violations |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/us-broadens-restrictions-on-belarus-national-airline-after-violations-/6620206.html |publisher=VOA News |date=16 June 2022}}</ref>

As of July 2022, Azur Air was forced to drastically reduce its international network due to sanctions against Russia as well as the recall of several aircraft by their lessors in accordance with these.<ref>[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/azur-air-muss-haelfte-der-flotte-am-boden-lassen aerotelegraph.com - "Azur Air forced to ground half its fleet"] (German) 1 July 2022</ref>