OJSC "Dagestan Airlines" (ОАО «Авиалинии Дагестана») is an airline based in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. It is the only airline in Dagestan. It operates scheduled domestic services and international services to Istanbul, as well as charter services within Russia and the other CIS countries. Its main base is Uytash Airport, Makhachkala.

History

The airline was originally established in February 1927 as the Aeroflot Makhachkala Division. In 1994 it became known as Makhachkala Air Enterprise and was renamed Dagestan Airlines in 1996. It has 809 employees (at March 2007).

Destinations

As of September 2007, Dagestan Airlines operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:

• Russia
• Grozny (Grozny Airport)
• Makhachkala (Uytash Airport) base
• Moscow (Vnukovo International Airport)
• Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo Airport)
• Turkey
• Istanbul (Sabiha Gökçen International Airport)
• Antalya (Antalya Airport)
• United Arab Emirates
• Sharjah (Sharjah International Airport)

Fleet

The Dagestan Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at May 2008) :

• 3 Tupolev Tu-154B-2 (RA-85495)
• 3 Tupolev Tu-154M

External links

• Dagestan Airlines
• Dagestan Airlines Fleet

References