Dagestan Airlines 2803213 219031855 2008-06-13T07:23:09Z Russavia 253448 added legal name to lead as per [[WP:MOS]] - no further disambig needed {{Infobox Airline | airline = Dagestan Airlines<BR>Авиалинии Дагестана | logo = | logo_size = | fleet_size = 5 | destinations = | IATA = N2 | ICAO = DAG | callsign = DAGAL | parent = | company_slogan = | founded = 1996 | headquarters = [[Makhachkala]], [[Dagestan]], [[Russia]] | key_people = | hubs = [[Uytash Airport]] | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | website = http://www.dagair.com/ }} '''OJSC "Dagestan Airlines"''' ({{lang-ru|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 [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] countries. Its main base is [[Uytash Airport]], [[Makhachkala]]<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 71 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref>. == 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]])<ref name="FI"/>. == Destinations == As of [[September 2007]], Dagestan Airlines operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:<ref> {{ru icon}} Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", ''Summer Air Traffic Schedule 25.03.2007 - 27.10.2007 (Russian domestic)'', [[29 May]] 2007, p. 1</ref><ref> {{ru icon}} Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", ''Summer Air Traffic Schedule 25.03.2007 - 27.10.2007 (Russian international)'', [[29 May]] 2007, p. 29</ref> *[[Russia]] **[[Grozny]] ([[Grozny Airport]]) **[[Makhachkala]] ([[Uytash Airport]]) '''base''' **[[Moscow]] ([[Vnukovo International Airport]]) **[[Saint Petersburg]] ([[Pulkovo Airport]]) *[[Turkey]] **[[Istanbul]] ([[Sabiha Gökçen International Airport]]) *[[United Arab Emirates]] **[[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]] ([[Sharjah International Airport]]) == Fleet == The Dagestan Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at [[May 2008]])<ref name="FI"/> : *1 [[Antonov An-24RV]] *1 [[Tupolev Tu-134B]] *1 [[Tupolev Tu-154B-2 (RA-85495)]] *2 [[Tupolev Tu-154M]] == External links == *[http://www.dagair.com/ Dagestan Airlines] == References == {{reflist|2}} {{Airlines of Russia}} [[Category:Airlines of Russia]] [[Category:Companies based in Makhachkala]] [[Category:Airlines established in 1996]] [[Category:Former Aeroflot divisions]] [[id:Dagestan Airlines]] [[nl:Daghestan Airlines]]