Dagestan Airlines
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{{Infobox Airline
| airline = Dagestan Airlines<BR>Авиалинии Дагестана
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| fleet_size = 5
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| IATA = N2
| ICAO = DAG
| callsign = DAGAL
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| founded = 1996
| headquarters = [[Makhachkala]], [[Dagestan]], [[Russia]]
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| hubs = [[Uytash Airport]]
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| website = http://www.dagair.com/
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'''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 ==
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{{Airlines of Russia}}
[[Category:Airlines of Russia]]
[[Category:Companies based in Makhachkala]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1996]]
[[Category:Former Aeroflot divisions]]
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