Dagestan Airlines

Not to be confused with Southeast Airlines or Atlantic Southeast Airlines.

Dagestan Airlines

IATA N2 ICAO DAG Callsign DAGAL
Founded	1927
Hubs	Uytash Airport
Fleet size	5
Destinations	6
Headquarters	Uytash Airport Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia
Website	www.dagair.ru

A Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 at Vnukovo International Airport (2006).

OJSC Dagestan Airlines (Russian: ОАО Авиалинии Дагестана) is an airline based at Uytash Airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia,^[1][2] operating domestic and international scheduled and chartered flights.^[3]

History

The airline was established in February 1927 as an Aeroflot department serving the Makhachkala region of the Soviet Union. In 1994, following the split-up of Aeroflot, it became known as Makhachkala Air Enterprise. In 1996, the company was rebranded as Dagestan Airlines. In March 2007, it had 809 employees.^[3]

Destinations

Aircraft in the new livery

As of December 2010, Dagestan Airlines operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:^[4]

• Russia
  • Makhachkala – Uytash Airport base
  • Moscow
    • Domodedovo International Airport
    • Vnukovo International Airport
  • Saint Petersburg – Pulkovo Airport

• Turkey
  • Istanbul – Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

• United Arab Emirates
  • Sharjah – Sharjah International Airport

Fleet

The South East Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2010):^[5]

Dagestan Airlines Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet
Tupolev Tu-154B2	1
Tupolev Tu-154M	4
Total	5

Accidents and incidents

On 4 December 2010, Dagestan Airlines Flight 372, a Tupolev Tu-154M carrying 160 passengers and 8 crew, crashed during an emergency landing at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow. Two passengers died and 56 were injured.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 23–29 March 2004. 59.
2. ^ "Главная." Dagestan Airlines. Retrieved on 24 June 2010. "Россия, Республика Дагестан, г. Махачкала, аэропорт ."
3. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 71. 2007-03-27. 
4. ^ Dagestan Airlines timetable. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
5. ^ Dagestan Airlines fleet list at ch-aviation.ch.
6. ^ "Two killed as plane makes emergency landing in Russia". AFP. 4 December 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iFSfTa3SppB7gIsFcIgOVnjeM19g?docId=CNG.f20a47ac6b3d8a573abdfa41c0b1c9ad.5f1. Retrieved 4 December. 

External links

	Russia portal
	Companies portal
	Aviation portal

• Official website (Russian)