Airport in Russia
Makhachkala Uytash Airport (
Russian : Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ ) (
IATA : MCX ,
ICAO : URML ) is a civil airport located near
Makhachkala and
Kaspiysk cities. It is named after
Amet-khan Sultan ,
World War II fighter pilot, twice
Hero of the Soviet Union . The naming was found controversial by the
Crimean Tatars , with whom Amet-khan openly affiliated, as an attempt to
detatarize his origins.
[2]
South East Airlines (formerly
Dagestan Airlines) had its head office on the property of the airport.
[3]
[4]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations
Aeroflot
Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Arabia
Sharjah
Azerbaijan Airlines
Baku
azimuth
Sochi
[5]
Belavia
Minsk
[6]
flydubai
Dubai–International
IrAero
Antalya ,
Istanbul
NordStar
Moscow–Domodedovo ,
Norilsk
Nordwind Airlines
Kazan ,
Kirov
[7]
Krasnoyarsk–International ,
Moscow–Sheremetyevo ,
Novosibirsk ,
Omsk ,
Orenburg ,
Perm ,
[8]
Saint Petersburg ,
[9]
Samara ,
[10]
Sochi ,
Syktyvkar ,
[11]
Tomsk ,
[12]
Tyumen ,
Ufa ,
Ulyanovsk-Baratayevka ,
[13]
Yekaterinburg
[14] Seasonal:
Chelyabinsk ,
[15]
Ivanovo ,
[16]
Saransk
[17]
Pobeda
Abu Dhabi (begins 1 October 2024),
[18]
Antalya ,
Dubai–Al Maktoum ,
[19]
Istanbul ,
[20]
Moscow–Sheremetyevo ,
[21]
Moscow–Vnukovo ,
Saint Petersburg ,
Surgut
Red Wings Airlines
Almaty ,
[22]
Antalya ,
Bukhara ,
Istanbul ,
Namangan ,
Samara ,
[23]
Saratov ,
[24]
Tashkent ,
Urgench ,
Yekaterinburg ,
Yerevan
[25] Seasonal:
Chelyabinsk
[15]
Rossiya
Moscow–Sheremetyevo ,
Saint Petersburg
S7 Airlines
Moscow–Domodedovo ,
Novosibirsk
SCAT Airlines
Aqtau
Severstal Avia
Cherepovets
[26]
Somon Air
Dushanbe
[27]
Ural Airlines
Moscow–Domodedovo ,
Yekaterinburg
Utair
Mineralnye Vody ,
Moscow–Vnukovo
[28] Seasonal:
Surgut
UVT Aero
Kazan
Yakutia Airlines
Moscow–Vnukovo
Accidents and incidents
On 15 January 2009, 4 people died when two
Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft
collided and caught fire.
On 4 December 2010,
South East Airlines
Flight 372 , a
Tupolev Tu-154M carrying 160 passengers and 8 crew en route to
Makhachkala , crash landed at
Domodedovo International Airport ,
Moscow , due to all engines failing. Two of the 160 passengers died.
On 29 October 2023, a violent mob stormed the tarmac as a
Red Wings Airlines flight from
Tel Aviv ,
Israel arrived. Protestors shouted anti-Israel slogans and attempted to board the plane but were not successful.
[29] Eventually, authorities closed the airport and diverted flights to nearby cities.
[30] This event was occurred against the backdrop of further
anti-Jewish unrest in the North Caucasus . Russian authorities of Dagestan blamed the "Utro Dagestana" channel, established by
Ilya Ponomarev , for organizing the mob and "destabilising the situation in Dagestan by stirring up interethnic and interreligious hatred come from our enemy, the foes of our country".
[31]
See also
References
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"Объемы перевозок через аэропорты России" [Transportation volumes at Russian airports]. favt.ru (in Russian).
Federal Air Transport Agency . Retrieved 23 October 2018 .
^
"Страницы крымской истории. Памяти Амет-Хана Султана" . Крым.Реалии (in Russian). February 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2019 .
^ "Directory: World airlines."
Flight International . 23–29 March 2004.
59 .
^ "
Главная ."
South East Airlines . Retrieved on 24 June 2010. "Россия, Республика Дагестан, г. Махачкала, аэропорт ."
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"Azimuth Expands Sochi Network in NS24" . AeroRoutes . 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024 .
^
"Belavia launches direct flights to Makhachkala" . en.belavia.by . BELAVIA - Belarusian Airlines. Retrieved 24 January 2024 .
^ Магомедов, Шамиль (18 March 2024).
"Nordwind начнет совершать полеты из Махачкалы в Киров" . Travel.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
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"Nordwind начнет совершать полеты между Пермью и Махачкалой" . Travel.ru (in Russian). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024 .
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"Дагестан с апреля 2024г увеличит частоту авиарейсов в Санкт-Петербург" . РБК (in Russian). 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024 .
^
"Nordwind будет выполнять рейсы между Махачкалой и Самарой" . Travel.ru (in Russian). 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024 .
^ Петрова, Елизавета (21 February 2024).
"Из Сыктывкара с 20 февраля запускают прямые рейсы в Сочи и Махачкалу" . Про Город Сыктывкар (in Russian). Retrieved 21 February 2024 .
^
"Nordwind с 26 апреля запустит прямой рейс из Махачкалы в Томск - Сибирь || Интерфакс Россия" . www.interfax-russia.ru (in Russian). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024 .
^ Турковская, Ольга (1 February 2024).
"Возобновляются авиарейсы из Ульяновска в Махачкалу" . Улпресса - все новости Ульяновска (in Russian). Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
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"Nordwind начнет летать между Махачкалой и Екатеринбургом" . Travel.ru (in Russian). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024 .
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"Рейсы из аэропорта Челябинск в Махачкалу" . cekport.ru . Международный аэропорт Челябинск. Retrieved 6 March 2024 .
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"Аэропорт "Иваново" открывает продажу билетов на новый рейс Иваново – Махачкала!" . ivanovo.aero . Аэропорт «Иваново». Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
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"Авиарейс из Саранска в Махачкалу планируют запустить в мае 2024 года (АвиаПорт)" . АвиаПорт.Ru (in Russian). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023 .
^ Реммер, Наталья (18 June 2024).
"Махачкалу и Абу-Даби свяжут прямые рейсы" . russianemirates.com (in Russian). Russian Emirates Publishing & Advertising. Retrieved 19 June 2024 .
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"Pobeda Oct 2023 International Network Additions" . AeroRoutes . 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023 .
^
"Podeba resumes Makhachkala - Istanbul Service From July 2023" . AeroRoutes. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023 .
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"В Шереметьево празднуют "Победу" " . kommersant . 8 February 2021.
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"Red Wings Adds Makhachkala – Almaty Service From mid-July 2023" . AeroRoutes . 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023 .
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"Самару и Махачкалу свяжут прямые авиарейсы" . TACC . 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
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"В аэропорту "Гагарин" открывается регулярный рейс в Махачкалу" . gsv.aero . SarAero-Invest JSC. Retrieved 12 December 2023 .
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"Red Wings Adds Makhachkala – Yerevan Service From July 2023" . AeroRoutes . 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023 .
^ Бушманова, Валентина.
"Из Череповца пустят авиарейс в Дагестан" . Официальный сайт Череповца (in Russian). Retrieved 9 January 2024 .
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"Сомон Эйр увеличила количество рейсов в Жуковский - AVIA RU Network" . www.aviaru.net . 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
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"Utair NS24 Network Additions" . AeroRoutes . 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024 .
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"Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel" . AP News . 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023 .
^ Josh, Pennington; Pierre, Meilhan; Ehlinger, Maija; Gold, Hadas (30 October 2023).
"Anti-Israel mob storms through Russian airport as flight from Tel Aviv lands" . CNN. Retrieved 30 October 2023 .
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"Dagestan governor blames Ukraine for inciting pogrom at Makhachkala airport" . Novaya Gazeta. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023 .
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