Uytash Airport
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 , Tomsk ,[11] Tyumen , Ufa , Ulyanovsk–Baratayevka ,[12] Yekaterinburg [13] Seasonal: Chelyabinsk ,[14] Ivanovo ,[15] Saransk [16]
Pobeda Abu Dhabi (begins 1 October 2024),[17] Antalya , Dubai–Al Maktoum ,[18] Istanbul ,[19] Moscow–Sheremetyevo ,[20] Moscow–Vnukovo , Saint Petersburg , Surgut
Red Wings Airlines Almaty ,[21] Antalya , Bukhara , Istanbul , Moscow-Zhukovsky ,[22] Namangan , Pskov ,[23] Samara ,[24] Saratov ,[25] Tashkent , Urgench , Yekaterinburg , Yerevan [26] Seasonal: Chelyabinsk [14]
Rossiya Moscow–Sheremetyevo , Saint Petersburg
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo , Novosibirsk
SCAT Airlines Aqtau
Severstal Avia Cherepovets [27]
Somon Air Dushanbe [28]
Ural Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo , Yekaterinburg
Utair Mineralnye Vody , Moscow–Vnukovo [29] 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.[30] Eventually, authorities closed the airport and diverted flights to nearby cities.[31] 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".[32]
See also
References
^ "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 ."
^ "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 .
^ "Nordwind начнет совершать полеты между Пермью и Махачкалой" . Travel.ru (in Russian). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Nordwind начнет летать между Махачкалой и Екатеринбургом" . Travel.ru (in Russian). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024 .
^ a b "Рейсы из аэропорта Челябинск в Махачкалу" . cekport.ru . Международный аэропорт Челябинск. Retrieved 6 March 2024 .
^ "Аэропорт "Иваново" открывает продажу билетов на новый рейс Иваново – Махачкала!" . ivanovo.aero . Аэропорт «Иваново». Retrieved 18 March 2024 .
^ "Авиарейс из Саранска в Махачкалу планируют запустить в мае 2024 года (АвиаПорт)" . АвиаПорт.Ru (in Russian). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023 .
^ Liu, Jim (29 June 2024). "Pobeda Schedules Makhachkala – Abu Dhabi Oct 2024 Launch" . AeroRoutes . Retrieved 29 June 2024 .
^ "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 .
^ "В Шереметьево празднуют "Победу" " . kommersant . 8 February 2021.
^ "Red Wings Adds Makhachkala – Almaty Service From mid-July 2023" . AeroRoutes . 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023 .
^ Shatilin, Ilya (24 June 2024). "Red Wings запускает 8 новых направлений из Жуковского — FrequentFlyers.ru" (in Russian). FrequentFlyers.ru. Retrieved 25 June 2024 .
^ "Первый самолет из Махачкалы прилетел в Псков" . pln-pskov.ru . Псковская Лента Новостей. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024 .
^ "Самару и Махачкалу свяжут прямые авиарейсы" . TACC . 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
^ "В аэропорту "Гагарин" открывается регулярный рейс в Махачкалу" . gsv.aero . SarAero-Invest JSC. Retrieved 12 December 2023 .
^ "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 .
^ "Сомон Эйр увеличила количество рейсов в Жуковский - AVIA RU Network" . www.aviaru.net . 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023 .
^ "Utair NS24 Network Additions" . AeroRoutes . 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024 .
^ "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 .
^ "Dagestan governor blames Ukraine for inciting pogrom at Makhachkala airport" . Novaya Gazeta. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023 .
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