Turkey's leading low cost airline Pegasus has now added Makhachkala

(LONDON – 18 November 2015) Turkey’s leading low cost airline, Pegasus, has now added Makhachkala, the largest city in the Northern Caucasus, to its flight network. With the addition of Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan, a Republic of the Russian Federation, Pegasus has increased its number of destinations in Russia to five and the total number in its network to 103. Operating four times weekly scheduled flights between London Stansted and Gatwick and Makhachkala via Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen, the routes are now open for booking with one-way fares starting from £81.84 and £83.66 respectively including taxes and charges.

London flights connecting to Makhachkala via Istanbul depart from London Stansted at 13:20 and from London Gatwick at 11:45 on a four times weekly schedule on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with the flights connecting on from Istanbul at 21:20. The flights return from Makhachkala Airport at 06:00on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Located on the shores of the Caspian Sea, Makhachkala stands out as an off-the-beaten-track destination to discover and is famed for its natural beauty, mountains thermal pools and mild climate. Guests can book their flights to Makhachkala on www.flypgs.com/en, mobile.flypgs.com, Pegasus’ mobile applications and other sales channels.

In addition to Makhachkala, Pegasus’ destinations in Russia include flights from London via Istanbul to Krasnodar and Moscow, as well as flights from Bishkek to Novosimirsk and Yekaterinburg operating under Pegasus’ partnership with the Kyrgyz airline Air Manas.

Pegasus connects Makhachkala to 64 destinations

Pegasus also connects Makhachkala Airport to a total of 64 other international destinations via Istanbul:Amsterdam, Athens, Baghdad, Barcelona, Basel, Belgrade, Berlin, Bologna, Bucharest, Budapest, Brussels, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, North Cyprus – Ercan, London – Gatwick, London – Stansted, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Milan – Malpensa, Milan – Bergamo, Moscow, Munich, Nice, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Pristina, Rome, Sarajevo, Skopje, St Etienne, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Vienna and Zurich – and including 23 in Turkey  Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Hatay, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Konya, Mardin, Ordu, Samsun, Sivas, Sanliurfa, Trabzon and Van.

With the addition of Makhachkala, Pegasus now flies a scheduled service to 33 destinations in Turkey and 70 in the rest of the world, bringing its total network to 103 destinations in 40 countries. Please visit www.flypgs.com/en for more details on Pegasus’ flight schedules.