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Founded | 2009 | ||||||
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Hubs | Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu | ||||||
Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Destinations | 14 | ||||||
Company slogan | Helping Build the Rural Nepal | ||||||
Parent company | Yeti Airlines | ||||||
Headquarters | Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||||
Key people | Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa | ||||||
Website | www.taraair.com |
Tara Air Pvt. Ltd. is an airline with its head office in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a subsidiary of Yeti Airlines. Tara Air was formed in 2009 using aircraft from the Yeti Airlines fleet and is based at Tribhuvan International Airport, with secondary hubs at Surkhet and Nepalgunj airports. The airline operates scheduled flights and air charter services with a fleet of STOL aircraft, previously provided by Yeti Airlines. Its operations focus on serving remote and mountainous airports and airstrips.
Tara Air was formed in 2009 when Yeti Airlines split its STOL aircraft operations from its regional operations. The airline's STOL operations were rebranded as Tara Air and focused on providing services into remote and mountainous airports and airstrips.
The airline operates scheduled domestic flights to a number of destinations as well as offering air charter services. Tara Air operates daily scheduled flights between Kathmandu and Lukla, and between Jomsom and Pokhara. Other destinations are served at varying frequency.
The Tara Air fleet includes (as of August 2016):