Tara Air Pvt. Ltd. is an airline headquartered 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 a secondary hub at Nepalgunj Airport. 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's fleet is made up of Dornier 228, DHC-6 and PC-6. 

Tara Air plane with 22 persons on board goes missing

Posted Date: May 29, 2022

Tara Air aircraft which had taken off for Jomsom from Pokhara went out of contact on Sunday.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the aircraft had taken off at 9: 55 am.

The plane with 22 persons including 19 passengers on board went out of contact shortly after taking off from Pokhara.

It has been learnt that Prabhakar Ghimire was piloting the aircraft.