Fleet
The Yeti Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft as of October 2010:
- 7 × BAe Jetstream 41
The STOL aircraft previously operated by Yeti, have now been re-branded in Tara Air livery, which maintains most of the original Yeti Airlines colour scheme. These are:
- 4 × De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
- 2 × Dornier 228
- 2 × Pilatus Porter
In 2006 BAE Systems concluded an agreement with Yeti Airlines for the long-term lease of four 29-seat Jetstream 41 aircraft. The first aircraft was delivered in early May 2006 and the remaining three aircraft were delivered in the following months. The fourth Jetstream was delivered on 29 August 2006. A fifth Jetstream was purchased outright in 2007 and arrived in Kathmandu on the 28 April 2007. A seventh Jetstream arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport, on Saturday 7 November. The British Aerospace manufactured aircraft was acquired on an outright purchase basis.
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