TAROM

TAROM — Romanian Air Transport
TAROM — Transporturile Aeriene Române
IATA ICAO Call sign
RO ROT TAROM
Founded1 January 1920 (1920-01-01)
(as CFRNA)
Commenced operations18 September 1954 (1954-09-18)
(as TAROM)[1]
AOC #RO-001[2]
HubsBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport[3]
Frequent-flyer programFlying Blue
AllianceSkyTeam
Fleet size15
Destinations28[4]
HeadquartersOtopeni, Ilfov County, Romania
Key peopleCostin Iordache (acting CEO)[5][6][7]
RevenueIncrease 315 million € (2019)
Operating incomeDecrease -35.8 million € (2019) (estimated)[8]
Websitewww.tarom.ro/en

TAROM (Romanian pronunciation: [taˈrom]; legally Compania Națională de Transporturi Aeriene Române TAROM S.A.) is the flag carrier and oldest currently operating airline of Romania, based in Otopeni near Bucharest. Its headquarters and its main hub are at Henri Coandă International Airport. It is currently the first and largest airline operating in Romania based on international destinations, international flights and the second-largest measured by fleet size and passengers carried.

The brand name is an acronym for Romanian: Transporturile Aeriene Române (Romanian Air Transport). Over ninety-seven percent (97.22%) of TAROM is owned by the Romanian Government (Ministry of Transport). The airline transported almost 2.75 million passengers in 2018, with an average load factor of 74%. The airline joined SkyTeam on 25 June 2010.

  1. ^ Balotescu et al. (1984), p. 440.
  2. ^ "OPERATORI AERIENI ROMÂNI CERTIFICAŢI/AUTORIZAŢI ROMANIAN CERTIFIED/AUTHORIZED AIR OPERATORS 27.05.2022" (PDF). AUTORITATEA AERONAUTICĂ CIVILĂ ROMÂNĂ (in Romanian). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. ^ ch-aviation.com - Tarom retrieved 5 April 2022
  4. ^ "TAROM on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  5. ^ Who is Costin Iordachem, the new CEO of TAROM, observator, 04 January 2023. Retrieved on 4 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Directorul general al Tarom, George Barbu, și-a dat demisia" [The CEO of Tarom, George Barbu, has resigned]. ECONOMICA.net (in Romanian). 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Directorul TAROM a demisionat. George Barbu ocupa funcția din octombrie 2019" [The CEO of Tarom has resigned. George Barbu had been occupying the function since October 2019]. Digi24 (in Romanian). 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference conturi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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