TAROM is the flag carrier and oldest currently operating airline of Romania, based in Otopeni near Bucharest.
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16 Facts About TAROM
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An exception to Soviet-built aircraft was made in 1968, when TAROM bought six BAC One-Eleven 400s for European and Middle East destinations, and in 1974 when it acquired Boeing 707 aircraft to share its long-haul operations with the Il-62.
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TAROM was the only Eastern Bloc airline to operate flights to Tel Aviv, Israel.
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TAROM is recovering from a difficult period that began in the 1990s when losses of up to $68 million per year were registered, caused by unprofitable routes.
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TAROM terminated loss-making domestic services to Craiova, Tulcea, Caransebes, and Constanta, and focused its activity on service to key destinations in Europe and the Middle East.
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TAROM has decided to focus its operations on Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca International Airport, and initiated direct international flights from Sibiu International Airport.
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In 2007, TAROM modernized its two Airbus A310 planes at the Airbus plant in Bordeaux.
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TAROM received the first four aircraft in February 2020, with the first one, registered with code YR-ATJ, landing in Bucharest on 18 February 2020, at 2:50 PM EET.
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TAROM was directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, ceasing temporarily all scheduled operations starting with 25 March 2020.
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TAROM operated flights for the Romanian Government during the state of emergency, bringing some medical equipments from China.
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TAROM is a state-owned company, with shareholding structure as follows:.
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TAROM logo, representing a swallow in flight, has been used on all TAROM aircraft since 1954.
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All aircraft in the TAROM fleet receive a "name" which is a Romanian toponym.
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In 2006, TAROM was scheduled to join SkyTeam as an associate member, but the entry into the alliance was postponed until 2008.
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TAROM has codeshare agreements with the following airlines since January 2020:.
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TAROM had been planning to lease three widebody aircraft to resume long-haul operations to China and the United States after the withdrawal of its Airbus A310s.
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