TAROM

TAROM Transporturile Aeriene Române
IATA code :	RO
ICAO code :	RED
Call sign :	TAROM
Founding:	1920 as CFRNA
Seat:	Bucharest , Romania
Turnstile :	Bucharest Iași
Home airport :	Bucharest
Company form:	Societate pe Acțiuni
IATA prefix code :	281
Management:	Ursu ​​Mihăiță ( Chairman of the Board , for 4 months)
Number of employees:	2,020 (2014)
Balance sheet total:	€ –29.4 million (2013)
Passenger volume:	approx. 2.1 million (2014)
Alliance :	SkyTeam
Frequent Flyer Program :	Flying Blue
Fleet size:	29 (+ 10 orders)
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.tarom.ro

TAROM (short for T ransporturile A eriene Rom âne ) is Romania's national airline based in Bucharest and based at Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport . She is a member of the SkyTeam aviation alliance and the Flying Blue frequent flyer program .

history

Ilyushin Il-18 of TAROM in 1976

TAROM ticket from Iași to Bucharest from the 1980s, based on an Edmondsonian train ticket

TAROM's predecessor is the CFRNA ( Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne ) founded in 1920 . Machines from the French manufacturer Potez were used for the passenger and mail line connection from Bucharest to Paris, with several stopovers in major European cities. In 1926 the name was changed to CIDNA and in 1930 to LARES ( Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat ). In 1937, the merger took place with the competitor SARTA ( Societatea Romănâ de Transporturi Aeriene ).

After the Second World War, on August 8, 1945, it was re-established as the Romanian-Soviet airline TARS ( Transporturi Aeriene Româno-Sovietice ). Both states each held 50% shares in the company. The Soviet stake was taken over by the Romanian government on September 18, 1954, and the company was given the current name TAROM.

Until 1960, the route network consisted mainly of national and European connections. The first trans-Atlantic flight took place in 1966 and the first scheduled connection to New York in 1974 . The routes were carried out with machines of the Soviet design and with Boeing 707 . In the 1990s, the machines were replaced by the Airbus A310 . Between 2001 and 2003 all long-haul connections were discontinued.

TAROM has been a full member of the SkyTeam aviation alliance since June 2010 . Shortly before, the previous frequent flyer program Smart Miles had already been replaced by Air France-KLM's Flying Blue .

As part of the restructuring measures, Tarom put two new 737-800s into operation in May 2017. These are leased for ten years. The Minister of Transport also announced that it would resume long-haul flights. The first destinations are to be Beijing, Washington DC, New York, Chicago and Montréal. For 2017, the company also expected the tenth annual loss in a row. Both Wizz Air and Blue Air , as flexible competitors, had overtaken the tarom, which was restricted in a political corset. The CEO Eugen Davidoidu resigned in August 2017. The government appointed a successor who returned to his pilot position after a few weeks. The Supervisory Board then filled the CEO position with Daniela Dragne in October 2017, cautiously with a 30-day renewable contract.

After a year and a half, CEO Werner-Wilhelm Wolff was dismissed at the beginning of April 2019. He was accused of the horrific losses of the airline as well as clearly excessive management salaries. During his tenure, the majority of the aircraft had been extensively maintained and modernized in order to avoid long breakdowns of individual aircraft and to reduce the investment backlog of previous years. Florin Susanu led the company on an interim basis. In June 2019, the airline announced that it would replace its ATR 42-500, some of which were up to 20 years old, with more modern ATR 72-600 . The aircraft were to be leased from Nordic Aviation Capital and were to be used primarily on domestic routes. At the same time, a reorganization of the employee structure was initiated with layoffs of up to 300 employees, many of them in management. Airport offices were reduced in size (e.g. Munich) or closed. At the end of the year the loss was $ 44 million, while another CEO, Madalina Mezei, was replaced in October.

logo

An An-24 of the TAROM with a red logo, 1975

Tarom has had a flying swallow as its logo since 1954. In the 1970s it was red, later the blue color was used. The logo has had its current appearance since 2006.

Destinations

In addition to several destinations within Romania, TAROM serves flight destinations in Europe and the Middle East . Destinations in the German-speaking area are Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg , Munich , Stuttgart and Vienna . Long-haul routes, such as the last one to the USA , are currently no longer offered.

Code sharing

TAROM has codeshare agreements with the SkyTeam companies as well as with Air Baltic , Air Serbia , Austrian Airlines , Brussels Airlines , Bulgaria Air and Royal Jordanian .

fleet

ATR 72-500 from TAROM

Airbus A318-100 of the Tarom

Boeing 737-300 of the Tarom

As of May 2020, the TAROM fleet consists of 29 aircraft with an average age of 14.6 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats ( Business / Eco )	Average age (May 2020)
Airbus A318-100	4th			113 (14/99) 107 (26/81)	13.0 years
ATR 42-500	7th		YR-ATC in SkyTeam special livery	48 (- / 48)	21.7 years
ATR 72-500	2			68 (- / 68)	11.1 years
ATR 72-600	4th	5	Leased from Nordic Aviation Capital. Delivery expected from October 2019 to 2020.	72 (- / 72)	0.4 years
Boeing 737-300	4th			124 (8/126)	26.2 years
Boeing 737-700	4th		equipped with winglets ; YR-BGF in SkyTeam - and YR-BGG in Happy 60 years - special livery	116 (14/102)	17.9 years
Boeing 737-800	4th		with winglets fitted	189 (- / 189) 160 (16/144)	5.0 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8		5		- open -
total	29	10			14.6 years

Before the upheaval of the Eastern Bloc, TAROM mostly flew aircraft from the Soviet manufacturers Antonov , Tupolew and Ilyushin . In addition, the types Rombac 1-11, a Romanian license build of the British BAC 1-11 , as well as Boeing 707 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 were in use. TAROM's last Airbus A310-300 flew on October 29, 2016, and the company has not owned a wide-body aircraft since then .

Incidents

Since 1960, TAROM has recorded a total of 23 incidents with aircraft casualties, 14 of which were also fatal, as well as two aircraft hijackings. All five incidents since the end of the Soviet Union are listed here:

date	plane	Flight number	the accident
August 14, 1991	Ilyushin Il-18	-	The cargo plane coming from Bucharest collided with mountainous terrain due to an approach that was too low on Timișoara . All nine people on board were killed.
March 31, 1995	Airbus A310-300	371	On March 31, 1995, the worst accident in the history of TAROM occurred. The passenger plane ( TAROM flight 371 ) on its way from Bucharest to Brussels crashed shortly after take-off due to an engine malfunction, killing all 60 people on board. When switching from take-off mode to cruise flight, the thrust was significantly reduced by an automatic system on only one of the two engines, while the other remained at high power. Because of the difference, the machine turned and got into an uncontrollable position. She finally fell on free terrain near Baloteşti .
December 30, 1995	BAC 1-11	261	In bad weather, the passenger plane landed hard on the runway in Istanbul , whereupon the nose landing gear collapsed and the plane slid sideways from the runway . There were no fatalities, but the machine was damaged beyond repair.
June 7, 1997		335	On June 7, 1997, a BAC 1-11 hit the runway again when landing in Stockholm and was structurally irreparably damaged. Heavy gusts of wind occurred at the time of the accident.
December 30, 2007	Boeing 737-300	3107	During the take-off run in Bucharest, the aircraft collided in thick fog with a construction vehicle that had been left on the runway. The machine was damaged beyond repair, but there were no fatalities.

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : TAROM  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Data about the airline TAROM in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
• TAROM website (including Romanian, English, German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.economica.net/directorul-general-al-tarom-george-barbu-ia-dat-demisia_185642.html
2. ↑ ^{a b} wall-street.ro - Tarom: pierderi in scadere cu 20%, pasageri in crestere in 2014 (Romanian) accessed on December 9, 2014
3. ↑ adz.ro - Tarom reduces losses by 44 percent to almost 30 million euros, accessed on July 17, 2014
4. ↑ airliners.de - SkyTeam changes membership rules, accessed on June 25, 2010
5. ↑ www.business-review.eu - Tarom receives fleet growth , accessed on June 21, 2017.
6. ^ Tarom on a random flight , NZZ, November 20, 2017, page 20
7. ↑ Out for Werner-Wilhelm Wolff: Tarom is changing boss again. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. April 3, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Fleet renewal and expansion: Tarom fights with ATR 72 against low-cost airlines. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. June 26, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 . 
9. ^ Romanian national airline: Tarom saves and dismisses. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. August 29, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Former Tarom CEO Madalina Mezei at DNA in wake of accusations leveled against Transport Minister Razvan Cuc. I'm firmly convinced truth will surface , October 22, 2019
11. ↑ Government seeks Tarom rescue aid: minister , flightglobal, December 16, 2019
12. ↑ Tarom cautabileteavion.ro
13. ↑ Current route reports
14. ↑ https://www.austrianwings.info/2016/05/tarom-feiert-erstflug-von-hamburg-nach-bukarest/
15. ↑ tarom.ro - Destinations accessed on June 9, 2018
16. ↑ tarom.ro - Code-share ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 4, 2015 
17. ↑ ^{a b} TAROM Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 22, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 . 
18. ↑ tarom.ro - Fleet (English) accessed on May 12, 2018
19. ↑ TAROM selects ATR 72-600 to renew its regional fleet. In: atraircraft.com. June 19, 2019, accessed on May 22, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Boeing, TAROM Romanian Air Transport Announce Order for Five Boeing 737 MAX 8 Airplanes. In: boeing.mediaroom.com. July 16, 2018, accessed on May 22, 2020 . 
21. ↑ ch-aviation - Romania's Tarom ends A310 operations (English), accessed on November 23, 2016
22. ↑ Data about the airline TAROM in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
23. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
24. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
25. ↑ TRAGEDIA DE LA BALOTEŞTI: 20 de ani de la cel mai grav accident aviatic din România
26. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
27. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
28. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)