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Tarom is the name of the official domestic and international airline of Romania.

1 History

Tarom can trace its origins to the year 1920 when the French-Romanian Company For Air Navigation , (CFRNA) was formed. The airline used French built POTEZ planes to perform its services of carrying passengers and mail, from Paris to Bucharest, stopping in European cities along the way.


In 1925, the city of Galati became the first domestic Romanian destination. In 1926, the airline changed its name to the The International Air Navigation Company , (CIDNA).

In 1930 it changed its name to LARES , and in 1937, LARES was merged with competitor SARTA .

On September 18 of 1954, the airline became known as Tarom (Transporturi Aeriene ROMâne, meaning Romanian Air Transport). It took Tarom six years to link to most important capitals in Europe, and 12 years to fly trans- atlantic for the first time. By 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped, Tarom began services to JFK International Airport in New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col. It also reached AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count, flying to Sydney, via CalcuttaThis article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. For the gambling term, see Calcutta Calcutta is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Its original name was Kalikata and is, in higher literature, still referred to as such. Speakers of the region's.

During the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends, Tarom (being an Eastern Bloc airline) was forced to buy Russian aircraft exclusively. However, after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Tarom has re-introduced western built jets to their fleet.

2 Present day

Nowadays, Tarom is one of the former Eastern Bloc airlines that have been able to once again flourish, taking advantage of the opportunity to buy western equipment. Its fleet consists of 7 Boeing 737-200's, 2 Boeing 737-700's, 2 Airbus A310-325's, and 7 ATR 42-500's. It also has a frequent flyer programme and is under contract with Schabak and Wooster Plastic Planes to make their model airplanes. Tarom is trying to enlarge its flight opportunities too, and decided to focus on Otopeni International Airport (OTP), Timisoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR) and Cluj-Napoca International Airport (CLJ)(in order of traffic).

Recently ( 2004), Tarom has discontinued trans-atlantic flights.

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