Earlier this day, Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu said Tarom needs to increase its fleet by purchasing or renting new planes to develop its activity.
“We must have a standardized fleet, which means that all planes should have the same features. (…) We must perform an operation of «phase in/ phase out», which means to change the current fleet with a new one,” Heinzmann told during a meeting with the media.
Tarom head said the airline company should have a number of 20 planes over the next years, compared with 24 units currently. Tarom fleet is made up of planes Boeing 737, Airbus A 318, Airbus A 310, ATR 72 și ATR 42.
Tarom carried 2.19 million passengers last year, similar to 2011.
Fenechiu said at the end of January, after a meeting with the International Monetary Fund, that a privatization strategy was being drafted for Tarom and the government could sell a stake of over 20% in the airline.