Of the total number of passengers carried by Tarom last year, 613,267 were on the domestic flight segment, up 6% on the year, and 1.28 million passengers on the international flight segment.
The difference up to 2.19 million passengers was ensured by charter and code-share flights – 293,314 passengers.
Tarom’s market share and number of passengers remained constant last year compared with 2010, despite the economic situation and fierce competition in the sector, Tarom general manager Gabriela Bordea told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.
In 2011, the average occupancy rate for international flights was similar to that in 2010, of 61%, and registered a slight increase on the domestic flight segment, from 67% in 2010 to 69% in 2011.
The company registered a 22% market share last year. Tarom’s market share on the domestic flight segment increased seven percentage points to 84%. Its market share at Bucharest’s International Aiport Henri Coanda was 40%.
Tarom did not reveal its financial results for last year. According to data stated in its draft 2012 budget, Tarom reduced losses by 24.16% last year compared with 2010, from 332.5 million lei (EUR76.7 million) to RON252.18 million. In 2009, Tarom registered losses of RON234.7 million.
In 2011, Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air carried 2.7 million passengers to and from Romania, up 29% on the year, according to data released by the operator at the beginning of the year.
Tarom is among the companies monitored by the International Monetary Fund under a EUR3.5 billion precautionary deal signed in 2011. It is also on the list of companies to have private management.
At the latest negotiations with the IMF, the government pledged to sell a minority stake in the company by end-April 2012. (EUR1=RON4.334)