Tarom carried 2.03 million passengers in 2012 on all regular flights, both internal and external, and the remainder was covered by charter flights and code-share passengers, the statement also reads.
It also said the occupancy rate on Tarom flights rose to 66% in 2012, from 61% in 2011.
Tarom was set up in 1954 and it is subordinated to the Transport Ministry.
Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu said at the end of January, following talks with officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), that Tarom’s privatization strategy is currently being drafted and the government might transfer a stake of over 20%.