“Talks are currently underway. Tarom needs to either buy or rent new planes. We want to develop the company and the only way to develop an airline company is to increase its activity, which requires more planes,” the minister said on the sidelines of a new conference.
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.