Tarom will resume flights to Amsterdam and Athens on May 2 and 4, to Paris and Frankfurt on May 6, and to Munich on May 8.
Romania’s government approved late Thursday rescue loans requested by state-owned airline Tarom and private airline Blue Air to help them survive the coronavirus crisis. Romania approved rescue loans totaling EUR130 million for the two airlines.
Tarom decided to put over 1,000 employees on furlough out of a total of around 2,000 employees.
All regular flights are currently suspended and European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean said that while flights may be resumed soon, further social distancing conditions would raise airliners’ costs.