Tarom said the program, which is based on the management plan proposed by the company’s Board of Directors, will run throughout 2013 and will be revised at the end of the year to see whether it needs to be extended to 2014.
The program is meant to cut staff monthly without affecting or halting the company’s operations and the plan is to cut personnel by 10% by the end of the year.
According to the company’s draft revenue and expenses budget for 2013, Tarom might have 2,030 employees at the end of the year. The company’s 2012 budget stipulated a total 2,196 employees at year-end.
Tarom’s chief executive officer Christian Heinzmann on Thursday said he thinks, while considering the airline’s current fleet, that Tarom should have around 1,500 employees in 2015 when it expects to return to profit, according to the company’s management plan.
The management plan states, among others, that Tarom plans to carry 100,000 more passengers annually, from 2.3 million in 2013 to 2.6 million in 2016.
Tarom was set up in 1954 and is controlled by the Transport Ministry.