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===Fleet development=== [[File:TAROM A318-100 (YR-ASD) arrives London Heathrow 15Sep2015 arp.jpg|thumb|A former TAROM [[Airbus A318|Airbus A318-100]]]] [[File:YR-BGK Boeing 737-82R Tarom LHR 17.1.22.jpg|thumb|TAROM [[Boeing 737 Next Generation#737-800|Boeing 737-800]]]] [[File:YR-ATJ.jpg|thumb|TAROM [[ATR 72|ATR 72-600]] at Bucharest Air Show 2022, wearing a revised livery.]] ==== Short-haul fleet ==== TAROM agreed in 2019 to lease 9 [[ATR 72#ATR 72-600|ATR 72-600]] aircraft from [[Nordic Aviation Capital]] to replace existing [[ATR 42#ATR 42-500|ATR 42-500]] and [[ATR 72#ATR 72-500|ATR 72-500]] aircraft.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Turboprops for TAROM |url=https://www.key.aero/article/turboprops-tarom |magazine=Airliner World |volume=August 2019 |page=11 |access-date=2020-08-15}}</ref> In 2021, the order was reduced from 9 to 7 [[ATR 72-600]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sorin |last2=Rusi |first2=Sorin |date=2021-11-17 |title=Flota TAROM va cuprinde 7 aeronave ATR 72-600 |url=https://airlinestravel.ro/flota-tarom-va-cuprinde-7-aeronave-atr-72-600.html |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=AirlinesTravel.ro - Aviatie si Turism |language=ro-RO}}</ref> ==== Medium-haul fleet ==== After the retiring of [[Airbus A310]]s in 2016, two new [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-800]] were leased in 2017. In 2018, another two [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-800]] were leased. Also, at the Farnborough Air Show, the Government of Romania signed a contract to buy 5 [[Boeing 737 MAX|Boeing 737 MAX-8]] at an estimated value of $586 million. As of 2022, TAROM was negotiating with a few leasing companies for 4 to 8 [[Boeing 737 MAX|Boeing 737 MAX-8]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-16 |title=Tarom a comandat cinci aeronave Boeing 737 MAX 8, în valoare de 586 milioane dolari |url=https://www.economica.net/tarom-a-comandat-cinci-aeronave-boeing-737-max-8-in-valoare-de-586-milioane-dolari_156072.html |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Economica.net |language=ro}}</ref> [[Airbus A318]]s and [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-700s]] are going to be retired soon, while [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-300s]] were retired in 2021.<ref name="TAROM puts up 14 airplanes from the" /> ==== Long-haul fleet ==== TAROM had been planning to lease three widebody aircraft to resume long-haul operations to China and the United States after the withdrawal of its [[Airbus A310]]s. The Request For Proposals (RFP) to leasing firms expired on 31 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-08-07 |title=Romania's Tarom issues lease RFP for three widebody jets |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/58409-romanias-tarom-issues-lease-rfp-for-three-widebody-jets |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811144345/https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/58409-romanias-tarom-issues-lease-rfp-for-three-widebody-jets |archive-date=2017-08-11 |access-date=2020-08-15 |website=ch-aviation}}</ref> In 2018, TAROM made efforts to lease some Boeing 787s, but there was no further information.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doi oficiali TAROM au fost in SUA sa vada doua Boeing-uri 787 Dreamliner |url=https://aeronews.ro/doi-oficiali-tarom-au-fost-in-sua-sa-vada-doua-boeing-uri-787-dreamliner/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=aeronews.ro |language=en-US}}</ref> ==== VIP fleet ==== In 2018, the CEO of that time declared that TAROM could operate a legacy aircraft with maximum 10 seats, which could fly over Atlantic, in order to be leased by the [[Government of Romania|Romanian Government]], the [[Klaus Iohannis|Presidential Administration]], for VIP business affairs or in medical emergencies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tarom vrea să cumpere un avion ultra-premium, cu maxim 10 locuri: "Va putea fi închiriat de oamenii de afaceri, dar şi de Guvern ori Preşedinţie" |url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-22589466-tarom-vrea-cumpere-avion-ultra-premium-maxim-10-locuri-putea-nchiriat-oamenii-afaceri-dar-guvern-ori-pre-edin.htm |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.hotnews.ro |date=27 July 2018 |language=ro}}</ref> There was no further development. Between 2010 and 2013, under the [[Traian Băsescu|Băsescu]] administration, TAROM operated an Airbus A310-300 for presidential purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=T. Băsescu: Categoric nu voi mai utiliza o aeronavă TAROM! |url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/evenimente/t-basescu-categoric-nu-voi-mai-utiliza-o-aeronava-tarom-58997 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.digi24.ro |date=21 March 2013 |language=ro}}</ref>
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