Editing TAROM (section)

===The beginnings===
The history of the Romanian National Air Transport Company can be traced back to 1920, when [[CFRNA]] - (''French-Romanian Company for Air Navigation'') was founded.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |title=History - tarom.ro |url=https://www.tarom.ro/en/about-us/tarom-company/history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421012925/http://www.tarom.ro/en/about-us/tarom-company/history/ |archive-date=21 April 2017 |access-date=25 May 2017 |website=www.tarom.ro}}</ref><ref name="about">{{Cite web |title=TAROM supports the training of future specialists in aviation |url=https://www.tarom.ro/en/about-us/news-and-media/press-releases/details.html?news=414 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624074245/https://www.tarom.ro/en/about-us/news-and-media/press-releases/details.html?news=414 |archive-date=24 June 2016 |access-date=25 May 2017 |website=www.tarom.ro}}</ref> On 13 April 1920, the company registered its headquarters at 194 Rue Rivoli, in Paris. A decree issued on 26 April 1920 establishes ''Direcțiunea Aviației'' (The Directorate of Aviation), in the subordination of the Ministry of Communications. In the same year, the Kingdom of Romania offered CFRNA exploitation rights. The country offered the airline two aerodromes: one in Arad, and another one in [[Aurel Vlaicu International Airport|Bucharest–Băneasa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iliescu |first=Silvia |date=2018-07-13 |title=Stârnind văzduhul… – "La Franco-Roumaine, mama-mare a lui Air France" |trans-title=Fostering the sky… – "La Franco-Roumaine, the big mother of Air France" |url=http://www.rador.ro/2018/07/13/starnind-vazduhul-la-franco-roumaine-mama-mare-a-lui-air-france/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809103105/http://www.rador.ro/2018/07/13/starnind-vazduhul-la-franco-roumaine-mama-mare-a-lui-air-france/ |archive-date=2018-08-09 |access-date=2020-08-17 |website=[[Agenția de presă RADOR|RADOR]] |language=ro}}</ref> The airline used French-built [[Potez 15]] aircraft for its passenger/mail service between [[Paris]] and [[Bucharest]] via several cities in [[Central Europe]]. In 1925, the city of [[Galați]] became the first destination in Romania served by regular flights followed, from 24 June 1926, by an extended service to [[Iași]] and [[Chișinău]]. Ten [[Airco DH.9|de Havilland DH.9]] and five [[Ansaldo A.300]], in addition to the Potez aircraft, operated the service.

In 1928 the airline changed its name to SNNA (''Serviciul Național de Navigație Aeriană'', The National Service of Air Navigation). On 9 July 1930, the company adopted the name {{ill|LARES Airlines|lt=LARES|ro|LARES}}<ref name="RADOR">{{Cite web |last=Iliescu |first=Silvia |date=2015-07-09 |title=L.A.R.E.S., "Patru avioane, patru linii, patru piloți…" |trans-title=L.A.R.E.S., "Four planes, four lines, four pilots…" |url=http://www.rador.ro/2015/07/09/l-a-r-e-s-patru-avioane-patru-linii-patru-piloti/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001110811/http://www.rador.ro/2015/07/09/l-a-r-e-s-patru-avioane-patru-linii-patru-piloti/ |archive-date=2015-10-01 |access-date=2020-08-17 |website=[[Agenția de presă RADOR|RADOR]] |language=ro}}</ref>{{Sfnp|Balotescu et al.|1984|p=240}} (''Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat'', Romanian Airlines Operated by the State) while 20 July 1937<ref name=RADOR /> saw the merger of LARES with its competitor, {{ill|SARTA Airlines|lt=SARTA|ro|SARTA}} (''Societatea Anonimă Română de Transporturi Aeriene'').<ref name=RADOR /><ref name="interbelic">{{Cite web |last=Mulder |first=Rob |date=2010-06-17 |title=Airline companies in Rumania (1918-1945) |url=https://www.europeanairlines.no/airline-companies-in-rumania-1918-1945/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415061241/http://www.europeanairlines.no/airline-companies-in-rumania-1918-1945/ |archive-date=2014-04-15 |access-date=2020-08-15 |website=Europeanairlines.no}}</ref>{{Sfnp|Balotescu et al.|1984|p=243}}