Editing TAROM (section)

===Post-World War II===
Immediately after [[World War II]], in 1945, when the [[Soviet Union]] had extended its influence across Eastern Europe, a new reorganization replaced LARES with TARS (''Transporturi Aeriene Româno-Sovietice''),{{Sfnp|Balotescu et al.|1984|p=439}}<ref name="about" /> jointly owned by the governments of Romania and the Soviet Union. Domestic operations were started from Bucharest ([[Aurel Vlaicu International Airport|Băneasa Airport]]) on 1 February 1946, when TARS took overall air services and aircraft from LARES.<ref name="interbelic" />

Over the following decade, the company's Soviet share was purchased by the Romanian government and, on 18 September 1954, the airline adopted the name of TAROM (''Transporturi Aeriene Române'', Romanian Air Transport).{{Sfnp|Balotescu et al.|1984|p=440}} By 1960, TAROM was flying to a dozen cities across Europe. 1966 saw the operation of its first transatlantic flight. On 14 May 1974, it launched a regular service to [[New York City]] ([[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]).

Being part of the regional group of airlines within [[Eastern Bloc]] states meant that for much of its history TAROM has operated Soviet-designed aircraft. These included [[Lisunov Li-2]]s, [[Ilyushin Il-14]]s, [[Ilyushin Il-18]] long-range turboprops, [[Ilyushin Il-62]] long-range jet airliners, [[Antonov An-24]] regional turboprops, and [[Tupolev Tu-154]] medium-range tri-jets. As was the case with several other nations, the Il-62 was the first long-range jet airliner to be put into operation by Romania, in 1973. Five examples (three Il-62s and two later version Il-62Ms) were owned by TAROM, which also leased the aircraft to other operators.

Exceptions to Soviet-built aircraft were made in 1968, when TAROM bought six [[BAC One-Eleven]] 400s<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1968 |title=Communist International Civil Air Activities in the Free World Since 1965 |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001600010078-5.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124001802/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001600010078-5.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-24 |access-date=2020-08-17 |website=CIA |page=14}}</ref> for European and Middle Eastern destinations, and in 1974 when it acquired [[Boeing 707]] aircraft to share its long-haul operations with the Il-62. Plans were made to acquire [[Vickers VC10]] aircraft as well, but in the end, the Soviets did not allow it, and made them buy the Il-62 instead.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Henderson |first1=Scott |title=Silent Swift Superb: The Story of the Vickers VC10 |last2=Walker |first2=Timothy |date=1998 |publisher=SCOVAL Publishing Ltd. |isbn=9781902236025 |location=Newcastle upon Tyne}}</ref> With 59 aircraft in operation, in the late 1970s, TAROM had the largest fleet in the Eastern Bloc, after [[Aeroflot]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stroud |first=Michael |date=1978-04-22 |title=1978 Flight World Airline Directory |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200623.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630131019/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200623.html |archive-date=2016-06-30 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=2020-08-15 |website=[[Flight International]] |format=PDF |issn=0015-3710}}</ref>

In 1978, a contract was signed with the UK enabling Rombac to manufacture the BAC One Eleven at [[Romaero]], near Bucharest. Meanwhile, the 707 and Il-62 long-range aircraft were operating to New York (via Amsterdam, later London and finally Vienna), Abu Dhabi-Bangkok-Singapore, and Karachi-Beijing. TAROM was the only Eastern Bloc airline to operate flights to [[Tel Aviv]], Israel.