Editing TAROM (section)

===The 1990s===
After the [[Romanian Revolution|collapse of the communist regime]] in 1989, the airline, operating a fleet of 65 aircraft of six basic types, was able to acquire more Western-built jets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1990 |title=Airbus beats Boeing in Tarom update |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1990/1990%20-%201875.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630111310/https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1990/1990%20-%201875.PDF |archive-date=2016-06-30 |access-date=2020-08-15 |website=[[Flight International]] |issn=0015-3710}}</ref> In 1992, TAROM bought 3 Airbus A310 planes, nicknamed: "Transilvania" (YR-LCA),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Străuț |first=Dan |date=2016-10-30 |title=TAROM a renunțat la ultimul avion Airbus A310 din lotul cumpărat în 1992 |trans-title=TAROM has given up on its last Airbus A310 plane from the lot bought in 1992 |url=https://www.mediafax.ro/economic/tarom-a-renuntat-la-ultimul-avion-airbus-a310-din-lotul-cumparat-in-1992-15883394 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031150604/https://www.mediafax.ro/economic/tarom-a-renuntat-la-ultimul-avion-airbus-a310-din-lotul-cumparat-in-1992-15883394 |archive-date=2016-10-31 |access-date=2020-08-17 |website=[[Mediafax]] |language=ro}}</ref> "Moldova" (YR-LCB)<ref name="Băse">{{Cite web |last=Etveș |first=Ștefan |date=2016-09-20 |title=Ultima aeronavă cu care s-a plimbat Băsescu ruginește pe platforma aeroportului Henri Coandă |trans-title=The last aircraft with which Băsescu went on trips is rusting on the Henri Coandă airport's platform |url=https://www.capital.ro/ultima-aeronava-cu-care-s-a-plimbat-basescu-rugineste-pe-platforma-aeroportului-henri-coanda.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920124331/https://www.capital.ro/ultima-aeronava-cu-care-s-a-plimbat-basescu-rugineste-pe-platforma-aeroportului-henri-coanda.html |archive-date=2016-09-20 |access-date=2020-08-17 |website=Capital |language=ro}}</ref> and "Muntenia" (YR-LCC).<ref name="Balotești">{{Cite web |last=Gavrilă |first=Alina |date=2008-03-31 |title=Drama echipajului, la puterea a treia |trans-title=The crew's drama, to the third power |url=https://jurnalul.ro/special-jurnalul/drama-echipajului-la-puterea-a-treia-121069.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526031204/https://jurnalul.ro/special-jurnalul/drama-echipajului-la-puterea-a-treia-121069.html |archive-date=2015-05-26 |access-date=2020-08-17 |website=Jurnalul Național |language=ro}}</ref> By 1993, TAROM had introduced long-haul flights to [[Montreal]] and [[Bangkok]] using Ilyushin Il-62 and [[Airbus A310]] aircraft. The YR-LCC Airbus A310 joined TAROM's fleet on 10 April 1994,<ref name="pensie">{{Cite web |last=Bobon |first=Gabriel |date=2016-09-12 |title=Adio YR-LCB! Al doilea Airbus A310 din flota TAROM a fost "pensionat" astăzi |trans-title=Goodbye YR-LCB! The second Airbus A310 from the TAROM fleet has been "retired" today |url=https://boardingpass.ro/adio-yr-lcb-al-doilea-airbus-a310-din-flota-tarom-a-fost-pensionat-astazi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003517/https://boardingpass.ro/adio-yr-lcb-al-doilea-airbus-a310-din-flota-tarom-a-fost-pensionat-astazi/ |archive-date=2018-05-07 |access-date=2020-08-17 |website=BoardingPass.ro}}</ref> to then [[TAROM Flight 371|crash near Balotești]] on 31 March 1995.<ref name="Balotești"/>

During the 1990s, TAROM replaced its long-haul fleet of Boeing 707s and IL-62s with [[Airbus A310]]s (the last Il-62 being sold in 1999).