Romanian Air Transport – TAROM – was established on September 18, 1954, and a few years later it was already operating to almost all European countries.
In 1969, TAROM aircraft IL-18 flew around the world in 80 hours over a 47,000 km distance, departing from Bucharest to Delhi, Bangkok, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Ciudad de Mexico, New York, Las Palmas, Rome, Istanbul, and back to Bucharest.
In 1966, TAROM operated its first flight across the Atlantic. In 1974, it operated its first flight to Sydney via Calcutta and began operating scheduled flights to New York and Beijing.
In 1980, the transport capacity of the company doubled compared to 1975 and was tenfold compared to the year of establishment. At that time, TAROM operated flights to 15 domestic destinations. In 1981, TAROM achieved a new performance by operating its first non-stop flight over 10,000 km between Bucharest and Bangkok. The 90s saw new routes to Chicago, Calcutta, Milan, Chisinau, Delhi, Verona, Bologna, Thessaloniki, Munich, Stuttgart, and many more.
On June 25, 2010, TAROM joined SkyTeam, the global alliance providing customers from member airlines with access to an extensive global network, with more destinations, more frequencies, and more connections. TAROM is currently operating to 50 of its own destinations, as well as destinations served by its code-share partners.