TAROM - Romanian Air Transport - was established on 18 September 1954.

A few years after launch, TAROM already operating to almost all European countries. In 1966 TAROM made the first flight across the Atlantic. Starting 1974 he made the first flight to Sydney via Calcutta and introduced regular flights to New York and Beijing.

In 1990, to align with the performance criteria of free market economy, TAROM started a new strategic program. Competition was a real stimulant for TAROM, which determined the alignment of TAROM services to international standards since some of the world's major airlines already operating flights to Bucharest.

TAROM is a member of the following organizations / international aviation bodies:

IATA (International Air Transport Association) - from 04/22/1993
MITA (Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreements / Passengers and Cargo) - from 31/03/1994
AEA (Association of European Airlines) - from 01/07/2000
ICH (IATA Clearing House) - from 01.10.2006.
TAROM is IOSA certificate (IATA Operational Safety Audit) in March 2007
IATA - ICSS (IATA Currency Clearance Service) - May 2006

FLEET

In 1992 TAROM began an intense process of modernisation of the fleet.

Two Airbus A-310 were purchased in 1992, two Boeing 737 in 1993, and three Boeing 737 in 1994.

Since 1998, TAROM fleet was enriched with seven ATR 42-500 aircraft for domestic and regional flights, and the other four Boeing 737.

Funding this ambitious strategic program was not an easy task: 1992 TAROM has invested more than U.S. $ 350 million acquisition of new aircraft and equipment. Tarom intends to continue this process of modernisation by acquiring new performant aircrafts.

TAROM currently operating on foreign and domestic flights with a fleet of 23 aircraft.

Deutsche Lufthansa is the largest airline in Germany and the National Company of this country.
It was founded in 1926 in Berlin, operating until the beginning of the 2nd World War. The present company was formed in 1953. Headquarters is in Cologne, and the main hub is Frankfurt airport, followed by Munich airport.

Lufthansa is a founding member of Star Alliance.

Fleet owned by Lufthansa include Airbus A319-100, Airbus A320-200, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321-100 Airbus A321-200 Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330-300, Airbus A340-300, Airbus A340-600, Airbus A380-800, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-500, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747-8, totaling about 290 aircraft and another 97 ordered.

Austrian Airlines, founded in 1957, is part of Deutsche Lufthansa AG concern. Operating base is Vienna International Airport, the airport with the shortest connection time in Europe - 25 minutes.

Austrian Airlines operates as a link point between East and West, focusing on Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Together with its partners, Lauda Air and Austrian Arrows, serving over 130 destinations worldwide.

In 2000, Austrian Airlines Group has joined the Star Alliance airline alliance.

Austrian Airlines fleet, located in a continuous modernization is about two years younger than the European average and includes aircraft Airbus 321 / 320 / 319, Boeing 777 / 767 / 737, Fokker 100 / 70, Bombardier Q400 / Q300 and Canadair Jet.

Alitalia is the national air transport company in Italy. With the merger with Air One, which took place on 13 January 2009, the new Alitalia operates to 92 domestic and international destinations, with over 2,200 flights per week, based on six major airports: Rome Fiumicino, Milan, Turin, Venice, Naples and Catania. The main hub is Rome's Fiumicino airport.

In 2011, Alitalia joined the Sky Team, with world leading companies, such as Air France and KLM.

Fleet consists of 153 aircraft. Long flights are operated by Boeing 777-200, Boeing 767-300 and Airbus 330, the average duration flights are operated with Airbus 321, 320, 319 and MD80-82, and for regional flights using Embraer 170 Alitalia Borbardier CRJ900.

Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of Sky Team. The company was founded in 1933 following the merger of four of the largest French carriers, which are added the postal courier company.

Main hub is Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. Secondary hubs Paris Orly Airport, Lyon Saint Exupery Airport and Nice Cote d'Azur Airport.

Air France operates over 170 domestic and international destinations.
Air France Airbus fleet comprises A318-100 Airbus A319-100 Airbus A319-115LR, Airbus A320-100/200, Airbus A321-100/200, Airbus A330-200 Airbus A340-300, Airbus A380, Boeing 747 - 400, Boeing 777-200 ER, Boeing 777-300 ER.

KLM company was founded on 07 October 1919, in order to serve the Netherlands and its colonies. Since 2004 is part of Air France KLM. It is also a Sky Team member.

The main hub is Schiphol Airport Amsterdam.
Between 2010-2011, KLM carried more than 23 million passengers.

Fleet consists of 211 aircraft, with a mean age of 11.4 years. Among the types of aircraft operated by KLM we can remember A330-200 irbus , Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747-400M, Boeing 777-200ER, Boeing 777-300ER and McDonnell Douglas MD-11.

British Airways Company birth coincides with the birth of civil aviation. The Company celebrated its 90th anniversary last year of the first planned flight which took place on 25 August 1919.

In the current form of organization, the company works since 1974.
British Airways is part of the One World alliance of civil transport, along with companies like American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Iberia, Malev, Finnair.

The main operational base is Heathrow airport in London.

From the British Airways fleet take part aircraft such as: Airbus 318-100 part, Airbus 319-100, Airbus 320-200, Airbus 321-200, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 757-200, Boeing 767-300, Boeing 777 -200, Boeing777-300, Embraer 170, Embraer 190.

Czech Airlines is one of the oldest airlines in Europe. Provides services for passengers since 1923, was founded as Czechoslovak State Airlines on 6th of October 1923. The first transport flight from Prague to Bratislava took place on 29th of October the same year. On that trip, pilot Karel Brabenec flew the distance of 321 km with an Aero A-14 (Brandenburg).

On 25th of March, 2001, CSA join SkyTeam alliance.

CSA offers air connections from the Czech capital, Prague, to most European capitals and to major destinations in North America. Flight program also links with the Middle East and North Africa.

CSA's fleet comprises 38 modern aircraft - Airbus, Boeing and ATR.

9 x Airbus 319-100
8 x Airbus 320-200
2 x Airbus 321-200
8 x Boeing 737-500
4 x ATR72-202
7 x ATR42-320/500

Turkish Airlines was founded under law no. 2186 in ANKARA under the name "STATE AIRLINES ADMINISTRATION", on 20th May 1933, as a department of the Ministry of National Defense, with the following fleet:

KING BIRD (5 seats)
2 JUNKERS F-13 (4 seats)
1 ATH-9 (10 seats)

In 1947 the first international voyage Athens-Istanbul-Ankara was flown.
In September 1990 TK has been included within the scope of the privatization plan and in September 1993, THT merged with Turkish Airlines.
Even today Turkish Airlines has been a continuous fleet and destinations operated development.

On 04th of August 2006, THY joins Star Alliance.

Fleet at the moment consists of 177 modern aircraft: A340, A330, A320, B737-400, B737-800, A319, A321, B777.

Swiss Air Lines (SWISS) is the most important airline Switzerland, with the main hub in Zurich. It serves 72 destinations in 38 countries around the world from Zurich, Basel and Geneva, with a fleet of 89 aircraft.

The company was founded in 2002, is part of Lufthansa and a Star Alliance member.

LOT Polish Airlines (LOT) is the national aviation company of Poland, with the hub in Warsaw (Frederic Chopin Airport). The company was founded in 1st January 1929 and is one of the oldest airlines in the world. The first international flight was in 2nd August 1929, to Vienna. In 1930 he was accepted by IATA and started flights to Bucharest, Berlin, Athens, Beirut, Helsinki, Rome.

Since 2003, LOT is a member of Star Alliance.

LOT fleet is composed of:

5 x Boeing 767-300 ER
2 x Boeing 737-500
7 x Boeing 737-400
3 x Embraer 195
14 x Embraer 175
10 x Embraer 170
8 x ATR - 72
3 x ATR 42-500

Qatar Airways is one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, with over 100 destinations in Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa and the Far East.

Currently operates four flights per week from Bucharest to Doha (which is the hub Qatar Airways), providing connections to over 100 destinations.

Qatar Airways has one of the youngest fleets:

4 x Airbus A340-600S
23 x Airbus A320-200S
16 x Airbus A330-200S
13 x Airbus A330-300S
12 x Airbus A321-200S
3 x Airbus A300-600 Cargo Freighters
2 x Airbus Long Range A319LRs
2 x B777-200 Cargo Freighter
15 x Boeing 777-300ERs
8 x Boeing 777-200LRs
2 x Bombardier Challenger 605s
1 x Bombardier Challenger 300

Aeroflot is Russia's de facto National carrier, civil aviation leader, serving flights to 95 locations in 48 countries, including 27 locations inside Russian , 42 in Europe, 4 in South America, 2 in Africa, 5 in the Middle East, 9 in Asia, and 6 in CIS countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kirghizia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan). The airline has 4 affiliates in Russia (St. Petersburg, Sochi, Magadan and Krasnoyarsk).

Aeroflot was the first Russian airline company to join the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in 1989.

In April 2006 Aeroflot became a full member of SkyTeam

Being the largest carrier in Russia, Aeroflot controls more than 45% of Russia's regular international transport market and about 12.5% of the domestic transport market.

Aeroflot fleet, which is among Europe's most modern, consists of 108 aircraft:

B767 - 9
IL-96 - 6
A330 - 14
A321 - 18
A320 - 43
A319 - 15
SSJ-100 - 3

NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH

NIKI's Airbus and Embraer fleet and its list of destinations has been growing steadily ever since the company's foundation in November 2003. Airberlin acquired a 49.9 percent interest in NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH in 2010, making NIKI and airberlin Europe's first low-cost-airline alliance.

In 2010 the airline carried approximately 3.4 million passengers. The NIKI fleet comprises four Airbus A321s (212 seats), ten Airbus A320s (180 seats), and seven Embraer E190s (112 seats).

Aerosvit is currently the largest airline in Ukraine, operating flights to more than 60 international destinations.

The main hub is Boryspil airport in Kiev.

The company was founded in October 1994.

Aerosvit fleet consists of over 30 aircraft including Boeing 737-200 aircraft, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-500, Boeing 767-300 ER.

As one of the leading European aviation companies, airberlin has transported a total of 33.6 million passengers to 163 destinations worldwide in 2010. Despite its special status as a "hybrid carrier", airberlin is officially designated as low-cost segment. In this segment, airberlin group is market leader in Germany and third in Europe.

No. 1: The largest low cost airline in Germany*
No. 2: The second largest air force in Germany*
No. 3: The third largest low cost airline in Europe*
*In terms of fleet size, number of passengers and revenue

Air Berlin network connects 163 domestic destinations and international German in 39 countries. 21 destinations and departure airports are in Germany. The fleet is made ​​up of 169 aircraft with an average of 5 years old.

Air Berlin cooperates with six airlines (American Airlines, Finnair, Bangkok Airways, Hainan Airlines, S7 Airlines (Siberia Airlines), Pegasus Airlines)

Brussels Airlines is the result of the alliance between SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express - an alliance that has existed since 2005, when both airlines have been placed under a single ownership group SN Airholding. By early 2006, the shareholders and board of directors decided on the union of the two brands.

Brussels Airlines is the Belgian airline that offers the widest range of flights to and from Brussels Airport. The group has about 51 aircraft operating around 300 flights daily, linking the Brussels with approximately 70 airports in Europe and Africa.

European routes are operated with AVRO, Airbus A319 and Boeing 737
Long flights are operated with Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

In addition to the 16 destinations on the African continent, Brussels Airlines and its partners offer flights to United Arab Emirates, China,
Thailand, India, Toronto and 33 other destinations in North America via New York or Chicago.

On 11 December 2008, Brussels Airlines was officially invited to join Star Alliance.

Condor was established in December 1955 under the name "Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH". With an annual transport capacity of about 6 million passengers and over 70 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States, Condor is one of the world's leading airlines. With 13 departure airports in Germany, Condor is available to customers across the country.

Condor operates with: Boeing 767-300ER, Boeing 757-300 and Airbus A320-200. All Boeing aircraft are maintained by Lufthansa Technik GmbH, all aircraft Airbus is maintained by Condor Berlin GmbH, both wholly-owned by the Condor Flugdienst GmbH.

Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each year. With a worldwide leading network, Delta and Delta Connection offer services to 356 destinations in 65 countries on six continents.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta operates a fleet of over 700 aircraft. Delta Air Lines is one of the founding member of SkyTeam alliance. Together with its partners in the alliance offers more than 13,000 daily flights, with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita.

Delta Air Lines fleet consists of 790 aircraft.

Finnair, one of the oldest airlines in the world, was founded on November 1, 1923. Its operations focus on transporting passengers between Europe and Asia, via Helsinki.

Finnair's major shareholder is the Finnish government, with 55.8%. Other shareholders are insurance companies, various companies and private individuals. About 20 percent of the shares are held by foreign shareholders.

In recent years, Finnair has emerged as a major player in traffic between Europe and Asia. Finnair's intercontinental destinations in Asia include Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Bangkok. In May 2012 Finnair will introduce a direct route (Helsinki) to Chongqing.

Finnair, also performs flights to 12 destinations in Finland. Domestic route network is one of the densest in the world in relation to population.

Finnair fleet comprises more than 60 aircraft: Airbus A340, A330, A320, A321, A319, Boeing 757, Embraer 170s and Embraer 190S.

TAP Portugal is the Portuguese airline, member of Star Alliance from 14 March 2005. The TAP Portugal Hub is Lisbon.

In 2011 TAP added November 11 destinations to its network: Athens, Bordeaux, Dusseldorf, Manchester, Vienna and Dubrovnik, in Europe, Accra, Bamako and Sao Vicente, in Africa, Miami in the United States and Porto Alegre in Brazil. Thus, the TAP network comprises 75 destinations domestic and international in 34 countries worldwide.

Together with the PGA, TAP now offers over 1,850 weekly flights, on average, with a modern fleet consists of 55 Airbus aircraft. Overall, the current fleet comprises 71 aircraft.

SAS sau Scandinavian Airlines, is a multi-national airline owned by Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the largest airline in Scandinavia.

Airline was founded in 1946 and is one of the founding members of Star Alliance.

Part of the SAS Group, headquartered in Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), Sweden, Scandinavian Airlines operates with 198 aircraft to 176 destinations in over

30 countries. The main airline hub is Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen.
Other hubs are also: Gardermoen Airport in Oslo and Arlanda Airport in Stockholm.

SAS fleet consists of: Airbus A319, A321, A330 and A340, Boeing 737, Bombardier CRJ900, McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and MD-87.

Carpatair stock company was founded in 1999 in Bucharest, with operating base in Cluj-Napoca.
In the spring of 1999, Carpatair inaugurates two scheduled: Cluj-Venice (Treviso) and Cluj-Budapest. That same year, Cluj-Bologna route is launched.

March 26th is the starting day of the hub in Timisoara. Two own Yak-40 aircraft and a rented from Crossair Saab 340 initiates flights from Chisinau Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest (replaced with Bacau in September) through the hub in Timisoara for the first destinations of Italy, Venice (Treviso), Florence, Verona , Bologna and Milan (Bergamo).

From the very beginning, Carpatair is associated with prestigious aviation organizations such as MITA (Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreement) or IATA Clearing House (ICH), thus ensuring collaboration with all major airlines in the world.

In January 2003, the operational base and headquarters Carpatair moved from Bucharest respectively Cluj-Napoca to Timisoara.

Hub operation of the company grow with new destinations added to the network already in place: Ancona, Stuttgart, Oradea and Iasi and on Timisoara - Munich and Cluj-Napoca - Budapest routes increase the frequency to two flights daily, one afternoon.
 
That same year, Carpatair joins ERA (European Regions Airline Association European Regions Airline Association).
 
Fleet currently consists of 9 SAAB 2000, 3 FOKKER70, 3 FOOKER100.

Air Malta is Malta's national aviation company, based in Luqa. Company's hub in Malta International Airport. The company started its flights in April 1st, 1974 with regular services to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Rome, Frankfurt, Paris and Tripoli. Today Air Malta operates a modern fleet of aircraft to over 50 destinations in Europe, North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean, with 200 flights per week.

Currently, Air Malta has a fleet of 12 aircraft. These include 7 Airbus A319 and 5 Airbus A320.