Romania's Tarom launches direct flight to Stockholm this year

A new flight connecting Bucharest to Stockholm will be launched in June. Romanian air carrier Tarom will start operating the direct flight Bucharest Stockholm and return on June 2, every Monday, Wednesday and Sunday. Tarom found that the route has an important traffic potential, according to Christian Heinzmann, the company's General Manager. Tickets for the new destination are already on sale, for prices starting with EUR 155 for a return trip, but with limited seats at this fare. Tarom managed to narrow its losses by a third during the first nine months of 2013, to some EUR 18.4 million. The loss recorded at nine months was 13 percent below the management’s plan. Meanwhile, its turnover was up just one percent, to some EUR 216 million. The company managed to up sales and decrease losses while it carried fewer passengers than during the first nine months of 2012. It carried 2.6 percent less passengers, and operated 188 less regular flights, in total some 12,500 flights during this period. This was due to an improvement in its route network. Tarom, created in 1954, has around 2,000 employees and serves 52 destinations, out of which 9 are domestic ones. editor@romania-insider.com