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Romanians are looking for second-hand aircraft on the market:
TAROM withdraws Baby Bus A318, deliveries of Boeing 737 MAX are delayed
TAROM has ordered five B737 MAX aircraft directly from Boeing,
but due to recent production delays,
they should not be expected to be delivered before 2026.
The Romanian airline company TAROM ( Compania Națională de Transporturi Aeriene Române TAROM SA - RO)
with headquarters at Henni Koanda International Airport near Bucharest (OTP)
plans to decommission all four Airbus A318 aircraft in 2024 ,
but has not yet made a final decision. about replacement.
This information was confirmed by the now former general director of the company, Bogdan Popescu,
in his farewell address to the employees.
"There are several scenarios on when and how to replace these aircraft.
The fleet capacity in the market is currently limited
and the operational needs of the company in 2024 are significant," Popescu said.
As early as 2021, this carrier offered half of its fleet for sale,
including all four Airbus A318-100s,
the portal Simple Flying at that time, there was no interest
At the time, the asking price for the A318 was between $6,518,617 and $6,868.54, according to ch-aviation .
The company has a total of 14 aircraft in operational use :
two Airbus A318,
two ATR72-500 and
two ATR72-600,
four Boeing B737-700,
four B737-800 and expects to deliver
three ATR72-600 and is determined to replace
the Airbus A318 aircraft that put into service in 2006 and 2007 with two Boeing B737 MAX.
This type of aircraft, the smallest and shortest of the Airbus A320 family, is used in regular passenger traffic only by Air France.
Although the Airbus A318 was intended for airports with very short runways ,
it failed to make a breakthrough in the market.
Only 80 of these aircraft were made ,
which in the aviation world was also nicknamed BabyBus because of its "size".
The A318s that fly today, except for Tarom and Air France,
are mostly Airbus Corporate Jet variants,
equipped as business jets and used in non-scheduled "VIP" traffic.