State-run airline Tarom carried 2.2 million people last year,430,000 more than in 2009, which accounts for an about 25% increaseon 2009.
"We ended 2010 in the red, with losses probably as high as in2009," Ruxandra Brutaru, general manager of Tarom, told ZF. Thestate-run airline representatives later explained ZF that they hadyet to finalise their 2010 financial results estimates.
"We have not closed the accounting books of 2010 yet, therefore wedo not have a final financial report. We will go public with thisinformation as soon as we have all the data available," Taromrepresentatives answered in reply to ZF's questions.
Tarom ended 2009 with 55.8 million euros in losses, the heaviestlosses of the past decade and 193 million euros in turnover.
On the other hand the latest revised draft of the state-runcompany's budget published this week and set to be approved by theGovernment shows Tarom's profit set at 53 million RON (12.5 millioneuros) in 2010. The officials of the company and of the TransportMinistry had not provided clarifications as to the losses of thecompany in 2010 by edition close.
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