Tarom resumes negotiations with Airbus

National airline Tarom yesterday resumed negotiations with French aircraft maker Airbus, as the Romanian operator aims to add four A318 airplanes to its fleet. “Negotiations were suspended during the winter holidays and now they were resumed,” Rodica Odobescu, general manager of the company, said. The two companies “will try to pinpoint mutually advantageous solutions, to be incorporated into an acquisition contract.” The Finance Ministry will secure the loans, as well as the insurance premiums, interests, commissions and the respective costs. ZF