TAROM is proud of a long and distinguished record in worldwide commercial aviation. Our long-standing experience in commercial aviation can be traced back to TAROM 's earliest corporate predecessors. Thanks to their pioneering initiatives and efforts, TAROM was able to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2004. In 1954, September 18, TAROM Romanian Air Transport was founded. Six years later, TAROM was operating to almost all European countries. In 1966 TAROM flew its first flight across the Atlantic and had introduced by 1974 scheduled flights to New York. That same year, TAROM also inaugurated its services to Beijing. Another first in 1974 was TAROM's maiden flight from Bucharest to Sydney, via Calcutta.