A place you see is a place you can call your own

Having experienced flying with a good number of European airlines so far and being a frequent-flyer ”freak” (read: card owner) I have to admit that I was pretty apprehensive about flying TAROM some days ago. After all, I am Romanian and therefore the first to criticize (and also value) the products that my home country presents to the world.

I was surprised, to my shame, to be received and treated with the outmost politeness by the flight-attendant and the flight was excellent, safe and in time. Well, I never doubted the proficiency of the pilots, to be honest, as we have been pioneers in this field, to name only Aurel Vlaicu. … OK, the sandwiches were very dry, but at least they were onion-free and I would prefer brewed coffee instead of hot water and instant coffee, but I trust they are constantly working in improving their customer service.

TAROM has just finished in December 2010 their first ever image campaign, which was about time to happen, considering they’ve been operating for 56 years already. The title of this blog entry is their slogan and their belief, promoting values such as “you are what you are, and not what you own” and “we want to go back to the true things that make our life beautiful: experiences, memories we share with our family and friends”.

Another big cornerstone for this airline company was in 2010, when they joined the SkyTeam Alliance, which is a win-win-win situation, meaning that TAROM gets prestige and visibility, whilst rising and keeping the same standards as the more popular airline companies in the alliance, SkyTeam expands their market share and customers benefit from all of the above, plus Flying Blue-miles for every flight with TAROM. Have I mentioned about my frequent-flyer obsession yet? :D

All in all, I recommend to any and all of you to fly TAROM with confidence, you will get good value for the money (as long as the price is within your budget) and I sincerely salute this airline company for their efforts and wish them to keep true to their beliefs and work, work, work to achieve progress and improve far beyond their dreams.  

O.