National carrier TAROM continues its fleet modernization process by naming a new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after Olympic champion Ivan Patzaichin. The decision is part of the airline’s strategy to associate its new aircraft with benchmark figures of Romanian sports.<\/p>\n
The official protocol for the use of the name was signed by TAROM General Manager Cristian Anghel in the presence of Georgiana and Ivona Patzaichin, the wife and daughter of the great athlete. Company representatives emphasized that this initiative connects fleet modernization with values such as performance, discipline, and perseverance. Earlier this year, another new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was named “Mircea Lucescu”. The project began in 2024, when the “Nadia Com\u0103neci” aircraft became the first in the fleet to be named after a Romanian athlete. Founded in 1954 under the authority of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, TAROM has been a member of the SkyTeam alliance since June 25, 2010.<\/p>\n
Which aircraft model will be named after Ivan Patzaichin?<\/strong><\/p>\n The name Ivan Patzaichin will be assigned to a new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in TAROM’s fleet.<\/p>\n Which other Romanian sports figures have TAROM aircraft named after them?<\/strong><\/p>\n TAROM has previously named Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after gymnastics legend Nadia Com\u0103neci and football manager Mircea Lucescu.<\/p>\n When did TAROM join the SkyTeam alliance?<\/strong><\/p>\n TAROM officially became a member of the global airline alliance SkyTeam on June 25, 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National carrier TAROM continues its fleet modernization process by naming a new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after Olympic champion Ivan Patzaichin. The decision is part of the airline’s strategy to associate its new aircraft with benchmark figures of Romanian sports. The official protocol for the use of the name was signed by TAROM General Manager…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":128726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[141],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-128889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity","tag-tarom"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":[{"title":"forbes.ro | 20.08","post_source_url":"https:\/\/www.forbes.ro"}],"post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128889"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=128889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}