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Romanian Transport Min Eyes Private Management For State Cos

Romanian state-owned companies should have private management, Transport minister Anca Boagiu said Thursday, adding she has not yet appointed a new general manager for airliner Tarom.
Romanian Transport Min Eyes Private Management For State Cos
Mihaela Iacob
24 mart. 2011, 13:05, English

„I’m thinking all state companies should have private management,” Boagiu said on the sidelines of a news conference.

The general manager of Romanian state-owned airline operator Tarom, Ruxandra Brutaru, resigned mid-March.

Ruxandra Brutaru has been the company’s general manager since late-2008. At that time, she was appointed by then transport minister Radu Berceanu to replace Gheorghe Barla.

The social democrats requested Brutaru’s dismissal early-February, citing inadequate management that brought the company to a $100 million loss in 2010.

Tarom is on the list of companies monitored by the International Monetary Fund. The government pledged to privatize the company with a strategic investor when market conditions are right.

The airline operator transported 2.2 million passengers last year, up 24% from 1.77 million in 2009. The company expects to break even in 2011, from a net profit estimated at some RON20 million last year. In 2009, the carrier reported a net loss of 90.99 million lei (EUR1=RON4.1260), despite expectations of a RON760,000 profit.