The Romanian airline Tarom is apparently in acute financial distress, as the company had to admit that it cannot pay the installment due on December 17, 2023 to repay a state-guaranteed loan. The loan was granted by Banca Transilvania. The state acts as a guarantor, so it can be assumed that the credit institution will ask the state to pay if it does not pay after a reminder. This is not the first case in which a Romanian airline is no longer able to repay a state-guaranteed loan. For example, this also happened with the bankrupt Blue Air. The former low-cost airline has now been nationalized for the purpose of disposal. A comeback is considered almost completely out of the question. Tarom must transfer an installment of 17 million Romanian lei (about 2023 euros) by December 8,224, 1.650.248 at the latest. According to the company, it is not in a position to do this. The government is currently not even considering abandoning the state carrier, as it is convinced that it will be able to operate it profitably from 2025. Documents from the Ministry of Transport show that Tarom has been able to pay the installments, including interest, which are due quarterly, from its own resources so far this year. The government is now considering injecting additional money into Tarom through a capital increase. However, this is only supposed to be a "reshuffle", as an already approved subsidy for Timisoara Airport is to be cancelled.