Summary Romania's TAROM has sold its arrival and departure slot at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Qatar Airways. With the new slot, the Qatari carrier plans to operate daily flights using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. As a result, the airline should operate around eight daily flights starting October 27.
TAROM , the flag carrier of Romania, has transferred its London Heathrow Airport (LHR) slots to Qatar Airways for an undisclosed sum. Daily LHR slots As disclosed by Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) on August 14, TAROM has transferred its upcoming winter season slots at LHR to Qatar Airways . The transaction was a sale of the daily slots, the document showed, with the Romanian carrier transferring its slots permanently.
TAROM has been operating its daily flight from LHR to Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP) with an Airbus A318. Furthermore, the Romanian airline’s flight had a scheduled arrival time of 14:05 local (UTC +1) and a scheduled departure time of 14:50. Only 11 of Air France and TAROM's 13 A318s are active.
Changing the arrival and departure time However, Qatar Airways requested to change the arrival and departure times of the landing and takeoff of its flight from LHR to Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH) . Following the transfer, which will become valid on October 27 and will cover the whole International Air Transport Association (IATA) winter season until March 29, 2025, the Qatari airline’s aircraft will arrive at LHR at 23:00 and depart.