TAROM (RO, Bucharest Henri Coanda) has wet leased another A320-200 from Avion Express (X9, Vilnius) to support its capacity needs during the busy IATA summer season, the Lithuanian ACMI provider announced.

According to ch-aviation data, the aircraft in question is the 19.6-year-old LY-NVI (msn 3004), which will be based at Bucharest Henri Coanda for the duration of the contract. Avion Express, in turn, dry leases the aircraft from FTAI Aviation. The 180-seater, economy-class-only airframe previously flew for Bamboo Airways and Etihad Airways, having first been delivered to IndiGo Airlines in 2007.

ADS-B data shows the aircraft was ferried from Vilnius to Bucharest on August 16, 2026. It is currently serving European cities such as Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt International, Athens, Madrid Barajas, and Cluj-Napoca.

LY-NVI replaces another A320-200, LY-NVJ (msn 3050), which TAROM had wet leased from Avion Express for one month until August 15, when it returned to Bucharest.

TAROM already wet leases another A320-200, YR-HAA (msn 2881), from Hello Jets (H3, Bucharest Henri Coanda), ch-aviation data reveals.

The Romanian airline's in-house fleet comprises two owned ATR72-500s (one currently stored and one in maintenance); four ATR72-600s leased from DAE Capital, with three more of the type on order; three B737-700s (two inactive); and four B737-800s leased from Carlyle Aviation Partners, BBAM, and Altavair. TAROM also has nine B737-8s on order, according to ch-aviation data.

ch-aviation has contacted the airline for comment.