Jaro was a charter

Charter

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 airline

Airline

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 based at Aurel Vlaicu International Airport

Aurel Vlaicu International Airport

-Terminated destinations:-See also:*Aviation in Romania*Transport in Romania*Blue Air-External links:**...

 in Bucharest

Bucharest

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, Romania

Romania

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, and operated from 1991 to 2001, when it was liquided by bankruptcy.

History

Jaro started operations in 1991 at Aurel Vlaicu International Airport

Aurel Vlaicu International Airport

-Terminated destinations:-See also:*Aviation in Romania*Transport in Romania*Blue Air-External links:**...

, Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

 second airport

Airport

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, with one Boeing 707

Boeing 707

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. In the same year, Jaro International started services to JFK International Airport, being the first Romanian airline apart TAROM

TAROM

S.C. Compania Națională de Transporturi Aeriene Române TAROM S.A., doing business as TAROM Romanian Air Transport, is the flag carrier and oldest currently operating airline of Romania. The brand name is an acronym for...

 to fly over the Atlantic. In July 1997 the airline introduced weekly flights between Aurel Vlaicu International Airport

Aurel Vlaicu International Airport

-Terminated destinations:-See also:*Aviation in Romania*Transport in Romania*Blue Air-External links:**...

-Montreal-Mirabel International Airport

Montréal-Mirabel International Airport

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 and Aurel Vlaicu International Airport-Toronto Pearson International Airport

Toronto Pearson International Airport

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, where they stayed until 2000, when they renounced these routes because of the high competition of Tarom which was operating at Dorval and Pearson. In September 2001, the airline declared bankruptcy and made its last long haul flight and its last one from New York

New York

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.

Services

In July 1997, Jaro was flying to 3 intercontinental destinations and 17 European destinations :

North America

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: Montreal

Montreal

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, New York

New York

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 and Toronto

Toronto

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Europe

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: Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

, Düsseldorf

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, Vienna

Vienna

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, Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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, Girona

Girona

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, Hanover

Hanover

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, London

London

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, Ostend

Ostend

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 (cargo only), Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Skopje

Skopje

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, Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca

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, Berlin

Berlin

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, Malta

Malta

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, Cologne

Cologne

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, Southend (cargo only), Stockholm

Stockholm

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