Cronos Airlines

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Cronos Airlines
Cronos logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
C8 [1] CRA [1] CRONOS
Founded2007
Hubs Malabo International Airport
Fleet size5
Destinations6
Headquarters Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Key peopleAndreas Kaïafas, CEO [2] [3]
Website cronosair.com

Cronos Airlines is a regional airline headquartered in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Cronos Airlines is a passenger and cargo carrier based at Malabo International Airport in Equatorial Guinea. It operates a service in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Benin and Nigeria. [4]

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History

Cronos Air was founded in 2007 by its CEO, Andreas Kaïafas. [5] It started operations in 2008, Cronos was created in 2008, with a small 19-seater and a license to operate for six months. It was a provisional license. They came back with a 30-seater at the end of 2009 and by July 2010 they had a 92-seater, the BA-146, which was operating in Germany before with Eurowings. They later acquired a second 98-seater and a 'certificado de transporte aéreo' (air transport certificate). [3]

Destinations

Cronos Airlines operates the following services (as of 19 February 2016):

Fleet

The Cronos Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2020): [8] [9]

Cronos Airlines fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotes
YTotal
Embraer ERJ 135 2
Embraer ERJ 145MP 1
Total30

Historical fleet

Cronos Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:

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