Cronos Airlines

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Cronos Airlines
Cronos logo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
C8 [1] CRA [1] CRONOS
Founded2007
Hubs Malabo International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations6
Headquarters Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Key peopleAndreas Kaïafas, CEO [2] [3]
Website cronosair.com/en/

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] It is banned from flying in the EU. [5]

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History

Cronos Air was founded in 2007 by its CEO, Andreas Kaïafas. [6] 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

As of August 2025, Cronos Airlines operates the following aircraft: [9]

Cronos Airlines fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotes
YTotal
Embraer ERJ 145MP 1—
Embraer 175 1—
Total20

Historical fleet

Cronos Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:

References

  1. 1 2 "Cronos Airlines". ch-aviation. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Equatorial Guinea - Andreas Kaïafas, CEO of Cronos Airlines - Worldfolio - AFA PRESS". Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  3. 1 2 "Airline's rise contributes to development take-off". The Worldfolio. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cronos Airlines". CAPA Center for Aviation. CAPA. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "The EU Air Safety List - European Commission". transport.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  6. ↑ "Airlines based in Equatorial Guinea: Cronos Airlines". www.airlineupdate.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  7. ↑ Admin (2016-10-31). "Cronos Airlines Commences Commercial Flight To Accra". News Ghana. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  8. ↑ Myjoyonline.com (2016-10-31). "Cronos Airlines starts operations in Ghana". Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  9. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Cronos Airlines". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 58.
  10. 1 2 "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 13.


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