Cronos Airlines

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]

Cronos Airlines

IATA ICAO Call sign C8[1] CRA[1] CRONOS
Founded	2007
Hubs	Malabo International Airport
Fleet size	5
Destinations	6
Headquarters	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Key people	Andreas Kaïafas, CEO [2][3]
Website	cronosair.com/en/

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^[update]):

• Benin
  • Cotonou - Cadjehoun Airport
• Cameroon
  • Douala - Douala International Airport
• Equatorial Guinea
  • Bata - Bata Airport
  • Malabo - Malabo International Airport
  • Mengomeyén
• Nigeria
  • Port Harcourt - Port Harcourt International Airport
  • Lagos - Murtala Muhammed International Airport
• Ghana
  • Accra - Kotoka International Airport^[7][8]
• Niger
  • Niamey - Diori Hamani International Airport

Fleet

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

Cronos Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers		Notes
			Y	Total
Embraer ERJ 135	2	—
Embraer ERJ 145MP	1	—
Total	3	0

Historical fleet

Cronos Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:

• 1 Avro RJ100^[10]
• 1 BAe 146-300A
• 1 Airbus A319-100^{[citation needed]}
• 2 Embraer ERJ 135LR^[10]