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]
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):
- 🇧🇯 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 - Accra International Airport[7][8]
- 🇳🇪 Niger
- Niamey - Diori Hamani International Airport
Fleet
As of August 2025, Cronos Airlines operated the following aircraft:[9]
External links
References
- Cronos Airlines ch-aviation, retrieved 29 January 2017^
- Equatorial Guinea - Andreas Kaïafas, CEO of Cronos Airlines - Worldfolio - AFA PRESS retrieved 2014-09-15^
- Airline's rise contributes to development take-off The Worldfolio, retrieved 20 September 2016^
- Cronos Airlines CAPA Center for Aviation, CAPA, retrieved 20 September 2016^
- The EU Air Safety List - European Commission transport.ec.europa.eu, retrieved 2025-02-07^
- Airlines based in Equatorial Guinea: Cronos Airlines www.airlineupdate.com, retrieved 2017-09-13^
- Admin. Cronos Airlines Commences Commercial Flight To Accra News Ghana, 2016-10-31, retrieved 2017-02-19^
- Myjoyonline.com. Cronos Airlines starts operations in Ghana 2016-10-31, retrieved 2017-02-19^
- Global Airline Guide 2025 - Cronos Airlines Airliner World, September 2025^
- Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One) Airliner World^