Cronos Airlines is a regional airline headquartered in

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. Cronos Airlines is a passenger and cargo carrier based at Malabo International Airport in

. It operates a service in

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and

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. It is banned from flying in the EU.

History

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

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. They later acquired a second 98-seater and a 'certificado de transporte aéreo' (air transport certificate).

Destinations

Cronos Airlines operates the following services (): * **

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- Cadjehoun Airport * **

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- Douala International Airport * ** Bata - Bata Airport **

- Malabo International Airport ** Mengomeyén * **

Port Harcourt Port Harcourt (Pidgin: ''Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa)'' is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Benin. It lies along the Bonny River and is locate ...

- Port Harcourt International Airport **

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* **

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* **

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- Diori Hamani International Airport

Fleet

The Cronos Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2020):

Historical fleet

Cronos Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft: * 1 Avro RJ100 * 1 BAe 146-300A * 1 Airbus A319-100 * 2 Embraer ERJ 135LR

References

External links

* Airlines banned in the European Union Airlines of Equatorial Guinea Airlines established in 2007 Equatoguinean companies established in 2007 {{africa-airline-stub