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Cronos Airlines

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Cronos Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
C8[1] CRA[1] CRONOS
Founded2007
HubsMalabo International Airport
Fleet size5
Destinations6
HeadquartersMalabo, Equatorial Guinea
Key peopleAndreas Kaïafas, CEO [2][3]
Websitecronosair.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]

History

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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

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

Fleet

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

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Cronos Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Airline's rise contributes to development take-off". The Worldfolio. 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. ^ "Airlines based in Equatorial Guinea: Cronos Airlines". www.airlineupdate.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  6. ^ Admin (2016-10-31). "Cronos Airlines Commences Commercial Flight To Accra". News Ghana. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  7. ^ Myjoyonline.com (2016-10-31). "Cronos Airlines starts operations in Ghana". Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  8. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 13.
  9. ^ a b "Cronos Airlines Historic Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  10. ^ a b "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 13.
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