title: Cronos Airlines
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 Eurowings. They later acquired a second 98-seater and a 'certificado de transporte aéreo' (air transport certificate).
  
  ## 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 - Kotoka International Airport
  * Niger
     * Niamey - 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
  