Private company

Cronos Airlines

Logo: cronosair.com³

Equatoguinean airline

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.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded¹

HeadquartersMalabo¹
Websitewww.cronosair.com

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The story

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).

From Wikipedia’s article on Cronos Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

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Destinations

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

Benin

Cotonou - Cadjehoun Airport

Cameroon

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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

Niger

Niamey - Diori Hamani International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2026, Cronos Airlines operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

As of August 2025, Cronos Airlines operated 1 Embraer ERJ 145 and 1 Embraer 170

Cronos Airlines has previously operated the following aircraft:

1 Avro RJ100

1 BAe 146-300A

1 Airbus A319-100

2 Embraer ERJ 135LR