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Cronus Airlines

Greek airline

Cronus Airlines was a Greek airline based in Athens. scheduled as well as chartered flights using a fleet of Boeing 737-300 & 400 aircraft.2 It ceased to exist in 2001.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1994Founded1
  • HeadquartersAthens1

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Cronus Airlines Boeing 737-300 JetPix
Photo: Torsten Maiwald, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons4

Cronus Airlines was a Greek airline based in Athens. It operated2

The story

Cronus Airlines was established in 1994 by Ret. Air Force fighter pilot Captain Theodore Kokmotos, started operation in 1995 with a single aircraft that flew flights targeting expat

traffic between Greece and Germany as well as chartered flights to popular tourist

destinations. Two years later, Cronus leased more aircraft and expanded its network,

gradually becoming the largest privately owned airline in Greece. In late December 1998,

the Laskaridis family who own a large fleet of refrigerator ships, acquired

a controlling 55% stake in Cronus. In spring 2001, a code-share agreement was signed with

Aegean Airlines and a few months later Cronus' aircraft were painted in Aegean's livery

carrying an AEGEANCronus logo. Eventually, Cronus was fully acquired by Aegean in October

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2001 and its owners obtained a minority share in Aegean.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cronus Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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Destinations

Cronus Airlines operated scheduled services from/to the following cities:

Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Chania, Rhodes, Kavala and Alexandroupolis.

International destinations:

London, Paris, Rome, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne and Düsseldorf.

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In general terms, flights to London, Paris and Rome were operated from Athens, while those to Germany were mostly continuations of the domestic flights to Salonica, therefore passengers from Athens to German destinations would fly to Salonica and then remain on the same plane for the leg to Germany. There were also flights between Stuttgart and Kavala.

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Historic Fleet

Starting in 2001, all these aircraft were transferred to Aegean Airlines upon its merger with Cronus Airlines.

The historical fleet of Cronus Airlines is detailed below:

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Timeline

  1. 2001Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1994Founded Founded1

Sources

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