Group
Kuwait Airways Corporation
Hub
KWI
Legal
Kuwait Airways Corporation
AWB-Sendungsverfolgung
Offizielle Weiterleitung · kein Datenabruf
Verfolgen Sie eine Kuwait Airways Cargo-Sendung über die offizielle Tracking-Seite. Kuwait Airways Cargo-AWBs beginnen mit Präfix 229.
Frachtportal ruft keine Sendungsdaten ab und speichert die eingegebene AWB nicht.
URL geprüft: 2026-09-17
Cargo hubs & stations
No station list is stored on purpose. The Kuwait Airways destination pages are loaded client-side and could not be read in an automated fetch, so only the hub, Kuwait International Airport (KWI), is documented. According to the carrier, cargo sales outside Kuwait run through general sales agents in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Fleet & capacity
The fleet data come from the cargo section of the airline's website, as retrieved on 17 September 2026. That section names Airbus A320-200, Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777, whereas the corporate profile on the same website lists Airbus A320neo, A321, A330-800neo, A330-900 and Boeing 777-300ER. Because of this contradiction no aircraft counts were adopted.
Boeing 777-300ER
0 · Belly cargo on long-haul services
Type taken from the cargo section of the airline's website; aircraft count not adopted because the same website gives contradictory data. Operated by Kuwait Airways Corporation.
Airbus A330-200
0 · Belly cargo on medium and long-haul services
Type taken from the cargo section of the airline's website; the corporate profile on the same site instead lists A330-800neo and A330-900. Aircraft count therefore not adopted.
Airbus A320-200
0 · Belly cargo on short and medium-haul services
Type taken from the cargo section of the airline's website; the corporate profile on the same site instead lists A320neo and A321. Aircraft count therefore not adopted.
Special cargo
Pharma
Perishables
Dangerous goods
Live animals
Valuables
eawb
Products
Availability may vary by station, route and aircraft type.
Produkte
General cargo
General dry freight handled through the 24/7 cargo facility at Kuwait International Airport.
Produkte
Fresh Products
Cold-chain handling for seafood, flowers and other perishables, with cold stores on site.
Produkte
DG Products
Acceptance by a certified dangerous-goods team under IATA rules, with a dedicated room and radiation detection for radioactive material.
Produkte
Live Products
Handling by a certified live-animal team.
Produkte
Pharma Products
Specialised handling of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments. No IATA CEIV Pharma certification is documented.
Produkte
Courier & CBV Products
Expedited product for urgent documents and spare parts with priority flight allocation.
Kuwait Airways Cargo is the freight division of Kuwait Airways Corporation, the state-owned airline of the State of Kuwait. It uses the IATA designator KU, the ICAO code KAC and AWB prefix 229, and the airline is an IATA member. Decree-law 77/2026 converted Kuwait Airways into a wholly state-owned shareholding company; the Kuwait Investment Authority now exercises the powers of the general assembly and appointed a new board of directors on 6 September 2026. The cargo division operates no freighter aircraft of its own. In its cargo section the carrier lists only passenger types with their lower-deck capacities - Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A330 and Airbus A320 - so shipments travel as belly cargo on scheduled services. All flights are operated by Kuwait Airways Corporation itself. The hub is Kuwait International Airport (KWI). The export and import cargo facility sits directly beside passenger Terminal 4, opened in 2018, and runs around the clock, including public holidays. Equipment includes forklifts, high loaders, X-ray machines, weighing scales and ramp vehicles. Storage covers large cold rooms, ventilated shaded areas and separate rooms for valuables, dangerous goods and radioactive material. Products comprise general cargo, perishables, dangerous goods handled to IATA rules, live animals, temperature-controlled pharmaceuticals and a courier and CBV service. Kuwait Airways states that it accepts electronic air waybills (e-AWB); agents wishing to use it contact the cargo headquarters in Kuwait. Two points matter for forwarders. First, the carrier runs its own shipment tracking on its website, querying prefix and AWB number separately. Second, cargo sales outside Kuwait are handled largely through general sales agents, among others in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, as well as at numerous stations in Asia, the Middle East and Australia. Enquiries therefore normally go to the responsible GSA rather than to the airline directly.
Management
- Abdulwahab Al Shatti · Chief Executive Officer
Milestones
- 2026 · Conversion into a wholly state-owned shareholding company
- 2026 · New board of directors formed by the Kuwait Investment Authority
- 2018 · Dedicated Terminal 4 at Kuwait International Airport
- 1990 · Destruction in the Gulf War and rebuilding
- 1978 · Entry into the wide-body era with the Boeing 747-200
- 1964 · Acquisition of Trans-Arabian Airlines Company
Sources
- Kuwait Airways - Cargo General Information · Cargo products, cargo facility, e-AWB
- IATA - Current Airline Members, Kuwait Airways · Legal name, IATA and ICAO codes, AWB prefix
- Kuwait Airways - Cargo Aircraft Configuration und Fleet-and-ULD.pdf · Fleet types and ULD configuration
- Kuwait Airways - Cargo GSA Contacts · Cargo general sales agents
- Kuwait Airways - Corporate Profile · Company history, ownership, Terminal 4
- U.S. Census Bureau - Air Carrier codes (ac3.txt) · ICAO code KAC and IATA designator KU - independent second source
- IATA Clearing House - Member List Report, Stand 06.08.2026 · AWB prefix 229 and IATA designator KU - second source, IATA Clearing House
- CHAMP Cargosystems - Traxon cargoHUB Airline Connectivity, Stand Juli 2026 · AWB prefix 229 - second source from booking practice