RwandAir Cargo
Hub
KGL
Since
2002
Legal
RwandAir Ltd.
AWB-Sendungsverfolgung
Offizielle Weiterleitung · kein Datenabruf
Verfolgen Sie eine RwandAir Cargo-Sendung über die offizielle Tracking-Seite. RwandAir Cargo-AWBs beginnen mit Präfix 459.
Frachtportal ruft keine Sendungsdaten ab und speichert die eingegebene AWB nicht.
URL geprüft: 2026-09-17
Cargo hubs & stations
The freighter stations Sharjah, Dubai Al Maktoum and Djibouti come from RwandAir's release of 10 June 2024 and have not been reconfirmed since. The remaining stations are passenger network destinations on which belly capacity is sold; the reference is the carrier's own route list, retrieved 17 September 2026. Further passenger destinations without their own record: Accra, Bujumbura, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Harare, Kamembe, Kilimanjaro, Lagos, Libreville, Lusaka, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Doha and Paris.
Fleet & capacity
The carrier's own fleet page is undated and does not list the freighter; aircraft counts are therefore deliberately left empty. Specialist databases differ from the carrier's figures.
Boeing 737-800SF
1 · Dedicated freighter based in Kigali, the carrier's first cargo aircraft
Source: RwandAir release of 24 November 2022 on delivery of its first freighter. The carrier's own fleet page does not list the type.
Airbus A330-200
0 · Long haul, belly cargo
Source: carrier fleet page, retrieved 17 September 2026. Count deliberately left empty because the page is undated and diverges from specialist databases.
Airbus A330-300
0 · Long haul, belly cargo
Source: carrier fleet page, retrieved 17 September 2026. Count deliberately left empty because the page is undated and diverges from specialist databases.
Boeing 737-800
0 · Regional and medium haul, belly cargo
Source: carrier fleet page, retrieved 17 September 2026. Count deliberately left empty because the page is undated and diverges from specialist databases.
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400
0 · Short haul and feeder, belly cargo
Source: carrier fleet page, retrieved 17 September 2026, listed there as Bombardier Q-400 Next Gen. Count deliberately left empty.
Special cargo
Pharma
Dangerous goods
Live animals
Perishables
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Products
Availability may vary by station, route and aircraft type.
Produkte
General Cargo (GENCO)
Routine shipments without special handling: textiles, footwear, automotive and aircraft spares, consumer goods, industrial materials.
Produkte
Perishable Cargo (PER)
Time-critical and temperature-sensitive goods: fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, fish and seafood, meat, dairy, eggs, human organs for transplant. Under IATA Perishable Cargo Regulations.
Produkte
Pharmaceutical Cargo (PHARMA)
Four temperature ranges: COL +2 to +8 degrees, CRT +15 to +25 degrees, ERT +2 to +25 degrees, FRO frozen. Passive and active containers, 24/7 support, under IATA TCR and DGR and GDP.
Services
Courier Services
Urgent shipments under a Courier Baggage Voucher (CBV): business correspondence, corporate courier consignments, e-commerce parcels, confidential documents, small commercial shipments.
Services
Mail Services
Mail for postal administrations, government bodies, diplomatic missions and authorised operators under UPU standards: letter mail, EMS, registered mail, diplomatic mail, official correspondence, dispatch bags.
Produkte
Dangerous Goods (DG)
Permitted dangerous goods on passenger and cargo aircraft under IATA DGR and ICAO Technical Instructions. Acceptance subject to operator limitations and government approvals.
Produkte
Live Animals (AVI)
Domesticated or non-harmful animals only, in IATA-compliant containers, with veterinary and vaccination records and advance booking. Under IATA Live Animals Regulations, CITES for protected species.
Services
Repatriation Services
Transport of the deceased, coffined or cremated, under the IATA Compassionate Transportation Manual. Documents include death certificate, embalming certificate, passport, burial or transit permit and consular authorisation; hermetically sealed zinc or iron coffin in a wooden outer crate.
Produkte
Valuable Cargo (VAL)
High-value and security-sensitive shipments: gold and precious metals, platinum, banknotes and securities. Enhanced security procedures and restricted-access handling under AVSEC and national export controls.
RwandAir Cargo is the freight arm of RwandAir Ltd., the state-owned national airline of Rwanda, based at Kigali International Airport (KGL). There is no separate cargo carrier: the air operator certificate and the air waybill sit with the passenger airline. The company began operations on 1 December 2002 as Rwandair Express and has traded under the RwandAir brand since March 2009. The operating model has two parts. The larger share of capacity is belly cargo on the passenger fleet, which serves some twenty destinations in West, Central, East and Southern Africa plus Brussels, London, Paris, Dubai and Doha from Kigali (carrier route list, retrieved 17 September 2026). On top of that comes a dedicated freighter, in service since 24 November 2022: a converted Boeing 737-800SF in the carrier's own cargo livery, based in Kigali. On 10 June 2024 RwandAir Cargo added Dubai Al Maktoum (DWC) and Djibouti (JIB) to the freighter network with this aircraft, Djibouti from 17 June 2024 twice weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays; Sharjah (SHJ) had previously been the first freighter destination in the United Arab Emirates. The freighter network thus covered seven destinations in Africa and the Middle East. No more recent confirmation of the network's extent is available from primary sources. For forwarders the identifiers are IATA WB, ICAO RWD and AWB prefix 459; air waybills start with 459-. Booking cut-off is 96 hours before departure on direct flights and 72 hours on transit flights. Products cover general cargo, perishables, pharmaceuticals with four temperature ranges (COL +2 to +8 degrees, CRT +15 to +25 degrees, ERT +2 to +25 degrees, FRO frozen), courier, mail under UPU standards, dangerous goods, live animals, valuables and repatriation of human remains. Shipment tracking runs through the carrier's own tracking page.
Management
- Yvonne Manzi Makolo · Chief Executive Officer
Milestones
- 2024 · Freighter network extended to Dubai Al Maktoum and Djibouti
- 2022 · First dedicated freighter, a Boeing 737-800SF
- 2009 · RwandAir brand registered
- 2002 · Operations start as Rwandair Express
Sources
- RwandAir Cargo Services (offizielle Frachtseite) · Products, acceptance conditions, contact
- IATA Current Airline Members - RwandAir · Legal name, IATA designator, ICAO code, airline code 459
- RwandAir - Mitteilung vom 10.06.2024 zum Frachternetz Dubai und Dschibuti · Freighter network, frequencies, cargo management
- RwandAir - Mitteilung vom 24.11.2022 zur ersten Frachtmaschine · Boeing 737-800SF, based in Kigali
- SKYbrary (EUROCONTROL) - Operator RwandAir · Second source for IATA WB, ICAO RWD, callsign RWANDAIR
- RwandAir - Who we are · Start of operations 1 December 2002, brand change March 2009, self-declared certifications