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AWB airline prefix list

An AWB prefix is the 3-digit code at the start of an air waybill number. It identifies the airline that issued the number: 020 is Lufthansa Cargo and 176 is Emirates. The 8 digits after the prefix are the serial, and the last of them is the mod-7 check digit. Work it out with the AWB check digit calculator.

The table below lists the prefix, the IATA and ICAO airline codes and the country of each IATA member airline. Search it by any of them.

Reading an AWB number

020-12345675

020: Airline prefixThe issuing airline: Lufthansa Cargo
1234567: SerialThe first 7 digits of the 8-digit serial
5: Check digit1234567 ÷ 7 leaves remainder 5

Figure 1 — The three parts of 020-12345675.

01 / The list

AWB prefixes by airline

AWB prefixes of the 352 IATA member airlines, sorted by prefix
Prefix	Airline	IATA code	ICAO code	Country
001	American Airlines	AA	AAL	United States
002	La Compagnie	B0	DJT	France
006	Delta Air Lines	DL	DAL	United States
010	SkyUp Airlines	PQ	SQP	Ukraine
014	Air Canada	AC	ACA	Canada
016	United Airlines	UA	UAL	United States
017	Fly Baghdad	IF	FBA	Iraq
018	Juneyao Airlines	HO	DKH	China (People's Republic of)
020	Lufthansa Cargo	LH	GEC	Germany
021	Carpatair	V3	KRP	Romania
023	FedEx Express	FX	FDX	United States
027	Alaska Airlines	AS	ASA	United States
030	Vueling	VY	VLG	Spain
031	Precision Air	PW	PRF	Tanzania, United Republic of
032	ASKY	KP	SKK	Togo
034	TUS Airways	U8	CYF	Cyprus
035	LATAM Airlines Colombia	4C	ARE	Colombia
036	Volaris	Y4	VOI	Mexico
040	Camair-Co	QC	CRC	Cameroon
044	Aerolineas Argentinas	AR	ARG	Argentina
045	LATAM Airlines Group	LA	LAN	Chile
047	TAP Air Portugal	TP	TAP	Portugal
050	Olympic Air	OA	OAL	Greece
053	Aer Lingus	EI	EIN	Ireland
055	ITA Airways	AZ	ITY	Italy
057	Air France	AF	AFR	France
059	GetJet Airlines	GW\*	GJT	Lithuania
061	Air Seychelles	HM	SEY	Seychelles
063	Aircalin	SB	ACI	New Caledonia
065	Saudi Arabian Airlines	SV	SVA	Saudi Arabia
068	LAM	TM	LAM	Mozambique
070	Syrianair	RB	SYR	Syrian Arab Republic
071	Ethiopian Airlines	ET	ETH	Ethiopia
072	Gulf Air	GF	GFA	Bahrain
074	KLM	KL	KLM	Netherlands
075	IBERIA	IB	IBE	Spain
076	MEA	ME	MEA	Lebanon
077	Egyptair	MS	MSR	Egypt
078	Cyprus Airways	CY	CYP	Cyprus
079	Philippine Airlines	PR	PAL	Philippines
080	LOT Polish Airlines	LO	LOT	Poland
081	Qantas	QF	QFA	Australia
082	Brussels Airlines	SN	BEL	Belgium
083	South African Airways	SA	SAA	South Africa
086	Air New Zealand	NZ	ANZ	New Zealand
088	Xizang Airlines	TV	TBA	China (People's Republic of)
096	Iran Air	IR	IRA	Iran, Islamic Republic of
097	White coloured by you	WI	WHT	Portugal
098	Air India	AI	AIC	India
101	Air Dolomiti	EN	DLA	Italy
104	Eurowings	EW	EWG	Germany
105	Finnair	AY	FIN	Finland
106	Caribbean Airlines	BW	BWA	Trinidad and Tobago
108	Icelandair	FI	ICE	Iceland
110	AlMasria Universal Airlines	UJ	LMU	Egypt
111	Bahamasair	UP	BHS	Bahamas
112	China Cargo Airlines	CK	CKK	China (People's Republic of)
114	EL AL	LY	ELY	Israel
115	Air Serbia	JU	ASL	Serbia
117	SAS	SK	SAS	Sweden
118	TAAG Angola Airlines	DT	DTA	Angola
120	Air Koryo	JS	KOR	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
122	Riyadh Air	RX	RXI	Saudi Arabia
123	Nauru Airlines	ON	RON	Australia
124	Air Algérie	AH	DAH	Algeria
125	British Airways	BA	BAW	United Kingdom
126	Garuda Indonesia	GA	GIA	Indonesia
127	GOL Linhas Aereas	G3	GLO	Brazil
128	Hong Kong Express Airways	UO	HKE	Hong Kong (SAR), China
129	Martinair Cargo	MP	MPH	Netherlands
130	FLYONE	5F	FIA	Moldova, Republic of
131	Japan Airlines	JL	JAL	Japan
133	Avianca Costa Rica	LR	LRC	Costa Rica
134	Avianca	AV	AVA	Colombia
135	Air Tahiti	VT	VTA	French Polynesia
136	Cubana	CU	CUB	Cuba
139	Aeromexico	AM	AMX	Mexico
141	flydubai	FZ	FDB	United Arab Emirates
145	LATAM Cargo Chile	UC	LCO	Chile
146	Air Corsica	XK	CCM	France
147	Royal Air Maroc	AT	RAM	Morocco
149	Luxair	LG	LGL	Luxembourg
151	Jordan Aviation	R5	JAV	Jordan
155	DHL Air (Bahrain)	ES\*	DHX	Bahrain
157	Qatar Airways	QR	QTR	Qatar
160	Cathay Pacific	CX	CPA	Hong Kong (SAR), China
169	Hahnair	HR\*	HHN	Germany
172	Cargolux	CV	CLX	Luxembourg
173	Hawaiian Airlines	HA	HAL	United States
176	Emirates	EK	UAE	United Arab Emirates
180	Korean Air	KE	KAL	Korea, Republic of
181	Arajet	DM	DWI	Dominican Republic
182	Iberojet	6O	OBS	Portugal
188	Air Cambodia	K6	KHV	Cambodia
189	STARLUX Airlines	JX	SJX	Chinese Taipei
190	Air Caledonie	TY	TPC	New Caledonia
193	Solomon Airlines	IE	SOL	Solomon Islands
195	Rossiya Airlines	FV	SDM	Russian Federation
197	Air Tanzania	TC	ATC	Tanzania, United Republic of
199	Tunisair	TU	TAR	Tunisia
202	TACA	TA	TAI	El Salvador
203	Cebu Pacific	5J	CEB	Philippines
204	AJet	VF	TKJ	Türkiye
205	ANA	NH	ANA	Japan
211	PAL Express	2P	GAP	Philippines
214	Pakistan International Airlines	PK	PIA	Pakistan
216	Nordwind Airlines	N4	NWS	Russian Federation
217	Thai Airways International	TG	THA	Thailand
220	Lufthansa	LH	DLH	Germany
221	Swiftair	WT	SWT	Spain
225	CemAir	5Z	KEM	South Africa
229	Kuwait Airways	KU	KAC	Kuwait
230	COPA Airlines	CM	CMP	Panama
232	Malaysia Airlines	MH	MAS	Malaysia
235	Turkish Airlines	TK	THY	Türkiye
236	Air India Express	IX	AXB	India
238	Arkia Israeli Airlines	IZ	AIZ	Israel
239	Air Mauritius	MK	MAU	Mauritius
244	Air Tahiti Nui	TN	THT	French Polynesia
246	Clic Air	VE	EFY	Colombia
250	Uzbekistan Airways	HY	UZB	Uzbekistan
257	Austrian	OS	AUA	Austria
258	Madagascar Airlines	MD	MGY	Madagascar
260	Fiji Airways	FJ	FJI	Fiji
262	Ural Airlines	U6	SVR	Russian Federation
263	Southwind Airlines	2S	STW	Türkiye
264	Air Vanuatu	NF	AVN	Vanuatu
275	APG Airlines	GP	RIV	France
276	Braathens Regional Airways	TF\*	BRX	Sweden
277	FlyGabon	J7	ABS	Gabon
279	JetBlue	B6	JBU	United States
281	TAROM	RO	ROT	Romania
283	Greater Bay Airlines	HB	HGB	Hong Kong (SAR), China
288	Air Hong Kong	LD	AHK	Hong Kong (SAR), China
289	MIAT Mongolian Airlines	OM	MGL	Mongolia
297	China Airlines	CI	CAL	Chinese Taipei
298	UTair	UT	UTA	Russian Federation
299	Ruili Airlines	DR	RLH	China (People's Republic of)
310	Thai Lion Air	SL	TLM	Thailand
312	IndiGo	6E	IGO	India
316	Smartavia	5N	AUL	Russian Federation
318	Air Atlanta Icelandic	CC	ABD	Iceland
324	Shandong Airlines	SC	CDG	China (People's Republic of)
325	Nile Air	NP	NIA	Egypt
330	Airline GEO SKY	D4	GEL	Georgia
331	Azores Airlines	S4	RZO	Portugal
334	Fastjet Zimbabwe	FN	FJW	Zimbabwe
337	Sun Country Airlines	SY	SCX	United States
350	Air Premia	YP	APZ	Korea, Republic of
353	Japan Transocean Air	NU	JTA	Japan
355	Estafeta Cargo	E7	ESF	Mexico
362	RusLine	7R	RLU	Russian Federation
365	FlexFlight	W2	FXT	Denmark
367	Badr Airlines	J4	BDR	Sudan
369	Atlas Air	5Y	GTI	United States
381	Air Cairo	SM	MSC	Egypt
384	Kam Air	RQ	KMF	Afghanistan
386	BBN Airlines	B5	BBT	Türkiye
390	Aegean Airlines	A3	AEE	Greece
394	Africa World Airlines	AW	AFW	Ghana
395	Corendon Airlines	XC	CAI	Türkiye
396	French Bee	BF	FBU	France
400	Air Montenegro	4O	MNE	Montenegro
402	GlobalX	G6	GXA	United States
403	Polar Air Cargo	PO	PAC	United States
404	Blue Bird Airways	BZ	BBG	Greece
406	UPS Airlines	5X	UPS	United States
408	Poste Air Cargo	M4	MSA	Italy
411	TAG Airlines	5U	TGU	Guatemala
413	Somon Air	SZ	SMR	Tajikistan
415	PopulAir	HP	APF	Sweden
416	National Airlines	N8	NCR	United States
419	Aeroitalia	XZ	AEZ	Italy
421	S7 Airlines	S7	SBI	Russian Federation
422	Frontier Airlines	F9	FFT	United States
427	Air Caraibes	TX	FWI	Guadeloupe
433	Privilege Style	P6	PVG	Spain
441	Link Airways	FC	—	Australia
444	ULS Airlines Cargo	GO\*	KZU	Türkiye
445	Paranair	ZP	AZP	Paraguay
448	Lufthansa City Airlines	VL	LHX	Germany
451	Porter Airlines	PD	POE	Canada
459	RwandAir	WB	RWD	Rwanda
460	Wamos Air	EB	PLM	Spain
462	LATAM Airlines Ecuador	XL	LNE	Ecuador
465	Air Astana	KC	KZR	Kazakhstan
474	Binter Canarias	NT	IBB	Spain
476	NordStar	Y7	TYA	Russian Federation
477	Nesma Airlines	NE	NMA	Egypt
479	Shenzhen Airlines	ZH	CSZ	China (People's Republic of)
486	Jazeera Airways	J9	JZR	Kuwait
489	Cargojet Airways	W8	CJT	Canada
490	Air Senegal	HC	SZN	Senegal
491	Iran Airtour Airline	B9	IRB	Iran, Islamic Republic of
495	Mauritania Airlines International	L6	MAI	Mauritania
501	Silk Way West Airlines	7L	AZG	Azerbaijan
505	PAS	UF	PER	Egypt
512	Royal Jordanian	RJ	RJA	Jordan
514	Air Arabia	G9	ABY	United Arab Emirates
515	Domestic Airlines	SF	DTH	Algeria
516	Akasa Air	QP	AKJ	India
521	Airhub Airlines	RE	GJM	Malta
525	UNI AIR	B7	UIA	Chinese Taipei
526	Southwest Airlines	WN	SWA	United States
544	LATAM Airlines Peru	LP	LPE	Peru
547	Avianca Ecuador	2K	GLG	Ecuador
549	LATAM Cargo Brasil	M3	LTG	Brazil
551	EuroAtlantic Airways	YU	MMZ	Portugal
555	Aeroflot	SU	AFL	Russian Federation
558	ASL Airlines France	5O	FPO	France
559	Overland Airways	OF	OLA	Nigeria
560	flyadeal	F3	FAD	Saudi Arabia
564	SunExpress	XQ	SXS	Türkiye
577	Azul Brazilian Airlines	AD	AZU	Brazil
581	Chair Airlines	CS	CSW	Switzerland
593	Flynas	XY	KNE	Saudi Arabia
596	Nok Air	DD	NOK	Thailand
599	Myanmar Airways International	8M	MMA	Myanmar
603	SriLankan Airlines	UL	ALK	Sri Lanka
605	SKY Airline	H2	SKU	Chile
606	Georgian Airways	A9	TGZ	Georgia
607	Etihad Airways	EY	ETD	United Arab Emirates
610	Air Astra	2A	AWA	Bangladesh
615	European Air Transport	QY	BCS	Germany
617	TUIfly	X3	TUI	Germany
618	Singapore Airlines	SQ	SIA	Singapore
619	JD Airlines	JG	JDL	China (People's Republic of)
623	Bulgaria Air	FB	LZB	Bulgaria
624	Pegasus Airlines	PC	PGT	Türkiye
627	Lao Airlines	QV	LAO	Lao PDR
629	Citilink	QG	CTV	Indonesia
631	Air Greenland	GL	GRL	Greenland
633	Sky express	GQ	SEH	Greece
636	Air Botswana	BP	BOT	Botswana
640	Safair	FA	SFR	South Africa
643	KM Malta Airlines	KM	KMM	Malta
649	Air Transat	TS	TSC	Canada
655	SCAT Airlines	DV	VSV	Kazakhstan
656	Air Niugini	PX	ANG	Papua New Guinea
657	Air Baltic	BT	BTI	Latvia
659	Proflight Zambia	P0	PFZ	Zambia
663	Plus Ultra	PU	PUE	Spain
665	Myanmar National Airlines	UB	UBA	Myanmar
666	Fuzhou Airlines	FU	FZA	China (People's Republic of)
668	Scoot	TR	TGW	Singapore
672	Royal Brunei	BI	RBA	Brunei Darussalam
675	Air Macau	NX	AMU	Macao (SAR), China
682	Loganair	LM	LOG	United Kingdom
683	Lufthansa CityLine	CL	CLH	Germany
689	CityJet	WX	BCY	Ireland
692	LATAM Airlines Paraguay	PZ	LAP	Paraguay
693	Discover Airlines	4Y	OCN	Germany
694	Air Nostrum	YW	ANE	Spain
695	EVA Air	BR	EVA	Chinese Taipei
698	Global Airways and Lift	GE	GBB	South Africa
700	Challenge Airlines (IL)	5C	ICL	Israel
701	Wideroe	WF	WIF	Norway
703	Neos	NO	NOS	Italy
706	Kenya Airways	KQ	KQA	Kenya
710	Air Peace	P4	APK	Nigeria
712	Volotea	V7	VOE	Spain
716	MNG Airlines	MB	MNB	Türkiye
718	Jin Air	LJ	JNA	Korea, Republic of
722	Trinity Airways	TW	TWB	Korea, Republic of
724	SWISS	LX	SWR	Switzerland
730	Air Guilin	GT	CGH	China (People's Republic of)
731	Xiamen Airlines	MF	CXA	China (People's Republic of)
734	Mavi Gök Airlines (MGA)	4M	MGH	Türkiye
737	SATA Air Acores	SP	SAT	Portugal
738	Vietnam Airlines	VN	HVN	Vietnam
744	Challenge Airlines (BE)	X7	CHG	Belgium
749	Airlink	4Z	LNK	South Africa
756	ASL Airlines Belgium	3V	TAY	Belgium
760	Air Austral	UU	REU	France
767	Atlantic Airways	RC	FLI	Faroe Islands
768	Tailwind Airlines	TI\*	TWI	Türkiye
769	Himalaya Airlines	H9	HIM	Nepal
770	Ikar	EO	KAR	Russian Federation
771	Azerbaijan Airlines	J2	AHY	Azerbaijan
774	Shanghai Airlines	FM	CSH	China (People's Republic of)
775	SpiceJet	SG	SEJ	India
779	US-Bangla Airlines	BS	UBG	Bangladesh
781	China Eastern	MU	CES	China (People's Republic of)
783	Iberojet Airlines	E9	EVE	Spain
784	China Southern Airlines	CZ	CSN	China (People's Republic of)
795	Virgin Australia	VA	VAU	Australia
796	Nouvelair	BJ	LBT	Tunisia
797	Smartwings	QS	TVS	Czechia
803	Mandarin Airlines	AE	MDA	Chinese Taipei
804	China Postal Airlines	CF	CYZ	China (People's Republic of)
806	Jeju Air	7C	JJA	Korea, Republic of
808	New Pacific Airlines	7H	RVF	United States
811	Chengdu Airlines	EU	UEA	China (People's Republic of)
815	Iran Aseman Airlines	EP	IRC	Iran, Islamic Republic of
816	Batik Air Malaysia	OD	MXD	Malaysia
818	Israir	6H	ISR	Israel
822	China United Airlines	KN	CUA	China (People's Republic of)
825	World2Fly	2W	WFL	Spain
826	Tianjin Airlines	GS	GCR	China (People's Republic of)
828	Hong Kong Air Cargo	RH	HKC	Hong Kong (SAR), China
829	Bangkok Airways	PG	BKP	Thailand
831	Croatia Airlines	OU	CTN	Croatia
832	ABX Air	GB	ABX	United States
833	Kunming Airlines	KY	KNA	China (People's Republic of)
836	Hebei Airlines	NS	HBH	China (People's Republic of)
838	WestJet	WS	WJA	Canada
839	Eastar Jet	ZE	ESR	Korea, Republic of
847	West Air	PN	CHB	China (People's Republic of)
851	Hong Kong Airlines	HX	CRK	Hong Kong (SAR), China
856	Air Changan	9H	CGN	China (People's Republic of)
859	Lucky Air	8L	LKE	China (People's Republic of)
860	YTO Cargo Airlines	YG	HYT	China (People's Republic of)
865	MasAir	M7	MAA	Mexico
866	Okay Airways	BK	OKA	China (People's Republic of)
871	Suparna Airlines	Y8	YZR	China (People's Republic of)
872	GX Airlines	GX	CBG	China (People's Republic of)
876	Sichuan Airlines	3U	CSC	China (People's Republic of)
880	Hainan Airlines	HU	CHH	China (People's Republic of)
881	Condor	DE	CFG	Germany
886	Urumqi Air	UQ	CUH	China (People's Republic of)
891	Loong Air	GJ	CDC	China (People's Republic of)
898	Capital Airlines	JD	CBJ	China (People's Republic of)
910	Oman Air	WY	OMA	Oman
912	Qingdao Airlines	QW	QDA	China (People's Republic of)
914	ASL Airlines Ireland	5H	ABR	Ireland
921	SF Airlines	O3	CSS	China (People's Republic of)
923	Corsair International	SS	CRL	France
926	Bamboo Airways	QH	BAV	Vietnam
930	BoA Boliviana de Aviacion	OB	BOV	Bolivia
932	Virgin Atlantic	VS	VIR	United Kingdom
933	Nippon Cargo Airlines	KZ	NCA	Japan
936	DHL Air	D0	DHK	United Kingdom
938	Batik Air	ID	BTK	Indonesia
944	German Airways	ZQ	GER	Germany
945	Edelweiss Air	WK	EDW	Switzerland
948	Amelia	8R	AIA	France
957	LATAM Airlines Brasil	JJ	TAM	Brazil
960	Salam Air	OV	OMS	Oman
970	Aero Mongolia	M0	MNG	Mongolia
973	JetSMART Chile	JA	JAT	Chile
974	JetSMART Argentina	WJ	JES	Argentina
978	Vietjet	VJ	VJC	Vietnam
980	Chalair	CE	CLG	France
981	JetSMART Peru	JZ	JAP	Peru
984	JetSMART Colombia	J6	JEC	Colombia
987	China Express Airlines	G5	HXA	China (People's Republic of)
988	Asiana Airlines	OZ	AAR	Korea, Republic of
990	Lion Air	JT	LNI	Indonesia
994	AIRZETA	KJ	AIH	Korea, Republic of
996	Air Europa	UX	AEA	Spain
997	Biman Bangladesh Airlines	BG	BBC	Bangladesh
999	Air China	CA	CCA	China (People's Republic of)

02 / About the list

What the AWB prefix tells you

The prefix is the airline’s numeric code, not its 2-character IATA code. Lufthansa Cargo has prefix 020 and IATA code LH: the IATA code appears in flight numbers and in the routing of the FWB message, while the AWB number always starts with the prefix. The 3-letter ICAO code is used mainly in air traffic control and flight planning.

Use the prefix of the airline that allocated your AWB number, from your AWB stock or with the booking. On a neutral air waybill form the number is still the airline’s: neutral forms have no prefix of their own. More in the guides: neutral AWB forms and how to create an air waybill.

What this list does not cover

This is the IATA member airline list, so it is not every prefix in use. Airlines outside IATA membership also hold prefixes, so a prefix that is missing here can still be valid. If you are unsure about a prefix, ask the airline that allocated your AWB stock.

The FWB validator will flag a prefix that is not in this list as a warning, not an error, for that reason, when it opens at public launch.

Source

The IATA airline member list: the 352 member airlines with a 3-digit AWB prefix, sorted by prefix. Airline and country names are given as IATA lists them. AWB Studio is not affiliated with IATA.

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