BidAir Cargo air cargo tracking
You’ll paste your number on BidAir Cargo’s page
Enter your BidAir Cargo air waybill number above and track your shipment on BidAir Cargo’s own tracking page — the same page the carrier’s customers use, with no account or sign-up. BidAir Cargo’s website asks you to type the number on its own page, so we bring you to the right page and you paste it there. A valid number looks like 161-94176375.
BidAir Cargo at a glance
- IATA AWB prefix
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161 - How tracking works
- Paste your number on BidAir Cargo’s page
- Official website
- bidaircargo.co.za
- Link last checked
- 2026-06-01
How to read a BidAir Cargo air waybill number
161-94176375 example only — not a real shipment
Air waybill numbers are 11 digits, usually printed like 161-94176375. The first three digits are the IATA airline prefix — 161 is BidAir Cargo’s — and the remaining eight are the serial, where the last digit is a check digit (the first seven digits modulo 7).
One AWB covers the whole consignment (there is no per-piece number), and unlike container numbers, AWB serials are recycled by airlines after roughly a year — so a very old number can show someone else’s shipment.
BidAir Cargo numbers usually carry this AWB prefix:
161 If your BidAir Cargo tracking isn’t working
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1 Check the number format first
An air waybill is 11 digits — a 3-digit airline prefix and an 8-digit serial, e.g. 161-94176375. Enter it with or without the dash, but don’t drop leading zeros from the serial.
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2 Make sure the number was issued by this carrier
If your serial doesn’t start with 161, the AWB was issued by a different airline or a freight forwarder (a “house” AWB). Track house AWBs with the forwarder; the airline only sees its own “master” AWB.
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3 Too early or too late
New shipments can take a little while to appear — most carriers only start returning results once the air waybill is in their system after export gate-in or acceptance. Long-delivered shipments drop out too: tracking data is usually purged weeks or months after delivery.
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4 Paste carefully on BidAir Cargo’s page
BidAir Cargo asks you to type the number on its own page, so paste it exactly — no spaces before or after, and no extra characters picked up from an email. If the page shows a security check, complete it and search again.
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5 Still nothing?
Your booking agent or BidAir Cargo’s customer service can look the shipment up internally — have the air waybill number and the issuing office or booking reference handy when you ask.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I track a BidAir Cargo air waybill?
- Type your air waybill number in the box above and press Track. You’ll land on BidAir Cargo’s own tracking page — paste your number there and search. BidAir Cargo air waybill numbers usually begin with 161.
- What does a BidAir Cargo air waybill number look like?
- Air waybill (AWB) numbers have 11 digits: a 3-digit airline prefix and an 8-digit serial, usually written like 176-12345678. The prefix identifies the airline. For BidAir Cargo the AWB prefix is 161. A format-valid example is 161-94176375.
- Why does the BidAir Cargo page open without my number filled in?
- BidAir Cargo asks everyone to enter the number on its own page (it has a security check), so it can’t be filled in ahead of time. We bring you to the right page — just paste your number there.
- What if my number doesn’t start with 161?
- Then it probably wasn’t issued by BidAir Cargo — shipments booked through a freight forwarder or partner carrier often travel under another company’s air waybill number. Paste the number on our homepage and we’ll suggest the right airline, or check your shipping paperwork for who issued it.
- Is this BidAir Cargo’s official tracking site?
- No — this is a free, independent tool that brings every carrier’s tracking together in one place. When you track here you end up on BidAir Cargo’s own page, so everything you see comes straight from BidAir Cargo. We never see or store your shipment details.