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Airbus A300-600R (A300B4-605R)

OS-70600fUnknown

RegistrationKW9K-AME

OperatorKuwait Airways

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Airbus A300-600R (A300B4-605R) in Toulouse.

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

Engines2×

PropulsionJet

Built inToulouse, Francia

Country of registrationKuwait

OwnerKuwait Airways

MSNOS-70600f

Hex / ICAO 24-bit70600f

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Airbus A300

Figures for the A300-600R variant, the most representative of the family · it is 52% the length of a football pitch

Length54.1 m177 ft

Wingspan44.8 m147 ft

Height16.7 m55 ft

Range7,501 km4,050 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed828 km/h447 ktMach 0.78

Service ceiling12,200 m40,026 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight171,700 kg378,533 lb

Maximum payload82,895 kg182,752 lbIts 266 passengers with baggage would weigh about 26.6 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity266 passengersUp to 361 in a high-density layout

Endurance9 h 04 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 7,501 km range, from Kuwait City it could fly non-stop as far as:

ICNSeoul7,138 km PVGShanghai (Pudong)6,959 kmSINSingapore6,678 km HKGHong Kong6,565 km JNBJohannesburg6,506 km

Beyond its rangeNRTNarita8,362 km

The type first flew in 1972 (54 years ago) · About 561 units built · Production ended in 2007

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

current operatorKuwait Airways network of its widebody aircraft

Base

KWIKuwait City

Main destinations

BKKBangkok FCORome FRAFrankfurt am Main JFKNew York KULSepang LHRLondon AMMAmman BEYBeirut BOMMumbai CAICairo MNLManila (Pasay)

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

Jul 7, 2015

Incident at Dubai

On July 7, 2015, the Airbus Airbus A300 B4-605R aircraft (registration 9K-AME), operated by Kuwait, was involved in an incident at Dubai. Source: Kuwait.

Source: Kuwait

Feb 28, 2026

Grounded by the airspace closure

On February 28, 2026, the Airbus A300 B4-605R aircraft (registration 9K-AME), operated by Kuwait Airways, was in the news. Source: Kuwait Airways.

What happened

In late February 2026, a sharp escalation of the war between Iran, Israel and the United States — with strikes on facilities inside Iranian territory and Iranian missile retaliation towards the Persian Gulf — led to the simultaneous closure of the airspace of at least eight countries on 28 February (Iran, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates). The main Gulf airlines suspended or diverted their flights for several days — about 24% of Middle East operations were cancelled that day — and the restrictions were not fully lifted in the Emirates until 3 May 2026. Source: Kuwait Airways.

Source: Kuwait Airways

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This page was last updated on October 10, 2026

APA

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MLA

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Vuelopedia (2026) Airbus A300-600R (A300B4-605R) · 9K-AME · Kuwait Airways. Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/OS-70600f (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Airbus A300-600R (A300B4-605R) · 9K-AME · Kuwait Airways}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-10},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/OS-70600f},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/OS-70600f}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
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Wikipedia

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