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yes a MC is classified dangerous goods you will have to get this sorted out before you show up at the cargo terminal to ship by air
Air Canada quit shipping motorcycles to SA so Toronto bets are off
Enjoy the trip to NY Miami or whoever will take your bike if you want air shipment to South America
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Actually that's not true. I spoke on the phone with Air Canada cargo, and he told me that Air Canada does ship bikes to SA, but you won't get their advertised program discount as you would if you shipped to one of the European/Morocco destinations.
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...Air Canada does ship bikes to SA, but you won't get their advertised program discount as you would if you shipped to one of the European/Morocco destinations.
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That is true. But once you find out what the cost of shipping a motorcycle at "regular air freight rates" is, you won't have any interest in doing it.
The problem with air freighting motorcycles is that their "dimensional weight" is always way in excess of their actual weight. So unless you find an air carrier that has an excess of cubic capacity in the belly of their aircraft - and is willing to offer attractive rates for motorcycle shipping because of that - the cost of shipping the moto by air usually kills the idea.
See post #2 (above) in this discussion for a more thorough explanation of how airlines look at motorcycle shipping.
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ship the moto
Air Canada has resumed regular flights Toronto >Bogota, Montreal> Bogota Avianca has inaugurated flights Bogota to Toronto it is the alliance with AC
Air Canada stopped flying motorcycle freight to Colombia stopped in 2019
There may be other options to Santiago but Colombia was cancelled Canuck airlines dont need the hassle, the market is much larger in Europe
I can see why I live in Colombia
as far as traveling beyond borders of Colombia on land borders forget it we are nowhere near 70 percent immunity, maybe next year
hell you can't go wrong 6 months on the road in Colombia it is a magical place
feliz suenos y viaje
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Yes, the Stahlratte is gone, but word is Captin Ludig Hoffman is organizing trips from Panama to Turbo, CO. See this post on ADVRider: https://advrider.com/f/threads/panam...ratte.1486177/
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...organizing trips from Panama to Turbo, CO.
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Might be a good idea to do some research and find out what the security situation is like in Turbo before you go.
About 20 years ago, I spent some time in Columbia training Columbian National Police aircraft pilots. Whenever we went up to Turbo, we were always accompanied by a helicopter gunship in the Turbo area - there were a lot of concerns about security in that area.
Many years have passed, and things may have changed... then again, maybe not.
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Panama to SA
Hi Pan check your spellcheck it doesn't recognize Colombia
I know Necoclí a small port town in the gulf just north of Turbo is where all the action is now a days, mostly smugglers with there pangas getting Haitians and Venezuelans to Panama Its a Very hot spot
Turbo is all right I was based there in 2017 doing survey
Skipper Ludig is planning on charters with a panga skiff this would be a interesting trip in a open boat from Panama Your going to be wet
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Hi Pan check your spellcheck it doesn't recognize Colombia...
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Sorry about that.
We have a province here in Canada, on the west coast of the country, called "British Columbia" (spelled with a 'u', not an 'o'), and from force of habit, I used that spelling in my post rather than the correct spelling of the name of the South American country of Colombia.
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