Originally Posted by suzuki12 (Post 598976)

I've just been emailing with a freight forwarder in Milano. The cost will be about 500 Euro.
This is far more than most other countries so I'll be going to Munich instead.

Originally Posted by PanEuropean (Post 609338)

Tyler:

About that $500 - I think he is talking about customs clearance fees at the destination, not about the cost of air shipping the motorcycle.

Michael

Originally Posted by stubdetoe (Post 496369)

:dair canada motorcycle shipment insane deal!

Just got quoted shipment of my bike from toronto to heathrow for $1000 cdn, all in on a pallet in the belly of a wide body air canada. If i was to book my flight the cost would drop to $700!! Two weeks ago i was quoted $3250 for the same flight plus about $400 in fees at either end. You can only book 30 days prior to departure, so get your guaranteed quote for the next year sooner than later. Apparently these prices will be in effect for the rest of 2015, and they will soon be adding more destinations world wide.

The outgoing flights must originate from toronto, montreal or vancouver and go to many european and south america destinations, basically wherever ac flys wide body jets for similar rock bottom prices.

These prices can be booked direct with air canada cargo in toronto, or through one of their forwarding companies that they deal with regularly. I use roddy warriner​ at motofreight in the uk--a fellow gs rider himself--he will treat you fairly and well. If you are shipping into canada, see him first as he can get you the same deal and handle all the dangerous good papers at that end. He can also help with paperwork from north america destinations. He knows his stuff.:beach:

Originally Posted by Youngangus (Post 610179)

when was this pls

Originally Posted by anuaimi (Post 620732)

Any one know when Air Canada might restart their shipping program. With vaccination rates fairly high in both Canada and Europe, you'd think it would be soon. I'm hoping to ship a bike to Europe in November (ideally to Madrid or Lisbon).

Originally Posted by anuaimi (Post 620732)

Any one know when Air Canada might restart their shipping program.

Originally Posted by anuaimi (Post 620738)

Good to know. I’d heard that container shipping was backlogged. Might take another year. Will look at renting a bike locally instead

At least travel is restarting. Air Canada will have ‘approved’ flights to Italy starting on July. And Canada just announced vaccinated people don’t need to do the hotel quarantine anymore.

I expect the rules will vary a lot from country to country for the next while. But at least there are now some options


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Originally Posted by PanEuropean (Post 620909)

Likely not until they get their operations (their quantity of flights) back to within 10% of what they were prior to the pandemic.

Air Canada was able to offer the good deals in the past because they had a fair amount of empty cargo space on flights they operated DAILY to many European cities. They are now operating far fewer flights - sometimes only 2 a week to places that they used to serve daily - but the demand for air cargo shipments has not dropped off the same way the demand for passenger seats has.

My guess: MAYBE next year. Certainly not this year.

Michael

Originally Posted by tohellnback (Post 620932)

I am Pissed I am vaccinated with Cinovac and it is not on the list of approved vaccines approved in Canada