If you are interested in air shipping from Australia, I would go directly to Qantas. This is one of the few airlines which will deal directly with you without having to go through an agent. Don't rely on what they tell you over the phone, you may have to go directly to the cargo terminal at the airport and talk to the folks actually shipping your bike.
I shipped my Transalp with gear totalling 300 kg from Sydney to Los Angeles on Qantas for just under $1800AUD. They shipped my bike on the basis of weight and not volumetric weight, which saved me 100kg of charges. I would guess that rates to the UK would be similar. And the bike was shipped on the plane uncrated the day after I dropped it off.
Almost too easy...
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