| Location: | Santiago, Chile |
Yesterday, we took the bike to Lan Chile Carga. They are flying the bike to Madrid for us. It took the afternoon to get the bike crated and sort out all the paperwork, but it is now sitting in their warehouse, all cling flimed and palleted, waiting for its flight on Saturday.
Often the paperwork surrounding flying a bike can put off riders from even attempting this, but providing you are patient and have the right documents, it is normally quite straight forward. Regulations are different with each airline, but primarily, draining the fuel and disconnecting and taping up the battery terminals is all that is needed. We had a service company to then crate the bike who work in conjunction with Lan Chile.
The bike, with pallet, came in at 294 kilos and Lan Chile only charged us US$695 for the flight, which is miraculously cheap (we normally work on US$1,000 to US$1,500). Lan Chile only required from us our Customs form for the bike (provided by the Chilean authorities whe you enter Chile) and Kevin´s passport. Not even the registration document for the bike.
We left the Cargo Airport with our airway bill and two days to relax before flying out ourselves. Next report will be from Europe!
