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Originally Posted by bushman_uk
Sounds brilliant , not being too negative but you won't be able to fly the bikes out of Vladivostok or anywhere close to.
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Although I have never tried to ship a motorcycle by air cargo out of Vladivostok, I'm doubt that it would be impossible to do.
I was in Vladivostok last week (I had to ferry a new aircraft from Canada to Singapore, via Alaska, overnighting at Anadyr, Magadan, and Vladivostok along the way), and the Vladivostok airport is certainly a big airport with a number of international carriers operating scheduled services in and out on a regular basis.
The prerequisite for shipping a motorcycle by air is a widebody (i.e. two-aisle) aircraft. Those have cargo holds large enough to accept a motorcycle without disassembly. I saw a lot of widebody aircraft at Vladivostok.
That's not to say that it will be easy to make arrangements to fly a bike out, simply that it should be possible to do so. FWIW, all of the customs, immigration, and other government officials that I encountered at all three airports in Russia were extraordinarily courteous, efficient, and friendly. There was a lot of paperwork to do, relative to other countries, but they did it quickly and efficiently. Not a hint of corruption - in fact, at every airport, they even refused a gift of a 2012 calender that we give out free of charge everywhere for marketing purposes.
Michael
Vladivostok Airport - last week
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