Does anyone have recent experience shipping by air: Colombia to Panama?
Hi,
I know there's some great information on the Hubb on this subject but it appears to become out of date very quickly.
I crossed from Panama to Colombia on one of the tourist yachts 18 months ago and I can only describe my experience as being miserable. Certainly not something I would want to do again unless I absolutely had to.
18 months ago the combined cost of crossing the Darien Gap by yacht was $375pp & $375 for a bike, now the price appears to have topped the $400 each mark, which I thought might be a comparable price for shipping by air so I sent an email to Verinica at LynCargo, Bogota (full contact detail at the bottom of this message) The quote I received was for an eye watering $1,120!. The breakdown was as follows:
MAA Agency Fee USD 35.00
DGA / DGC Dangerous Goods USD 150.00
Flete Rate per position USD 800.00
MCC Due carrier USD 25.00
SCA Security USD 35.00
AWA Due Agent USD 45.00
RPA Re packing USD 30.00
TOTALS USD 1,120.00
So here's my question. Does anyone have any recent experience of shipping by air?
I have seen that the Colombian budget airline Aires offers freight services now:
AIRES - ServiAires
Has anyone made contact with them to know how competitive their prices are? Unfortunately being a budget airline information only appears to be available from contacting a call centre... doesn't sound so reassuring.
Anyway, if you do have any information you can add, or know any agents offering more competitive rates I would really appreciate it.
Thanks again.
VERÓNICA MOSQUERA OVIEDO
GERENTE / MANAGER
LYNCARGO S.A
veronicam@lyncargo.com
info@lyncargo.com.co
PH. (57-1) 742 5850
FX: (57-1) 413 1632
Address: Kra 103 No. 25B-96 2do Piso
Bogotá, Colombia
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