I have been dealing with AC Cargo over this past week.

My bike is booked to be flown out next week from Montreal to Dublin.
Start of RTW trip.

I will be paying $950.00 (total) for shipping my BMW R1150 GS from Montreal to Dublin Ireland.

To get this deal I had to book my passenger ticket with Air Canada.
Otherwise the shipping costs would have been $1450.00 for the bike.

I live in Ottawa but need to tender the motorcycle with Air Canada Cargo at the airport in Montreal.

For the dangerous goods document I contact DGC Consultant in Montreal.
The company is right near the airport. They are charging me $150.00 for the form and say they need to accompany me and the bike to Air Canada and have AC Cargo weigh the vehicle so that they can have an exact weight before they can sign off on the DG form.

As mentioned on the AC site, make sure that the fuel tank is 1/4 or less. The DGR rep said if you present your bike with more than 1/4 tank of fuel, you could be liable for a financial penalty if AC need to drain your fuel tank.

Air Canada site says that you need to remove battery terminals and wrap them up, DGR rep seem to think otherwise, that the battery could be left connected ??

I will find out next week when I drop off the bike.

AC advised me not to fly on same day with the bike, but rather fly out the following day, so that the bike will have been off loaded and stored in their cargo facility in Dublin. They need at least 6 hours lead time before a flight departure to load it on the plane. No disassembly of bike required, they just
tie it down on a skid.

I asked what items I could leave stored on the bike, i.e. in the panniers, top box, they said only motorcycle related items could be stored on the bike, tools, spare parts, no personal items, clothing, camping equipment etc.

You can have your bike insured for transport, as I remember AC quoted me $3.00 for each $1000 that you declare as value of your bike.

This Fly Your Bike program is only valid for flights between Canada and Europe.

To fly my bike back from Dublin to Montreal, costs would be ~ $1800.00



Brian