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Possible transport option between Magadan and Anchorage
I've been researching options for getting my bike from Anchorage to Magadan. I saw on the HUBB that Vladivostok Air will be starting passenger service between Anchorage and Magadan in July of 2008. I spoke with a Vladivostok Air representative in Seattle, (206) 443-1614, and he told me that the airline is in negotiations with cargo companies in Anchorage and will have chosen a company to handle cargo shipments to Russia by the end of March. The cargo will be shipped in passenger planes (737s I believe), and the possibility of flying a motorcycle as cargo will be left up to the cargo company they select. Vladivostok Air does fly motorcycles in their passenger planes currently (from Japan to Vladivostok). Let's keep our fingers crossed.
Vladivostok Air press release:
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Valdivostok Air testing for Anchorage flights:
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Vladivostok Air
This is great news after Magadan Air finished flying the route few years back. 
We'll see what comes out of it.
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Are you saying that without Vladivostok Air there is no way to get bikes from Magadan to Anchorage (or tuther way round) by air.......
Does anyone have any info on possible modes (by sea) or routes....what do people do at the mo - fly it to Japan and then Japan to Anchorage.
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Flights
Yes, there is no service to Magadan currently. Magadan Airlines is a small carrier serving the far east of Russia and used to have flights from Anchorage to Magadan which stopped sometime around 2003 or 2004. Since then, some have been successful shipping by sea to Magadan from Vladivostok (and some unsucessful  ). To ship across to there, it seems the most common way to get to Vlad is by ferry from Korea. On the North American side, most have been shipping to west coast USA and riding up, due to cost and frequency of service options. There is some great info on the site by Phil who shipped his truck from Vlad to Korea to US. Going there, Bill Shockley air freighted his bike across to Vlad last spring.
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I've been in contact with Brant at ITCAlaska - they are an agent that deals with the tickets etc for flights from Vlad to Anc. He'll be getting more info later on (ie. after 25th Feb) regarding prices, taxes, bike as cargo etc.
I'll update when I hear more from him.
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Okay, so that answers the question. Cheers Mountain Man.
Kinvig - wicked! I shall keep my eye on this thread! Pukka.
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update on VladAir carrier
VladAir recently selected Panalpina as their cargo carrier for the flights out of Anchorage. The problem with putting a motorcycle (dangerous goods) onto a passenger plane (the VladAir flights to Anchorage are all passenger planes) is that we as individuals are not "known shippers". The Panalpina guys are looking into options like getting a special inspection of the bike, but they think with all the new regulations for shipping dangerous goods on passenger planes, we might be out of luck. I'm leaning towards flying the bike to Korea.
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Legally and according to international air cargo standards, used motorbikes can't be shipped on passenger planes as they're considered dangerous good. No matter how much fluid you drain...that is the case...
They have to be flown via cargo planes...
Back in the day, some of the Russian carriers would put the bike on and not worry about it...but if Vlad Air hired a freight forwarder like Panalpina to deal with the air cargo portion...those days are no longer.
Now I wonder if Vlad Air would consider your bike "accompanying luggage" if you were a passenger on the plane? Technically it violates international air cargo standards, BUT the Russians sometimes are Russian 
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When i arrived in magadan in 2006...already knowing that the flights never started in the 2006 season, i was able to get a passenger flight to Vladivostok with my bike as luggage!!
The Russians are pretty relaxed about most rules.....
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"Legally and according to international air cargo standards, used motorbikes can't be shipped on passenger planes as they're considered dangerous good. No matter how much fluid you drain...that is the case...
They have to be flown via cargo planes..."
Hmm, I'm flying my bike with Air Transat from Montreal to London next month...and it will be a passenger plane. According to Motorcycle Express, the broker, I don't even have to fully empty the tank...
SORRY, don't want to hijack this thread here...
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Flying bikes on passenger planes
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"Legally and according to international air cargo standards, used motorbikes can't be shipped on passenger planes as they're considered dangerous good. No matter how much fluid you drain...that is the case...
They have to be flown via cargo planes..."
Hmm, I'm flying my bike with Air Transat from Montreal to London next month...and it will be a passenger plane. According to Motorcycle Express, the broker, I don't even have to fully empty the tank...
SORRY, don't want to hijack this thread here...
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I've flown two BMWs recently from Oz to LAX separately - on the same planes that I also travelled on. No problems with Qantas at all.
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Flights from Anchorage to Magadan
Really the unique air option just now from Anchorage (alaska) to Magadan (far east russia) is by taking 3 flights:
1) Anchorage to Seatlle: by Delta Airlines (return: 503 USD);
2) Seattle to Murmansk (via Seoul/Korea): by Korean Airlines (return: 1600 USD);
3) Murmansk to Magadan: by Aeroflot (Russian Airlines) (return: 650 USD).
Total for a return full ticket from Anchorage to Magadan: 2700 USD
Unfortunately it is the unique currently option. But if you only get one way from Anchorage to Magadan, it will cost you a half of price: 1350 USD. It already includes the taxes. Have a nice trip! Bye.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tec277
Really the unique air option just now from Anchorage (alaska) to Magadan (far east russia) is by taking 3 flights:
1) Anchorage to Seatlle: by Delta Airlines (return: 503 USD);
2) Seattle to Murmansk (via Seoul/Korea): by Korean Airlines (return: 1600 USD);
3) Murmansk to Magadan: by Aeroflot (Russian Airlines) (return: 650 USD).
Total for a return full ticket from Anchorage to Magadan: 2700 USD
Unfortunately it is the unique currently option. But if you only get one way from Anchorage to Magadan, it will cost you a half of price: 1350 USD. It already includes the taxes. Have a nice trip! Bye.
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tec277,
Welcome to Horizons Unlimited. 
Please tell us your sources for this information.
Are you just giving the price for flying a person? That has never been a problem. We need to get our motorcycles across the ocean.
Half price for one way? I don't think so! In fact, one way is often MORE EXPENSIVE than round trip.
Please give us more detailed information, such as the size of motorcycle you got a quote for.
Oh,
And please fill out your profile. It gives you more credibility as a poster on an information site if your profile is not blank!
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Flights from Anchorage to Magadan - Part 2
Hello all! Hi Chris! I got that prices from the site of the flight companies (Delta Airlines, Korean Airlines and Aeroflot). Really that prices are for a return ticket.
But I have searched for best options yesterday for a one way ticket and the results are below. I am sure these flights are much better even to transport your motorbike. Be careful for the fact that Aeroflot is cancelling flights from Vladivostok to Magadan, so it´s safer to use the company Vladivostok Air (Avia). Please check out these prices in the site of the flight companies. And ask them the rules and prices to transport your motorbike.
China Airlines: Anchorage to Seoul/Korea (including connection in Taipei/Taiwan): 750 USD;
Korean Airlines: Seoul/Korea to Vladivostok/Russia: 470 USD;
Vladivostok Air: Vladivostok/Russia to Magadan/Russia: 340 USD.
Total for a one way ticket: 1560 USD. This last company has the city of Anchorage as part of your itinerary in its site but it is not operating at the moment. Let´s see if they will operate this route to Anchorage in 2010. Ask them information about.
Have a nice and adventurous trip to far east russia.
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Vladivostock/Magadan
We could not get our bikes airfreighted from Magadan to Vladivostock (our preferred destination was Khabarovsk) last July so we put them on a boat while we flew.
Fuller details in posts 4 and 5 on http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-magadan-45495
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