this might sound stupid but does anyone know how..

[Jon]

to charter a large transport plane which could hold 30 cars?

we are looking at alternatives to driving back from the next cannonball!

help [img]images/graemlins/sekret.gif[/img]

[viffer]

Lufthansa Cargo do the F1 team transport and flew car magazine's Smart car to the US recently.
www.lhcargo.com
Not a personal recomendation - just a bit of trivia I remembered.

cheers, viffer

[Taipan]

That might be quite expensive.

How about a group of standard car-transport trucks, just like the ones to deliver new cars to dealers ?

Eric

[Jon]

that was one idea... but this way all the cars arrive in heathrow at the same time as us....was thinking how much would it cost to charter a russian ilushyn transporter. basic but it would do the job.

[JohnW]

I somehow doubt they would arrive the same time Jon, unless you hung around out there for a couple of days.

For a start I would expect they would need to have most (if not all) of their petrol drained. This is certainly the case for shipping bikes anyway.

Cheers,
John.

[Jon]

worth a try...driving back was a drain after driving there so quick

[donrs4]

Call one of the large forwarders (e.g., Exel , DHL Danzas Air & Ocean , Tibbett & Britten ) to get a quote, then you can assume that going directly with the air charter will be 10-15% less, however hassle with insurances, customs clearance etc. you would have to do.

There are also a few companies specialized on car transport
like Autologic, Brit European Transport Ltd. Inchcape Automotive , Richard Lawson Automotive Logistics Group, to name only the UK based ones.

Good luck and keep us posted!!


d.

[Jon]

cheers lads...keeps yours ears pinned back to see if anyone you know happens to own a couple of hercules of illushin transport planes [img]images/graemlins/3flypigs.gif[/img]