Bugatti Chiron & Mercedes G63 6X6

The collection date of 17 December was two months later than the previous year’s shipment. Being a lot closer to Christmas, it wasn’t quite as easy to obtain space with CargoLux Airlines. However, it was a no-brainer to use the same airline again; it had handled both vehicles in a professional manner in 2017, and the cars arrived on time into Bahrain. As per the previous delivery, the vehicles were still trucked via road to Luxembourg where they connected with a direct flight to Bahrain.

The vehicles were palletised immediately upon arrival to the airline shed at London Heathrow. The palletisation, along with security screening and final dangerous goods checks, were undertaken by the cargo handling staff. Everything was supervised by our Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA), who had prior permission to inspect these tasks inside the handling shed, and we were able to raise the specialist paperwork and labels to accompany the vehicles to destination.

One regulation that did pose a challenge is that any vehicle must have no more than a quarter of a tank of fuel – something that is harder to control when the cars belong to an individual. In this case, the Bugatti actually arrived with half a tank of fuel, meaning it would have been rejected from the flight. Fortunately, we have experienced this many times in the past and know a local company that will come on site and drain the excess fuel.

Despite the challenges we faced, both cars were delivered on time and in the same condition as they left London, leaving us with another satisfied client.

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