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Back when I had a touring bike (and a pipe and some slippers) I did a trip to the French Alps where I flew with my bike from Stansted to Lyon. I cycled to the airport and basically did the same as the guy in the CTC magazine. The check in staff were a bit sniffy about it but I had no problems with damage.
I think there are two schools of thought on packaging a bike for air travel - the minimal school as above or the maximal school where you use a hard shell case and make it as bomb proof as possible.