A lute playing friend of mine, who travels a lot between Europe and Japan, wraps his hard cases (Kingham, whatever) in a double layer of thick bubble wrap. He makes a 'case' of the bubble wrap, lid closed with tape, so he can reuse it on the way back. If the case is light and looks fragile, perhaps air port personell will be more carefull. If it's heavy (flight case), they will be more likely to drop it. I have a made to measure flight case for an 8-course. Too heavy, I never used it ...
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