Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
Either way, it's clear the Garleans cannot use teleportation magic, instead they make use of magitek transporter gates which effectively serve the same purpose (albeit with a fixed departure and destination point).
Thanks for the comprehensive answer! I guess this means that Cid and Lucia have to travel by airship only?

Full disclosure: I'm asking for nefarious reasons. I'm writing a fic involving Cid, and it occurred to me that he can't just use the aetheryte from Rhalgr's Reach to get to Foundation.