Air Courier
National Same Day Messenger Delivery and Courier Service

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Our Corporate team represents hundreds of years of experience in our industry. Many Fortune 500 companies rely on World Courier Ground to meet their time-critical courier delivery needs. If your situation is anything like “the closing is in an hour” or “the patient is being prepped for surgery”, we’ll make it happen for you.

Air Courier World Courier Ground provides these delivery services over the largest “local” area you’ll find. Our regular territory for Direct, Rush, and Regular Services stretches over hundreds of metropolitan areas, from San Francisco to Boston, and south to Miami.

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Courier Services Available:
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Our premium courier service, the closest available driver proceeds immediately to pickup and deliver your package nonstop. We give you an estimated pickup time when you place your order A tracking call is made when the driver is approximately halfway to the delivery point And a call on delivery to let you know who signed, where they were located, and the exact delivery time.
90 Minute Service	Learn more
Delivered within 90 minutes of your call for couriers. For delivery distances over 20 miles, add 30 minutes delivery time for each additional 10 miles or fraction thereof.
2.5 Hour Service	Learn more
Delivered within two-and-a-half hours of your call. For delivery distances over 20 miles, add 30 minutes delivery time for each additional 10 miles or fraction thereof.
5 Hour Service	Learn more
Delivered within five hours of your call for messenger orders placed and ready for pickup prior to 12:00 noon Monday-Friday. For courier delivery distances over 20 miles, add 30 minutes delivery time for each additional 10 miles or fraction thereof.
World Courier Ground offers you much more than expedited delivery. Call us for: Delivery and Assembly – Our experienced technicians deliver and assemble your products or merchandise, same day or next day, everything from office furniture to fitness equipment. Route Drivers – Our inside operations team manages your daily scheduled courier deliveries with the same care as your on-demand deliveries. Warehousing – We can readily meet your short-term or long-term storage needs in our safe and secure warehouse. Tech Restock – We can accept your products, consolidate, securely store them, and deliver them to your techs or drop the material at a storage site or a vehicle whenever you wish, 24/7 anywhere in the Chicagoland area.

Air Courier Details:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 15, 1998
Contacts: OIG: Jeff Nelligan (202) 366-6312
FAA: Rebecca Trexler (202) 267-8521
DOT 11-98

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES MORE SURVEILLANCE OF AIR COURIER SHIPMENTS

Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced additional surveillance of commercial air courier shipments has begun, prompted by a Department of Transportation surveillance operation which uncovered unacceptably low compliance with standards designed to keep hazardous materials off commercial airlines.

The joint surveillance operation was conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General in November 1997.

"The American people deserve to know that when they travel by commercial airline that hazardous materials are not improperly traveling with them," said Vice President Gore, who chaired the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. "This review points out that more must be done by the federal government and the aviation industry to ensure the highest level of safety in the skies. I commend Secretary Slater for initiating this action and putting the aviation industry on notice that safety must be improved."

"Our review of the screening of air courier shipments by airlines demonstrates our continuing vigilance that safety is our top priority," said Secretary Slater. "Shippers and couriers must comply with the law and airlines must get tougher."

In October 1997, Secretary Slater announced the review of controls over accompanied commercial air courier shipments. The review was prompted by an Oct. 1, 1997, incident in Miami in which passengers boarding an American Airlines flight for Ecuador were evacuated because of noxious fumes in the cabin. Although the case is still under investigation, it appears that a passenger acting as an "accompanying commercial courier" had checked bags that were leaking a corrosive pesticide.

During November 1997, FAA and Inspector General teams performed intensive oversight inspections and tests of accompanied commercial air courier shipments presented for flight aboard passenger aircraft. The teams wanted to verify whether airlines and freight forwarders were following their FAA approved security programs, declaring and properly marking shipments, and labeling and documenting hazardous materials.

Although the joint inspections identified some strict compliance with approved security procedures, both the FAA and the Inspector General concluded the inspections demonstrated the level of compliance with approved security procedures was unacceptably low. Examples of noncompliance with federal rules included failures of airline personnel to both ask for and obtain proper documentation when couriers presented packages to be checked baggage, as occurred in the Oct. 1, 1997, incident.

Following the November 1997 surveillance operation, FAA security officials told airline representatives that the current level of compliance was unacceptable, and warned that improvements must be made.

As a result of these efforts, Secretary Slater has asked the FAA and the Inspector General to make recommendations that will enhance current air security programs.

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Leading companies and across the nation rely on us for the secure and timely handling of all their courier transportation needs. Our dispatch and customer service staff has over 90 years experience in the transportation business.