Books About Flying As A Courier

• The Air Courier's Handbook, $9.95 Big City Books, PO Box 19667, Sacramento, CA 95819 This book has many detailed case histories of individual travels.
  
  

• A Simple Guide to Courier Travel, $15.95 Guide Books, PO Box 2394, Lake Oswego, OR 97035 1-800-344-9375
  
  

• Air Courier Bargains: How To Travel World-Wide For Next To Nothing, $14.95 plus $2 postage and handling, by Kelly Monaghan, The Intrepid Traveler, PO Box 438, New York, NY 10034
  
  

• The Directory of Courier Flights published by Sun Tracker Enterprises Ltd 9336 - 117th Street Delta, BC Canada, V4C 6B8 Ph: (604) 951-3238 Fax: (604) 951-8732 Cost: $9.95 + $2 S/H
  
  

• Travel Unlimited, $25/year, 12 issues (8 pages each issue) Attn: Steve Lantos, PO Box 1058, Allston, MA 02134-1058 Included besides phone numbers are pricing information, friendly contacts (and unfriendly) and mostly travel advice on doing things courier.



• International Association of Air Travel Couriers, International Features, 220 South Dixie Highway #3, Lake Worth, FL 33460 $45 registration fee, gets you six copies of the Shoestring Traveler newsletter and six issues of the Air Courier Bulletin directory.
  
• The Filipino Pavilion Details information of courier information for free.

Air Courier Directory

New York

East-West Express 149-35 177th Street Jamaica, NY 11434 (718) 656-6242 Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo. Call at least 2 months in advance to book.



Halbart Express 147-05 176th Street Jamaica, NY 11434 (718) 656-8189. Contact: Jeannie, Stephanie or Amanda. (718) 244-0559 (Fax) Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo. Flexible stay of from 7 to 21 or 28 days. Call three to six weeks in advance to book. 9am-3pm EST. Recorded info 24 hours.



Jupiter Air, Ltd. (MICOM America, Inc.) Building #14 JFK International Airport Jamaica, NY 11430 (718) 656-6050 (718) 656-7263 (Fax) New York to Hong Kong and Singapore (requires an overnight stay in Tokyo, they pay for the hotel) If you're going to Singapore, must return on a Monday or Wednesday. $35 one-year membership fee, valid for travel from any of Jupiter's U.S. locations.



Now Voyager 74 Varick Street, Suite 307 New York, NY 10013 (212) 431-1616 (212) 334-5243 (Fax) 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, 12:00 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays. Recorded information about flight availability, fares, and policies and procedures 24 hours a day. Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Tokyo $50 annual registration fee. Now Voyager is a broker offering courier and non-courier flights.



Chicago

Jupiter/Micom America 224 Howard Ave. Des Plains, IL 60018 (708) 298-3850. Hong Kong. $35 registration fee. One-way tickets available. One month advance reservations recommended.

Denver

Air Courier Association 191 University Boulevard, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80206 (303) 279-3600 (303) 278-1293 (Fax) Offers Air Courier Operations Manual, Courier Hotline, world-wide courier schedules, and newsletter. $25 lifetime membership fee. Annual dues of $39.

Los Angeles

International Bonded Couriers (IBC-Pacific) 1595 East El Segundo Boulevard El Segundo, CA 90245 (310) 665-1760 (310) 607-0126 (Fax) Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Seoul, Taipei. Call between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. PST, Tuesday through Friday and request a packet of information about their policies and procedures.



Johnny Air Cargo 203 South Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90014 (213) 386-7080/7263 (213) 386-7277 (Fax) Filipino-owned cargo service offers flights to Manila three or four times a week on Korean Airlines.



Jupiter Air, Ltd. (MICOM America, Inc.) 6733 Sepulveda Boulevard Suite 170 Los Angeles, CA 90045 (310) 670-5123 (310) 649-2771 (Fax) Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore. $35 one-year membership fee, valid for travel from any of Jupiter's U.S. locations. $200 return-guarantee deposit required for all flights. Length of stay 7-30 days. Reserve 2-3 months in advance.



World Travel and Tours (213) 384-1000 Korea



San Francisco

International Bonded Couriers (IBC-Pacific) 1595 East El Segundo Boulevard El Segundo, CA 90245 (310) 607-0125 (310) 607-0126 (Fax) Flights to Bangkok from San Francisco, booked through IBC's Los Angeles office. (See entry under Los Angeles)



Jupiter Air, Ltd. (MICOM America, Inc.) 90 South Spruce Avenue, Suite I South San Francisco, CA 94080 (650) 697-1773, ext. 213. Contact: Haley Liu. (415) 871-4975 (Fax) Bangkok, Manila, Singapore. (See entry under Los Angeles)



UTL Travel 320 Corey Way South San Francisco, CA 94080 (415) 583-5074 (415) 583-8122 (Fax) Represents several courier companies that fly between San Francisco and Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, and Singapore. $100 return-guarantee deposit required for all flights. Recorded info.



Hong Kong

Airtropolis Express 011-852-2751-6186 Contact: Elaine. Singapore, Kuala Lumpor, Jakarta, London. One-way available to Singapore.

Bridges Worldwide 011-852-2305-1412. Contact: Jeanne. Bangkok, Sydney, San Francisco. One-way available.

Jupiter Air 011-65-545-2921. No One-way. Bangkok, London, Los Angeles, New York.

Linehaul Express 011-852-2317-7347. Contact: Mathew Chan. Bangkok, Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Taipaei, Tokyo. 33 Canton Rd, Hong Kong. No One-way.

Thailand

OBC Courier 011-66-2-255-8590. Contact: Charlie. Singapore. One-way available.

Siam Trans International 011-66-2-235-6741. Contact: Sirirat. Singapore, Hong Kong. One-way available. Two-week advance reservation recommended.

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