| Most courier companies rely on vans and cars to | | | | Primarily, the advantage of the helicopter is in its speed |
| make the majority of their deliveries. Larger companies | | | | and its maneuverability. It is easy for a helicopter to |
| might use a trucking division, while smaller ones might | | | | take off at a moment's notice and make a delivery. |
| have a bicycle messenger unit. There are also air | | | | This is not possible when relying on airline transport as |
| courier companies who rely on the world's system of | | | | much of the rest of the courier industry does. |
| airlines in order to ship goods via air. There is another | | | | Therefore, when a delivery is being made as a |
| air option which exists outside of airline shipping though. | | | | response to a medical emergency, a helicopter can |
| You may, for example, find a St. Paul courier service | | | | usually provide a more rapid response times. Some |
| that uses helicopters to make deliveries. | | | | hospitals have private helicopter, or landing facilities for |
| Helicopters are useful for making a number of different | | | | one for this exact reason. |
| types of deliveries. The medical industry is very likely | | | | Helicopters are also used for other reasons within the |
| the most common user of this type of courier service. | | | | courier industry. Many high powered companies use |
| Why? Well, the medical industry regularly uses | | | | helicopters to make emergency deliveries, such as |
| helicopters to move all kinds of shipments for many | | | | when documents need to be shipped to execute a |
| different reasons. For instance, some shipments are | | | | deal on short notice. Helicopters are also used to make |
| part of scheduled deliveries, but others are emergency | | | | deliveries to places which are hard to reach using |
| service. | | | | other available methods. A good example of this is |
| Pharmaceutical products which are required for | | | | how they are often used to ship supplies to off shore |
| treatment, tissue samples which are being sent for | | | | drilling platforms, because it takes a fraction of the time |
| testing purposes, and blood and organs which are | | | | to ship goods to such a platform by helicopter when |
| being sent to be given to patients are all regularly | | | | compared to shipping to them via boat. Helicopter |
| moved via helicopter. There are a number of reasons | | | | courier service is often expensive due to the price of |
| that the helicopter makes the best possible option for | | | | the vehicles and the expertise of the pilots, but in many |
| this type of delivery service. | | | | cases it is the best option for deliveries. |