Planet Express

Planet Express is an intergalactic delivery company started by Professor Farnsworth to fund his research.

The company scrapes by, in spite of fierce competition from the leader in package delivery, Mom's Friendly Delivery Company. They stay in business thanks to their complete disregard for safety and minimum wage laws, and the Professor's unscrupulous acceptance of the occasional bribe.

During its existence, the company has at times changed owner: Cubert and Dwight took over the business when they inherited it due to the Professor having at one time been declared dead. During their reign it was renamed "Awesome Express". Later Steve Castle was elected CEO and ran the business as "PlanEx". Later the Scammer Aliens, lead by Nudar, took over. In all cases, the company had been returned to Professor Farnsworth, either due to death or realisation of being unfit for business.

Employees

 * Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, Owner/CEO
 * Turanga Leela, Captain
 * Hermes Conrad, Bureaucrat and Accountant
 * Philip J. Fry, Delivery Boy - First Class
 * Bender Bending Rodríguez, Assistant Sales Manager, Steward, Captain
 * Amy Wong, Intern
 * Dr. John Zoidberg, Staff Doctor, Steward
 * Scruffy, Janitor
 * Enema Bot, delivers pre-flight enemas
 * Robot 1-X, assistant

Former Employees
These are the known former employees of Planet Express. Crew members used to die regularly, and are mostly unknown.
 * Captain Musky, Captain (Before season 1)
 * Zapp Brannigan, Assistant Delivery Boy - Second Class; then Captain (temporarily) (2ACV02)
 * Kif Kroker, First Mate (2ACV02), Janitor (US#021)
 * Flexo, Security (2ACV06)
 * Morgan Proctor, Bureaucrat (2ACV11)
 * Cubert, Owner/CEO (3ACV12)
 * Dwight, Bureaucrat (3ACV12)
 * That Guy, CEO (3ACV21)
 * Harold Zoid, Staff Doctor (US#012)
 * Clyde, unknown position (up to the start of US#022)
 * Nudar, Co-owner (Bender's Big Score)
 * Fleb, Co-owner (Bender's Big Score)
 * Schlump, Co-owner (Bender's Big Score)

Assets

 * Planet Express Building, Headquarters and starship hangar
 * Planet Express Ship, Intergalactic delivery ship
 * Robot 1-X, servant robot

Floor Plan
The Planet Express Building has an ever-changing floor plan. Rooms such as the Angry Dome can appear only in one episode and never be seen again. A cross section was made available in one of the comics and the building could be explored in the game, but both of these layouts omitted features.

The building is known to have at least five floors, including two basement levels, and was built on top of a limestone cavern. The location of the Professor and Cubert's bedrooms within the building are unknown.

Places inside the building include the Professor's Lab, Hermes Conrad's office, Dr. Zoidberg's office, the main hangar, an observatory, a lounge, the basement, a dining room and a kitchen. There is also a room called "The Accusing Parlour." It is first used in the Anthology of Interest I when Zoidberg is trying to solve a murder. Although the two Anthology of Interests are not considered canon, the room is used a second time when the Professor accuses Fry of breaking his model ship in The 30% Iron Chef, confirming its existence.



Location
In Bender's Game, we see they zoom in on a map that shows the Planet Express building. In the commentary David X. Cohen says the building is meant to be on West 57th Street, however John DiMaggio believes it looked more like Queens. A comparison between the screencap and the location on Google Maps seems to agree with Cohen, though. Also, because of its location next to the Hudson River, the intersecting street is most likely Henry Hudson Parkway, however, its futuristic incarnation is a much narrower road than Henry Hudson Parkway in the present day.

Alternate Appearances

 * In The Farnsworth Parabox an alternate purple Planet Express is shown.
 * In Anthology of Interest II an Emerald Building is shown.