In some cases, a loved one’s body is first transferred from the place of death to a local funeral home and then transported to another city or country for funeral ceremonies and/or burial. If this is your situation, you’ll need two funeral homes – one locally to handle the first call, and a second one in the destination city.
Obviously, the first call funeral home is needed immediately. However, you may prefer to select a funeral home in the destination city and ask them to make the arrangements with a local funeral home to remove the deceased from the place of death.
You will not be able to arrange air transportation of human remains directly with an airline. This is due to certain transportation standards for human remains, such as embalming or packing the body in ice. Also, shipments of human remains are subject to the “known shipper” regulations of the Transportation Security Administration. International Mortuary Shipping costs could be the many thousands of dollars.