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Hand carry on flyadeal

flyadeal flies from Jeddah (JED) in Saudi Arabia. We book it when it has the next suitable departure, being independent of every alliance is what lets us combine it with any other carrier on one routing.

RouteUAE → JED
Typical flying time2h 28m
Distance≈1,700 km
Typical outcomeSame-Day

One person beats a parcel networkon flyadeal

The freight chain is not slow because aircraft are slow, it is slow because a consignment waits at every handover. A courier removes the queues, not the kilometres.

OnBoard CourierOne person. One seat. One signature.
CollectedIn the cabin Delivered in on flyadeal, same day or next morning
Conventional air freightA parcel in a system, every handover is a queue.
Drop-offAcceptance cut-off Build-upFlight Break-downCustoms Delivered, day 3 to 5
0h24h48h72h96h+

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Firm quote in 15 minutes

Tell us what has to fly. We answer with a flight and a price.

Five short questions. A dispatcher replies with a named departure, the delivery hour and one fixed price, day and night.

  • One named courier from collection to signature
  • Customs cleared in person on arrival
  • Licensed UAE company, proper VAT invoices

Operational route facts

Last reviewed: August 2026, carrier line-ups and frequencies are indicative and change with seasonal schedules; your quote is priced on the day’s actual flights.

How the flying actually works

Non-stop links into Jeddah (JED) from the Gulf departure bank, the quote names the exact flight and day-of-week validity:

DXBEmirates (multiple daily)
DXBflydubai (daily or better)
SHJAir Arabia (daily or better)
DOHQatar Airways (multiple daily)
AUHEtihad (daily or better)

Alternative gateways nearby

TIFTaif Regional, Taif · ≈145 km straight-line · connection gateway

When the primary airport’s timing loses, a late bank, a curfew, a fog morning, the quote compares these alternates with the true road leg included, and names the winner.

220countries and territories on the desk
500+airports a courier can be booked into
15 minfrom your message to a firm price
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Three departure boards, one desk: Emirates, flydubai and Etihad for on flyadeal

A hand-carry is only as fast as the next departure. The desk watches three boards at once and books the one that lands first, then holds the one that leaves next.

Emirates

The night bank out of Terminal 3

Between one and four in the morning Emirates pushes back a wave of widebodies from Terminal 3 that reach Europe before the first meeting and Asia by the afternoon. For on flyadeal that wave is the reason a courier confirmed at eight in the evening is still delivering the next day.

Widebody only, non-stop to 140 plus cities
flydubai

The short sectors, several times a day

From Terminal 2 flydubai runs the one to five hour sectors: the Caucasus, Central Asia, East Africa, the Balkans, the subcontinent. Where a widebody leaves once a day, flydubai often leaves three times, which turns a missed slot into a ninety minute delay rather than a lost day.

Frequency is the fallback
Etihad

Abu Dhabi as the second runway

Ninety minutes down the E11, Etihad leaves from Zayed International with its own bank of departures and, for the United States, immigration cleared before boarding. When the Dubai departure for on flyadeal is gone, the desk looks at Abu Dhabi before it looks at tomorrow.

US preclearance at AUH

The desk holds no allegiance to a carrier. The booking goes to whichever board puts a courier at on flyadeal first, at a fare the quote can carry.

on flyadeal: every hour it waits is an hour it is not moving.

Five questions, one fixed price, a named flight. The desk answers within 15 minutes, day and night, and you decide.

flyadeal in the network the desk measures

Computed on 2026-09-07 from AeroDataBox scheduled route statistics. The desk holds departure schedules for 571 airports, and for the F3 code that yields 56 city pairs across 32 of them. It is a measured sample of the published timetable and not the whole of it. Frequencies move with the season, and a quote is priced on the flights running the day you ask.

32airports on this carrier
11countries and territories reached
56scheduled city pairs held
470average daily flights across them

The schedule the desk holds carries the F3 code on 56 city pairs, reaching 32 airports in 11 countries and territories. Some of those sectors are flown by flyadeal and some are sold under its code and flown by a partner, which is how the published timetable states it and how a booking has to be read. 65.6 per cent of those airports sit on Asian time zones, and the next largest block is on African time zones.

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The longest sector held for the carrier is Bergamo (BGY) to Riyadh (RUH) at about 4,016 km, and the shortest is Ad Dammam (DMM) to Riyadh (RUH) at about 353 km. 32 of the pairs are under 1,500 km and 0 run past 5,000 km, a medium haul shape that usually joins a Gulf departure at a single interchange. The airport that appears most often on those pairs is Riyadh (RUH), on 21 of them, which is 37.5 per cent of everything held under this code.

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The thickest sector under the code is Jeddah (JED) to Riyadh (RUH) at about 76.3 movements a day, which across a full day is roughly one every 0.3 hours. On a sector at that cadence a missed departure costs a wait rather than a night. 28 of the 56 pairs run four or more times a day and 16 run once a day or less. The second figure is the one that matters when a consignment leaves the factory late, because on those sectors the desk will quote a different carrier rather than promise an hour it cannot hold. After Riyadh (RUH) the code leans on Jeddah (JED) on 19, Medina (MED) on 12, Ad Dammam (DMM) on 8 pairs respectively, and those are the airports a dispatcher looks at second when the first routing is full.

The sectors that carry the F3 code most often

FromToCountryFlights a daykmOpen it
Jeddah JEDRiyadh RUHSaudi Arabia76.3852the pair page
Cairo CAIJeddah JEDSaudi Arabia49.41,217the pair page
Cairo CAIRiyadh RUHSaudi Arabia31.41,612the pair page
Abha AHBRiyadh RUHSaudi Arabia24.1856plan this
Ad Dammam DMMJeddah JEDSaudi Arabia23.71,204the pair page
Ad Dammam DMMRiyadh RUHSaudi Arabia23.1353the pair page
Dubai DXBRiyadh RUHSaudi Arabia22.3873the pair page
Medina MEDRiyadh RUHSaudi Arabia19.1708the pair page
Cairo CAIMedina MEDSaudi Arabia16.11,027the pair page
Abha AHBJeddah JEDSaudi Arabia13.6529plan this
Cairo CAIAd Dammam DMMSaudi Arabia12.71,844the pair page
Riyadh RUHTabuk TUUSaudi Arabia10.31,071plan this

The 12 sectors the F3 code appears on most often, out of 56. Flights a day is the average daily scheduled movement on the busier of the two directions, as held on 2026-09-07. The schedule lists a code against a sector whether the carrier operates it or sells it, so read this as where the code can be booked. Distances are great circle, computed from the published coordinates of the two airports.

Where F3 meets the UAE gateways

flyadeal is one of the carriers a courier can board without leaving the Emirates. The desk holds 1 pairs under this code touching Dubai (DXB), so a booking can start at a UAE counter and stay on one ticket to the delivery city.

UAE airportToCountryFlights a daykmOpen it
Dubai DXBRiyadh RUHSaudi Arabia22.3873plan this

Night restrictions on the airports the F3 code uses

A hand carry is bought for the hours it saves, and an airport that will not take a movement after a certain hour can spend those hours back. 1 of the 32 airports this code is booked through carry a restriction the desk holds in writing, checked 2026-09-07. Exemptions and seasonal variations exist, and the desk confirms the position with the airport or the carrier before it books.

  • Dubai (DXB), night operations. Operates around the clock. The overnight departure bank to Europe leaves between roughly 01:00 and 04:00 local, which is what makes a same day European delivery possible.

Published lanes that carry the F3 code

The site publishes a page for 346 courier lanes. flyadeal appears in the schedule on one of them, and the one it flies most is Jeddah to Istanbul at about 8.7 movements a day. That overlap is the honest test of whether a carrier is useful to this desk rather than merely famous.

The countries the F3 code opens

Of the 11 countries and territories reached, 6 are reached at a single airport, which for a courier means one airport of entry and a road leg for everything else in that country. The deepest is Saudi Arabia with 12 airports on this code. The country desk for Saudi Arabia sets out the customs practice, the working hours and the road legs behind these airports.

Saudi Arabia (12 airports), Pakistan (5 airports), Uzbekistan (4 airports), Egypt (3 airports), Türkiye (2 airports), Jordan (1 airports), India (1 airports), United Arab Emirates (1 airports), Syria (1 airports), Algeria (1 airports).

Where to go next on the F3 network

Each of the 32 airports above has its own atlas entry with the full destination list, and each of the 56 sectors can be opened in the calculator with the flying time, the distance and the delivery hour worked out. Start with the atlas entry for Riyadh (RUH), the route calculator with Dubai to RUH already filled in, the carrier index for the other 236 airlines the desk lists and the airport atlas itself.

Where flyadeal fits in an OBC routing

flyadeal is based in Saudi Arabia and operates from Jeddah (JED) independently of the global alliances. For us a carrier is not a brand preference, it is a departure time. We book flyadeal when it has the next seat that gets your consignment there, and we combine it freely with any other airline on the same routing because we hold no alliance membership and no exclusive contract.

Cabin baggage reality

This is a low-cost carrier, so cabin baggage limits are tighter and enforced more strictly than on a full-service airline. We confirm the allowance for the exact flight before quoting, and where a consignment does not fit we book an additional seat or a different carrier rather than gambling at the gate.

Connections

Where a single flyadeal sector does not reach the destination, the courier connects, and stays with the consignment on every leg, so it is never handed over in transit.

How we book

An ordinary passenger seat on the open market, in the courier's own name, matching the passport exactly. Premium cabins when the consignment or the schedule justifies it.

Customs is separate

The airline moves the aircraft; the courier declares the goods. Entry rules are per country, not per carrier, see our country guides.

Why frequency matters

A carrier with three rotations a day turns a missed departure into a short wait. That is worth more on a deadline than a marginally faster aircraft.

Independence

No alliance, no exclusivity, no volume commitment. The schedule decides, not a supplier agreement.

Destinations and markets this carrier serves for us

Airline timetables change constantly, so rather than reprint a schedule that will be wrong next month, here is what is useful: the markets where flyadeal regularly appears in our routings, and the pages that describe those lanes in detail. If you need a specific city on flyadeal, ask and we will check the live schedule.

Markets in Middle East & Africa:

On board courier vs air cargo

Whether the seat is on flyadeal or any other carrier, this is what a courier changes compared with the hold of the same aircraft.

On board courier

A person in a seat

  • Leaves on the next available flight, often within hours of your call, 24/7.
  • One named courier holds the consignment from collection to signature.
  • Travels in the aircraft cabin wherever the airline, cargo classification and security rules permit it; the transport configuration is confirmed before booking.
  • No warehouse, no consolidation window, no overnight sort.
  • Customs cleared in person, questions answered at the counter, immediately.
  • Same-day delivery is realistic on most sectors out of the UAE.
  • Built for high-value, fragile, temperature-critical goods and originals.
  • Proof of delivery with signature, ID check and a photograph within minutes.
  • A human being you can call at any point of the journey.

Air cargo & express freight

A parcel in a system

  • Waits for the next consolidation and space allocation, not for you.
  • Passes through many hands: hub, build-up, ramp, break-down, delivery agent.
  • Rides in the hold, frequently sitting in a warehouse overnight.
  • Each handover is a queue, and each queue is where hours disappear.
  • Cleared in a batch by a broker; one query can idle the shipment for a day.
  • Next day at best on most lanes, two to three days if it is held.
  • Chain of custody is a scan history, not a person with the box.
  • Signed for by whoever happens to be at the door.
  • Right answer for heavy, bulky or non-urgent freight, and we will say so.

To be straight about it: air cargo is not a bad service, it is a different one. It moves weight cheaply and it does that extremely well. A hand-carry buys back hours, and it is worth paying for exactly when an hour of delay costs more than a seat on a plane, which is the case far more often than most shippers assume, and far less often than most courier companies claim.

Questions about flying flyadeal

What clients and couriers ask when they see this carrier on an assignment.

01Are you an agent or partner of flyadeal?

No. OnBoard Courier is an independent courier management company. We buy ordinary passenger seats on the open market and hold no agency, contract or partnership with any airline. Airline names and marks belong to their owners and are used here only to describe the routes these assignments travel on.

02Will my consignment definitely fly flyadeal?

Only if that is genuinely the fastest option for your deadline. We book whichever carrier departs next with a seat and a cabin allowance that fits.

03How much can a courier carry on flyadeal?

This is a low-cost carrier, so cabin baggage limits are tighter and enforced more strictly than on a full-service airline. We confirm the exact allowance for the specific flight before quoting.

04Can I fly as a courier on flyadeal?

If you are in our network, yes, couriers fly whichever airline the assignment requires. We book and pay the ticket and pay a fee per completed assignment.

Need a routing that uses flyadeal?

Send the two ends and the deadline. We will check the live schedule across every carrier and come back with the fastest realistic option.

Why a courier on flyadeal rather than a cargo booking

People usually find this service when something has already gone wrong: a line has stopped, a sample is about to expire, a document has to be somewhere tomorrow that it cannot reach. It is worth understanding how the service works before that day rather than during it.

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The other thing being bought is answerability. When a customs officer has a question about a shipment, the shipment cannot answer, so it waits for someone who can. When the question is asked of a courier standing at the counter with the invoice in their hand, it is answered immediately. That is not a marketing claim; it is the entire operational advantage compressed into one sentence.

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What clients are actually buying is the removal of every handover. In a normal air freight movement a consignment changes hands seven or eight times: shipper, forwarder, handling agent, ramp, aircraft, ramp, break-bulk, broker, delivery agent. Each handover is a queue and each queue is where hours disappear. A courier reduces that number to one, collection, and one more, delivery.

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On the Jeddah lane this matters more than average, because the schedule and the customs position both reward preparation and punish improvisation. The half hour spent on the description of the goods before departure is the half day you do not spend at the border afterwards.

How an assignment routed over Jeddah runs

Most people booking a courier for the first time want to know what the hours look like. This is the real sequence for a Jeddah assignment, the parts we control, the parts the airline controls, and the part where customs decides how the day goes.

Minute 0 to 15

You tell us what it is

Everything starts with an honest description of the goods. We ask what it is, what it costs, who is receiving it in Jeddah and when it must be in their hands. Vague answers produce vague quotes and, far worse, customs problems at the other end.

Minute 15 to 45

We screen it and price it

We check three things at once: whether we may lawfully carry it, whether Saudi Arabia will let it in without a permit we do not have, and whether it physically fits an aircraft cabin. Only then do you get a fixed price, and the price includes the ticket, the courier fee, transfers and a hotel where an overnight is unavoidable.

Hour 1 to 3

A named courier is assigned and booked

We name the courier and the flight before you pay, not after. That means a real person with a passport valid well beyond the trip, the visas the Jeddah routing needs, and a record of assignments they have already closed cleanly.

Hour 2 to 4

Collection, sealing and documentation

At collection the seal number is recorded, the goods are photographed and the paperwork is checked line by line against what is in the box. A description that does not match the contents is a common reason a hand-carry is held at Jeddah (JED), and it is entirely preventable.

In flight

The consignment stays in the cabin

It stays in one named courier's documented custody for the whole sector, in the aircraft cabin wherever size, classification, security rules and the operating airline permit it, and otherwise under an approved accompanied process. On the ground at any transit point the courier stays airside with it. There is no depot, no consolidation window and no overnight sort anywhere in the routing to Jeddah.

On arrival

Customs, then a signature

The courier declares the goods through the red channel at Jeddah (JED), answers questions in person and, where the category or the value warrants it, meets a customs broker we have already briefed. The handover is against signature, printed name and an identification reference, timestamped and with photographs where you have asked for them.

The paperwork that decides how fast Jeddah goes

Nothing delays a hand-carry as reliably as a document that says something different from the box. This is what we prepare with you before the courier leaves, and why each piece matters at Jeddah (JED).

Seal and photographic record

A numbered tamper-evident seal applied at collection and checked at delivery, with photographs at both ends. It costs nothing and it settles every argument about whether a package was opened between the two points.

Named consignee with authority

Someone in Jeddah must be entitled to receive the goods and, where clearance requires it, able to act as importer of record. A delivery address without an authorised person behind it is where otherwise perfect assignments stall.

Commercial invoice

The document customs actually reads. It needs a plain description of the goods, the real value, the currency, the terms of sale and the full names and addresses of both parties. “Samples, no commercial value” is not a customs value and it is the fastest way to turn a twenty-minute clearance at Jeddah (JED) into an afternoon.

Proforma invoice for non-sales

Repairs, exhibition goods, replacements and samples still need a document with a realistic value on it. The value is what the goods are worth, not what you would like the duty to be, an understated value is a customs offence in Saudi Arabia rather than a negotiating position.

Certificates and permits

Certificates of origin, health and phytosanitary certificates, dangerous goods declarations, export licences for dual-use items, import permits for regulated categories. We identify which of these Saudi Arabia wants for your specific commodity at the quoting stage, because discovering it at Jeddah (JED) is far too late.

Tariff classification

The HS code decides the duty, the permits and sometimes whether the goods may enter Saudi Arabia at all. We would rather agree the classification with you before departure than watch an officer choose one for us, because the officer's choice is the one that stands.

What a Jeddah courier actually costs, and why

We do not publish a price list, because a fixed table would be a lie: the same box on the same route costs differently at four hours' notice than at two days'. What we can do is be exact about which levers move the number, so nothing in the quote is a surprise.

Declared value and insurance

All-risk cover is priced on the declared value of the goods, and it is the number that matters, airline liability under the Montreal Convention is a fraction of what most courier consignments are worth. Understating the value to save a little on cover is a false economy the first time anything goes wrong.

Distance and sector count

A direct flight to Jeddah is one ticket and one risk. A two-sector routing is cheaper on paper and more expensive in practice, because every connection is a chance to lose the consignment's schedule. We quote the routing we would actually fly, not the cheapest one that technically arrives.

Visas and positioning

If the routing to Saudi Arabia needs a visthe courier does not hold, either we assign a courier who does or we position one, and a global network exists precisely so that the answer is usually the first option rather than the second.

Regulatory profile of the goods

Batteries, biological material, temperature-controlled consignments and anything export-controlled require preparation, sometimes a permit and occasionally a specialist packer. That work is real and it appears in the quote rather than as a surprise at the airport.

How much notice you give us

A seat bought four hours before departure costs what a seat bought four hours before departure costs. Nothing about that is a courier margin, it is simply the airline's pricing curve, and it is the single largest variable in a Jeddah quote.

Weekends, nights and public holidays

We operate around the clock, and a consignment collected at 02:00 on a Friday is a normal assignment rather than a special case. It is priced the same way as any other; what changes is which flights exist, not what we charge for our part.

Every quote we send is fixed before departure and contains the flight, the courier's fee, transfers and, where an overnight cannot be avoided, the hotel. The things that can change it afterwards are the things you control: a change of destination, a change of goods, or a delay at your end that costs the booked flight. Duty and tax in Saudi Arabia sit with the consignee unless we have agreed otherwise in writing.

Dubai skyline at dusk
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What can go wrong on a Jeddah assignment, and what we do about it

Every operator has these problems. The difference is whether the answer was decided in advance or invented at the counter. This is our answer to each of them, written down before you need it.

The connection is missed

This is why we build routings above the minimum connection time rather than at it. Where a connection is genuinely tight, the courier holds the consignment airside and takes the next available service rather than clearing into a country they were only passing through.

The declared value is challenged

It happens, and it is survivable when the invoice is realistic and consistent with the goods. It is not survivable when someone wrote a convenient number. We check this before departure precisely because there is no way to fix it afterwards.

The goods turn out to be regulated

Found before departure, this is a repack or a permit. Found at security, it is a lost flight and sometimes a confiscation. It is the reason we ask uncomfortable questions about contents at the very beginning instead of taking a booking politely.

Weather or airspace closes the route

Force majeure does not disappear because a shipment is urgent. What we do is re-plan around it, a different hub, a different carrier, occasionally a different UAE airport, and tell you what the new arrival time is rather than letting you discover it.

Something needs to continue past Jeddah

A second sector, a border crossing or a domestic flight beyond Jeddah (JED) is planned as part of the assignment, not handed to a third party on arrival. The chain of custody either holds to the signature or it is not a chain of custody.

The flight is cancelled

Not a crisis, a routine. Before the courier leaves for the airport we already know the next two departures that could carry the consignment to Jeddah, on any carrier, from any of the seven UAE airports. Rebooking is a phone call, not a rescue operation.

More questions about carrying a consignment on flyadeal

The questions clients actually ask before their first assignment, answered without marketing language.

01Is the consignment insured?

All-risk cover on the declared value is arranged on request and confirmed in writing before collection. We do not rely on airline liability, because under the Montreal Convention that liability is a small fraction of what most courier consignments are worth.

02Can I speak to a person during the journey?

Yes, and that is the point of the service. Our operations desk answers by email at bookings [at] onboardcourier [dot] ae for the whole assignment, and we contact you at collection, at departure, on arrival and at delivery without waiting to be asked.

03How quickly can a courier leave for Jeddah?

A vetted courier can normally be at a UAE airport within two to four hours of a confirmed booking. The real constraint is not our side, it is the next departure with a seat and a cabin allowance that fits. Because we use all seven UAE airports and buy on the open market rather than through one carrier, that next departure is usually sooner than people expect.

04Does the consignment ever go into the hold?

No. That is the definition of the service rather than a policy we could relax. It travels in the cabin, in the courier's custody, for every sector of the journey to Jeddah. If something genuinely cannot travel in a cabin, we will tell you that and discuss freight or a charter instead of pretending.

05What happens if the flight is cancelled?

We rebook. Before departure we already know the next alternatives to Jeddah across the carriers we can lawfully use, so a cancellation costs hours rather than a day. You are told the new arrival time as soon as we have it, not after you ask.

06How is delivery proven?

Signature, printed name and an identification reference, with a timestamp, plus photographs where you have asked for them. It is produced by the courier at the moment of handover in Jeddah, not generated by a depot three hours later.

07Can you collect outside the UAE?

Yes. Third-country assignments, collect in one country, deliver in another, are a normal part of the work, and they are routed through the fastest connection rather than automatically through Dubai. Where a courier already in the region can take it, that is what happens.

08What cannot travel with a courier?

Undeclared dangerous goods, controlled substances, weapons and weapon parts, counterfeits, unlicensed dual-use items, live animals, and anything whose parties or end use fail sanctions screening. Some regulated categories can travel with the right permit and packing; we tell you which case yours is before you pay.

From the operations desk

How jobs like this actually run

Illustrative cases, patterns from daily OBC work, details generalised for client confidentiality.

SemiconductorSHJ → TPE

A reticle case that had to stay upright, in sight, in the cabin.

Cleanroom pickup11:20
Via a same-day connection14:45
Fab dock06:50 +1
✓ Line stoppage avoided.
EventsLAS → RUH

A show-control console after a failure during load-in.

Vendor pickup20:10
Two-leg routing23:30
Front of house07:45 +2
✓ Doors opened on time.
FashionMXP → DXB

Runway samples finished in Milan on Thursday, the show was Saturday.

Atelier pickup18:00
Morning departure09:35 +1
Backstage19:20 +1
✓ Every look on the rail before the rehearsal.

Times are typical for these lanes; every job gets its own named flight and timeline before you confirm.

How it moves

Collected by hand, not by network

A named courier picks up at your door, the clock starts the moment you confirm.

Inside the aircraft cabin

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Estimate your price, live, before you talk to anyone

An indicative calculation on the OBC-One pattern: airline seat, courier duty, hotel where the routing needs one, transfers and handling. Pick any of the airports we serve, adjust the settings, the breakdown updates as you go. Nothing here is a binding price; the airline fare on the day decides the final number.

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Three ways the desk can move on flyadeal

Same courier, same cabin, different amount of ground work. The desk recommends one of these in the quote and prices the other two if you ask.

The lean one

Airport to airport

  • A courier meets your driver airside at the departure airport
  • The consignment stays in the cabin for the whole flight
  • Your consignee, or their broker, collects at the arrival airport
  • Cleared in person, questions answered at the counter

Best when both ends have people who can reach an airport.

Price this for on flyadeal
What most clients book

Door to door

  • Collection at your address, sealed and photographed
  • One named courier from that door to the signature
  • Customs cleared in person on arrival, duties handled as agreed
  • Proof of delivery with signature, identity check and photograph

The full chain, one price, one person answerable for it.

Price this for on flyadeal
When the schedule will not do

Charter and relay

  • A second courier takes over where a visa or a duty limit stops the first
  • A private aircraft where the last airline departure has gone
  • Ground relay across a border when flying is the slower option
  • Priced case by case, in writing, before anything moves

For deadlines that a scheduled seat cannot reach.

Price this for on flyadeal

Every option is quoted as one all-in figure with a named flight. Nothing on this page is a rate card.

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