UAESCL

JA · hub Santiago (SCL) · independent

Hand carry on JetSMART

JetSMART flies from Santiago (SCL) in Chile. 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.

Ask for a routing All airlines we fly

RouteUAE → SCL

Typical flying time18h 02m

Distance≈14,750 km

Typical outcomeSame-Day, Late

One person beats a parcel networkon JetSMART

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 JetSMART, 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+

When a seat beats a parcel, the full comparison →

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 Santiago (SCL) from the Gulf departure bank, the quote names the exact flight and day-of-week validity:

DOHQatar Airways via GRU (daily through-service)

Alternative gateways nearby

MDZGovernor Francisco Gabrielli, Mendoza · ≈195 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

24/7the operations centre is awake

Three departure boards, one desk: Emirates, flydubai and Etihad for on JetSMART

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 JetSMART 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 JetSMART 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 JetSMART first, at a fare the quote can carry.

on JetSMART: 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.

Price it now How it works

JetSMART 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 JA code that yields 72 city pairs across 45 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.

45airports on this carrier

8countries and territories reached

72scheduled city pairs held

599average daily flights across them

The schedule the desk holds carries the JA code on 72 city pairs, reaching 45 airports in 8 countries and territories. Some of those sectors are flown by JetSMART 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. 100 per cent of those airports sit on time zones in the Americas, and the carrier appears on no other block in this sample.

The longest sector held for the carrier is Rionegro (MDE) to Santiago (SCL) at about 4,426 km, and the shortest is Bogotá (BOG) to Pereira (PEI) at about 177 km. 73.6 per cent of the pairs are under 1,500 km. This is a short sector operator, which for a hand carry out of the Gulf means it is almost always the second leg of the routing rather than the first. The airport that appears most often on those pairs is Buenos Aires (AEP), on 19 of them, which is 26.4 per cent of everything held under this code.

The thickest sector under the code is Bogotá (BOG) to Rionegro (MDE) at about 50.7 movements a day, which across a full day is roughly one every 0.5 hours. On a sector at that cadence a missed departure costs a wait rather than a night. That sector does not touch Buenos Aires (AEP), the airport this code is booked through most often, so the desk treats it as a seat sold under the code rather than flown by the carrier, and confirms the operating airline before it quotes. 42 of the 72 pairs run four or more times a day and 13 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 Buenos Aires (AEP) the code leans on Santiago (SCL) on 16, Buenos Aires (EZE) on 11, Rionegro (MDE) on 10 pairs respectively, and those are the airports a dispatcher looks at second when the first routing is full.

The sectors that carry the JA code most often

From	To	Country	Flights a day	km	Open it
Bogotá BOG	Rionegro MDE	Colombia	50.7	215	the pair page
Bogotá BOG	Santiago de Cali CLO	Colombia	39.3	279	the pair page
Bogotá BOG	Cartagena de Indias CTG	Colombia	33.7	656	plan this
Calama CJC	Santiago SCL	Chile	23.3	1,225	plan this
Bucaramanga BGA	Bogotá BOG	Colombia	23	290	plan this
Antofagasta ANF	Santiago SCL	Chile	19.9	1,107	plan this
Cartagena de Indias CTG	Rionegro MDE	Colombia	18.3	476	plan this
Buenos Aires AEP	Córdoba COR	Argentina	15.9	649	plan this
São Paulo GRU	Santiago SCL	Chile	15.6	2,614	the pair page
Buenos Aires AEP	San Carlos de Bariloche BRC	Argentina	15.4	1,335	plan this
Bogotá BOG	Montería MTR	Colombia	14.9	494	plan this
Puerto Montt PMC	Santiago SCL	Chile	14.3	918	plan this
Concepción CCP	Santiago SCL	Chile	13.7	429	plan this
Bogotá BOG	Cúcuta CUC	Colombia	13.6	402	plan this
Buenos Aires AEP	Santiago SCL	Chile	13.4	1,147	the pair page
Bogotá BOG	Pereira PEI	Colombia	13.4	177	plan this

The 16 sectors the JA code appears on most often, out of 72. 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.

How a courier reaches Buenos Aires from the Gulf

The schedule the desk holds shows no JA service into a UAE airport, so a courier does not board this carrier in Dubai. The routing is built the other way round: a Gulf carrier takes the first leg to Buenos Aires (AEP), and JetSMART carries the second. The desk holds no non-stop link between a UAE gateway and AEP either, which means two changes and a routing the dispatcher checks by hand before it quotes.

Published lanes the JA code can carry half of

None of the 346 lanes the site publishes is flown end to end under this code. These 13 are the ones it touches at one end, which is how a routing gets built when no single carrier covers the whole distance: a Gulf carrier takes the first leg and this one finishes it. The lane index holds the rest.

Dubai to Santiago, joined at Santiago (SCL), which this code reaches on 16 of its pairs.
Dubai to Buenos Aires, joined at Buenos Aires (EZE), which this code reaches on 11 of its pairs.
Madrid to Buenos Aires, joined at Buenos Aires (EZE), which this code reaches on 11 of its pairs.
Dubai to Bogota, joined at Bogotá (BOG), which this code reaches on 9 of its pairs.
Madrid to Bogota, joined at Bogotá (BOG), which this code reaches on 9 of its pairs.
Miami to Bogota, joined at Bogotá (BOG), which this code reaches on 9 of its pairs.
Doha to Sao Paulo, joined at São Paulo (GRU), which this code reaches on 1 of its pairs.
Dubai to Sao Paulo, joined at São Paulo (GRU), which this code reaches on 1 of its pairs.

The countries the JA code opens

Of the 8 countries and territories reached, 3 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 Argentina with 14 airports on this code. The country desk for Argentina sets out the customs practice, the working hours and the road legs behind these airports.

Argentina (14 airports), Colombia (12 airports), Chile (8 airports), Brazil (6 airports), Peru (2 airports), Dominican Republic (1 airports), Paraguay (1 airports), Uruguay (1 airports).

Where to go next on the JA network

Each of the 45 airports above has its own atlas entry with the full destination list, and each of the 72 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 Buenos Aires (AEP), the route calculator with Dubai to AEP already filled in, the carrier index for the other 236 airlines the desk lists and the airport atlas itself.

Where JetSMART fits in an OBC routing

JetSMART is based in Chile and operates from Santiago (SCL) independently of the global alliances. For us a carrier is not a brand preference, it is a departure time. We book JetSMART 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 JetSMART 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 JetSMART regularly appears in our routings, and the pages that describe those lanes in detail. If you need a specific city on JetSMART, ask and we will check the live schedule.

Country page: Chile →Santiago

Markets in Americas:

United States Canada Mexico Brazil Argentina Chile Colombia Peru Panama All countries →

On board courier vs air cargo

Whether the seat is on JetSMART 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.

The full comparison, with costs →

Questions about flying JetSMART

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

01Are you an agent or partner of JetSMART?

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 JetSMART?

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 JetSMART?

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 JetSMART?

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 JetSMART?

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

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Why a courier on JetSMART rather than a cargo booking

Every logistics option is a trade between cost, speed and control. Sea freight gives up speed. Air cargo gives up control. A charter gives up cost. An on board courier is the only option that keeps speed and control and pays for them with the price of a passenger ticket, which is why it exists at all.

It is also worth saying what the service does not fix. It does not make a permit appear, it does not make a sanctioned party acceptable, and it does not make an undeclared battery legal. Where those are the problem, a courier only makes the problem arrive faster, which is why the screening happens before the quote.

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.

What that adds up to for Santiago is a service you should use when the deadline is real and ignore when it is not. We would rather tell you to send it as express freight and keep the relationship than sell you a courier for a box that could have travelled overnight anyway.

How an assignment routed over Santiago runs

A Santiago assignment is not complicated, but every step has a failure mode, and the difference between an operator and a broker is whether those failure modes were planned for before the courier left the house.

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 Santiago 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 Chile 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 Santiago 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 Santiago (SCL), 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 Santiago.

On arrival

Customs, then a signature

The courier declares the goods through the red channel at Santiago (SCL), 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 Santiago 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 Santiago (SCL).

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 Chile rather than a negotiating position.

Duty, tax and who pays it

Import duty and VAT or GST in Chile are the consignee's cost unless you have agreed otherwise in writing, and the terms should be settled before departure. It is a small conversation before the flight and an expensive one after it.

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.

ATA Carnet and temporary admission

Where goods enter Chile temporarily and leave again, demonstration equipment, exhibition pieces, professional gear, a carnet avoids duty entirely and gives the courier a document the officer recognises immediately. It has to be issued before departure; there is no retrospective version.

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 Santiago (SCL) into an afternoon.

Temperature and dangerous goods

Dry ice quantities, lithium battery watt-hours, biological substance classification and packing group all have hard limits for a passenger cabin. Some consignments to Chile can travel exactly as they are; some need repacking; some cannot fly with a passenger at all, and we say so rather than finding out at security.

What a Santiago 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.

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.

Visas and positioning

If the routing to Chile 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.

Distance and sector count

A direct flight to Santiago 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.

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.

Whether the courier returns immediately

A same-day turnaround, an overnight with a hotel, or a courier who continues to a third country all cost differently. On a Santiago routing the flight schedule usually decides this rather than anybody's preference.

What is always included

Ticket, courier fee, airport transfers, the hotel where an overnight is unavoidable, the documentation work and our operations desk being awake for the whole journey. What is not included is duty and tax in Chile, and anything you ask for after departure that changes the routing.

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 Chile sit with the consignee unless we have agreed otherwise in writing.

Dubai skyline at dusk — The word “impossible” is not in the leaders’ dictionaries.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

What can go wrong on a Santiago 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 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 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 Santiago, on any carrier, from any of the seven UAE airports. Rebooking is a phone call, not a rescue operation.

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.

The consignee is unreachable

We confirm the receiving party and a working phone number before the courier departs, and we agree a fallback in Santiago, a second authorised person, or a secure hold, so that a delivery does not fail because someone went into a meeting.

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 consignment is larger than described

Measured at collection, not at the gate. If it will not fit a locker we buy a seat for it there and then and tell you the revised number before the courier moves, rather than improvising at check-in.

How jobs like this actually run

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

YachtingNCE → DXB

A regatta winch motor between two race days.

Chandlery13:20

Evening non-stop18:05

Marina berth03:10 +1

✓ Boat on the start line.

EnergyDOH → IAH

A turbine control card for a plant running on reduced load.

Handover Doha07:10

Non-stop08:55

Site gate Houston17:30

✓ Unit back to full output the same night.

Med-techICN → DXB

A surgical navigation unit needed before a scheduled theatre slot.

Factory dock15:30

Overnight non-stop23:55

Hospital loading bay05:40 +1

✓ In the theatre before the first case.

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

How it moves

A seat of its own, never out of sight

The case flies belted in the cabin next to the courier, never checked in.

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Every route on this site runs because somebody was willing to get on the plane with it. We are recruiting vetted couriers worldwide: we book and pay the flight, cover transfers and a hotel where an overnight is needed, and pay a fee for every completed assignment, stated in the offer before you accept it. You decide when you are available.

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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.

Departure hub

Destination airport

What is travelling? Weight: 5 kg More than 23 kg, second courier Service

How urgent?

Indicative total ,

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This sends exactly what you configured above, nothing to retype, no commitment. Indicative figures only; a person confirms the real fare and timing.

Aircraft wing above the clouds — Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, three departure boards, one operations desk watching them all.
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Company

What does the company do?

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What is in the consignment?

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Where to go from here

Hand carry on JetSMART is one chapter of a larger network. OnBoard Courier moves time-critical consignments with vetted on-board couriers departing 24/7 from all seven UAE airports to 584 destinations across 219 countries. Choose the service that fits, classic hand-carry, AOG for grounded aircraft, medical and pharma, next flight out or high-value goods, then check entry requirements and customs by country and how an assignment actually runs, minute by minute.

Prefer to compare first? Read when a seat beats a parcel network, browse the industries we move for or scan the airlines the couriers the desk places fly with. If you travel often yourself, flying as an OnBoard Courier pays per completed assignment. For anything urgent, the fastest route is the quote form above, answered by a person, day or night.

One person beats a parcel networkon JetSMART

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

Operational route facts

How the flying actually works

Alternative gateways nearby

Three departure boards, one desk: Emirates, flydubai and Etihad for on JetSMART

The night bank out of Terminal 3

The short sectors, several times a day

Abu Dhabi as the second runway

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

JetSMART in the network the desk measures

The sectors that carry the JA code most often

How a courier reaches Buenos Aires from the Gulf

Published lanes the JA code can carry half of

The countries the JA code opens

Where to go next on the JA network

Where JetSMART fits in an OBC routing

Cabin baggage reality

Connections

How we book

Customs is separate

Why frequency matters

Independence

Destinations and markets this carrier serves for us

On board courier vs air cargo

✓ On board courier

✕ Air cargo & express freight

Questions about flying JetSMART

01Are you an agent or partner of JetSMART?

02Will my consignment definitely fly JetSMART?

03How much can a courier carry on JetSMART?

04Can I fly as a courier on JetSMART?

Need a routing that uses JetSMART?

Why a courier on JetSMART rather than a cargo booking

How an assignment routed over Santiago runs

You tell us what it is

We screen it and price it

A named courier is assigned and booked

Collection, sealing and documentation

The consignment stays in the cabin

Customs, then a signature

The paperwork that decides how fast Santiago goes

Proforma invoice for non-sales

Duty, tax and who pays it

Seal and photographic record

ATA Carnet and temporary admission

Commercial invoice

Temperature and dangerous goods

What a Santiago courier actually costs, and why

Regulatory profile of the goods

Visas and positioning

Distance and sector count

Declared value and insurance

Whether the courier returns immediately

What is always included

What can go wrong on a Santiago assignment, and what we do about it

The declared value is challenged

The flight is cancelled

Weather or airspace closes the route

The consignee is unreachable

The connection is missed

The consignment is larger than described

More questions about carrying a consignment on JetSMART

01Can a courier carry more than one consignment?

02What happens if the flight is cancelled?

03Can you collect outside the UAE?

04Can I speak to a person during the journey?

05How quickly can a courier leave for Santiago?

06Does the consignment ever go into the hold?

07How is delivery proven?

08Is the consignment insured?

How jobs like this actually run

A seat of its own, never out of sight

Join the OBC network, become an on board courier

Estimate your price, live, before you talk to anyone

Get a quote for this route

Request a quote

I need to send something

I want to fly as a courier

Where to go from here