UAEMEX

Y4 · hub Mexico City (MEX) · independent

Hand carry on Volaris

Volaris flies from Mexico City (MEX) in Mexico. 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 → MEX

Typical flying time17h 30m

Distance≈14,350 km

Typical outcomeSame-Day

One person beats a parcel networkon Volaris

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 Volaris, 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 Mexico City (MEX) from the Gulf departure bank, the quote names the exact flight and day-of-week validity:

DXBEmirates via BCN (daily through-service)

Alternative gateways nearby

, No practical alternate within 250 km, this airport carries the lane alone

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 Volaris

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

on Volaris: 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.

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OnBoard Courier Volaris 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 Y4 code that yields 222 city pairs across 72 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.

72airports on this carrier

6countries and territories reached

222scheduled city pairs held

650average daily flights across them

The schedule the desk holds carries the Y4 code on 222 city pairs, reaching 72 airports in 6 countries and territories. Some of those sectors are flown by OnBoard Courier Volaris 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 Lima (LIM) to Mexico City (MEX) at about 4,245 km, and the shortest is Guadalajara (GDL) to Puerto Vallarta (PVR) at about 203 km. 122 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 Guadalajara (GDL), on 59 of them, which is 26.6 per cent of everything held under this code.

The thickest sector under the code is Mexico City (MEX) to Monterrey (MTY) at about 30.9 movements a day, which across a full day is roughly one every 0.8 hours. On a sector at that cadence a missed departure costs a wait rather than a night. That sector does not touch Guadalajara (GDL), 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. 45 of the 222 pairs run four or more times a day and 82 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 Guadalajara (GDL) the code leans on Mexico City (MEX) on 38, Tijuana (TIJ) on 36, Querétaro (QRO) on 19 pairs respectively, and those are the airports a dispatcher looks at second when the first routing is full.

The sectors that carry the Y4 code most often

From	To	Country	Flights a day	km	Open it
Mexico City MEX	Monterrey MTY	Mexico	30.9	713	the pair page
Cancún CUN	Mexico City MEX	Mexico	24.4	1,284	the pair page
Guadalajara GDL	Mexico City MEX	Mexico	23	459	the pair page
Mexico City MEX	Tijuana TIJ	Mexico	18	2,301	the pair page
Cancún CUN	Monterrey MTY	Mexico	15	1,448	the pair page
Guadalajara GDL	Tijuana TIJ	Mexico	15	1,902	the pair page
Mexico City MEX	Mérida MID	Mexico	14.3	996	plan this
Guadalajara GDL	Monterrey MTY	Mexico	11.6	670	the pair page
Guadalajara GDL	Los Angeles LAX	the United States	10.9	2,106	the pair page
Houston IAH	Mexico City MEX	Mexico	10.6	1,232	the pair page
Los Angeles LAX	Mexico City MEX	Mexico	8.9	2,500	the pair page
Mexico City MEX	Puerto Vallarta PVR	Mexico	8.7	660	the pair page
Cancún CUN	Mexico City NLU	Mexico	8.6	1,273	the pair page
Mexico City MEX	Chicago ORD	the United States	8.4	2,719	the pair page
Guadalajara GDL	Mexico City NLU	Mexico	8.4	457	the pair page
Mexico City MEX	San José del Cabo SJD	Mexico	8.1	1,178	the pair page

The 16 sectors the Y4 code appears on most often, out of 222. 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 Guadalajara from the Gulf

The schedule the desk holds shows no Y4 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 Guadalajara (GDL), and OnBoard Courier Volaris carries the second. The desk holds no non-stop link between a UAE gateway and GDL either, which means two changes and a routing the dispatcher checks by hand before it quotes.

Published lanes that carry the Y4 code

The site publishes a page for 346 courier lanes. OnBoard Courier Volaris appears in the schedule on one of them, and the one it flies most is Chicago to Queretaro at about 0.4 movements a day. That overlap is the honest test of whether a carrier is useful to this desk rather than merely famous.

Chicago to Queretaro, about 0.4 scheduled flights a day on the busier direction, 2,640 km.

The countries the Y4 code opens

Of the 6 countries and territories reached, 4 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 Mexico with 44 airports on this code. The country desk for Mexico sets out the customs practice, the working hours and the road legs behind these airports.

Mexico (44 airports), United States (24 airports), Guatemala (1 airports), Costa Rica (1 airports), Peru (1 airports), Colombia (1 airports).

Where to go next on the Y4 network

Each of the 72 airports above has its own atlas entry with the full destination list, and each of the 222 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 Guadalajara (GDL), the route calculator with Dubai to GDL already filled in, the carrier index for the other 236 airlines the desk lists and the airport atlas itself.

Where Volaris fits in an OBC routing

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

Country page: Mexico →Mexico City Monterrey Guadalajara Monterrey (MTY)Querétaro (QRO)

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 Volaris 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 Volaris

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

01Are you an agent or partner of Volaris?

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 Volaris?

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 Volaris?

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 Volaris?

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 Volaris?

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Why a courier on Volaris 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.

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.

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.

For Mexico City specifically, that means the useful conversation is not “how much” but “what exactly is in the box, and when does it have to be in whose hands”. Answer those two and everything else, the routing, the carrier, the airport, the paperwork, the price, follows in under an hour.

How an assignment routed over Mexico City runs

A Mexico City 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

The first conversation is short and specific: contents, declared value, collection address, delivery address in Mexico City, and the real deadline rather than the comfortable one. If there are batteries, powders, liquids, biological material or anything regulated in the box, that is the moment to say so, not at the check-in desk.

Minute 15 to 45

We screen it and price it

Before a price exists we screen the parties, the commodity and the route against sanctions and export-control lists, and we check whether Mexico City requires a permit or a licensed consignee for that category. This is also where we occasionally say no, and a provider who never says no has simply moved the risk onto you.

Hour 1 to 3

A named courier is assigned and booked

Assignment is not a raffle. The consignment's value, its regulatory profile and the destination decide who is offered it. For Mexico City, visa eligibility usually narrows the list faster than availability does, which is exactly why a global courier network is worth having.

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 Mexico City (MEX), 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 Mexico City.

On arrival

Customs, then a signature

Clearance at Mexico City (MEX) happens with a person standing at the counter who can answer questions about the goods on the spot, which is the whole reason a query takes minutes here and a day in the cargo channel. Then the delivery, in person, against signature and ID.

The paperwork that decides how fast Mexico City 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 Mexico City (MEX).

Named consignee with authority

Someone in Mexico City 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 Mexico City (MEX) 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 Mexico 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 Mexico wants for your specific commodity at the quoting stage, because discovering it at Mexico City (MEX) is far too late.

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.

Tariff classification

The HS code decides the duty, the permits and sometimes whether the goods may enter Mexico 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 Mexico City 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.

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.

Distance and sector count

A direct flight to Mexico City 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.

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 Mexico City quote.

Size, weight and whether it fits a locker

Anything beyond normal cabin baggage means a second seat, and occasionally two. An extra seat sounds dramatic until you compare it with a charter: it is an order of magnitude cheaper and it moves at the speed of a scheduled flight.

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.

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

Dubai skyline at dusk — The race for excellence has no finish line.
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What can go wrong on a Mexico City 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.

Something needs to continue past Mexico City

A second sector, a border crossing or a domestic flight beyond Mexico City (MEX) 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 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.

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 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 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.

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 Mexico City, on any carrier, from any of the seven UAE airports. Rebooking is a phone call, not a rescue operation.

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.

Join the OBC network, become an on board courier

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.

Flights paid
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Assignments worldwide
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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 ,

Happy with the estimate? Send it, done.

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

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Shipment type

Ready date & time

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Company

What does the company do?

Your name

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Email address

What is in the consignment?

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I need to send something

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Where to go from here

Hand carry on Volaris 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 Volaris

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 Volaris

The night bank out of Terminal 3

The short sectors, several times a day

Abu Dhabi as the second runway

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

OnBoard Courier Volaris in the network the desk measures

The sectors that carry the Y4 code most often

How a courier reaches Guadalajara from the Gulf

Published lanes that carry the Y4 code

The countries the Y4 code opens

Where to go next on the Y4 network

Where Volaris 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 Volaris

01Are you an agent or partner of Volaris?

02Will my consignment definitely fly Volaris?

03How much can a courier carry on Volaris?

04Can I fly as a courier on Volaris?

Need a routing that uses Volaris?

Why a courier on Volaris rather than a cargo booking

How an assignment routed over Mexico City 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 Mexico City goes

Named consignee with authority

Commercial invoice

Proforma invoice for non-sales

Certificates and permits

Seal and photographic record

Tariff classification

What a Mexico City courier actually costs, and why

Declared value and insurance

Weekends, nights and public holidays

Distance and sector count

How much notice you give us

Size, weight and whether it fits a locker

Regulatory profile of the goods

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

Something needs to continue past Mexico City

The declared value is challenged

Weather or airspace closes the route

The connection is missed

The goods turn out to be regulated

The flight is cancelled

More questions about carrying a consignment on Volaris

01Is the consignment insured?

02What happens if the flight is cancelled?

03How quickly can a courier leave for Mexico City?

04What do you need from me to start?

05Can I speak to a person during the journey?

06What cannot travel with a courier?

07Does the consignment ever go into the hold?

08How is delivery proven?

How jobs like this actually run

Collected by hand, not by network

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