A consignment out of Rio Grande do Sul is a race between a road and a departure board. The road from Bento Gonçalves is 118 km. The board at POA carries 19 nonstop destinations. Where the two line up, an assignment happens.
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On Board Courier, Bento Gonçalves
Hand carry assignments for Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul. The nearest working gate is POA at 2 hours, the seat is bought by the desk, and the fee is written down before you accept it.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inBento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul
Nearest gatePOA · Porto Alegre
Drive to the aircraft118 km · 2 hours
Nonstop from POA19 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
Most assignments out of POA are confirmed hours, not days, in advance. You are given the flight, the consignee and the customs position in writing, you drive to POA, and the ticket is already paid and issued in your name. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of GRU, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The handover is in person, and the fee reaches your account after it.
Getting to the aircraft from Bento Gonçalves
From the middle of Bento Gonçalves to the departure hall at POA is 118 km of road, 2 hours in normal conditions. Every timing the desk gives a courier in Bento Gonçalves starts from that number.
At 118 km the road is the longest part of the ground half. The desk timetables it explicitly from Bento Gonçalves and treats an overnight near POA as a normal cost rather than an exception. POA is the only airport within a sensible drive of Bento Gonçalves, so every assignment from here runs through it. That makes its 19 nonstop destinations the practical limit of what you can be offered.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POA | Porto Alegre Salgado Filho | 118 km | 2 hours | 19 |
Bento Gonçalves is a city of 128,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, and the clock there runs 7 hours behind the Emirates all year. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Bento Gonçalves may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What POA reaches without a change
The board at POA carries 19 nonstop destinations flown by 7 carriers. The table below is the busiest end of the POA board, measured in average daily flights rather than in marketing.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRU | São Paulo | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | about 19 departures a day | 3 operators: Azul, LATAM, GOL |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | about 12 departures a day | 3 operators: Azul, LATAM, GOL |
| VCP | Campinas | Campinas Viracopos | about 8 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| CWB | Curitiba | Curitiba Afonso Pena | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, LATAM |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM, GOL |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, LATAM |
| FLN | Florianópolis | Florianópolis Hercílio Luz | about one departure a day | 2 operators: LATAM, GOL |
| AEP | Buenos Aires | Jorge Newbery Airfield | about one departure a day | 2 operators: LATAM, Aerolineas Argentinas |
| REC | Recife | Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| PTY | Tocumen | Tocumen | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in Bento Gonçalves can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 19 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
What moves out of Bento Gonçalves
There is no public industrial file for the POA catchment on this site, and inventing one would make the page worse. Urgent work around Bento Gonçalves comes from deadlines: a filing, a component, a batch that has to be tested somewhere else.
Why a courier in Bento Gonçalves is useful to the desk
What Bento Gonçalves offers is a short, reliable ground leg into a board of 19 nonstop destinations. That combination is rarer than it sounds, and it is worth more to this desk than a famous address with a two hour drive.
A change of aircraft stands between Bento Gonçalves and the Gulf, which changes the timings rather than the work. From Bento Gonçalves the best single change is São Paulo (GRU), and GRU to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 17h 56m gate to gate, so an assignment between Bento Gonçalves and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
The nearest other cities on the Brazil list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Bento Gonçalves
Caxias do Sul33 km away, POA in 2 hours 4 minutesNovo Hamburgo68 km away, POA in 46 minutesGravataí100 km away, POA in 26 minutesPorto Alegre100 km away, POA in 18 minutesSanta Cruz do Sul107 km away, POA in 2 hours 22 minutesCriciúma216 km away, POA in 3 hours 30 minutesSanta Maria229 km away, POA in 4 hours 24 minutesPelotas299 km away, POA in 3 hours 58 minutesFlorianópolis339 km away, CWB in 3 hours 54 minutesBrusque344 km away, CWB in 3 hours 13 minutesBlumenau347 km away, CWB in 3 hours 15 minutesItajaí377 km away, CWB in 2 hours 50 minutes
All 97 Brazil cities are listed on the Brazil courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of POA, between Brazil and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 2 hours drive to POA. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach POA, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Bento Gonçalves list
01How far is Bento Gonçalves from POA?
It is 2 hours by car, 118 km on the road. Traffic around Bento Gonçalves is allowed for separately, and the parking or the transfer at POA is paid by the desk.
02What can I reach from Bento Gonçalves without a change of aircraft?
POA serves 19 airports nonstop across 5 countries with 7 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Bento Gonçalves can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 19 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Bento Gonçalves to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Bento Gonçalves the best single change is São Paulo (GRU), and GRU to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 17h 56m gate to gate, so an assignment between Bento Gonçalves and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. What is checked is your passport, your right to enter the country on the routing, and how quickly you can reach POA from Bento Gonçalves.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying is free, screening is free, and being on the Bento Gonçalves list is free. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and it comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier in Bento Gonçalves ever makes to us.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk sends the routing, the timing and the fee for that specific assignment in writing. You accept or decline it. Nothing is deducted or charged without your written agreement.
Apply to fly out of POA
Apply once and you are on the list for POA and for every other lane your passport allows. Declining an offer out of POA costs you nothing.
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