What is asked of a courier in Carapicuíba is easy to describe and hard to fake. Be reachable, be 31 minutes from CGH, and be the sort of person a customs officer has no reason to detain. The rest is built in Dubai before you are called.
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On Board Courier, Carapicuíba
Couriers in Carapicuíba are wanted for one reason: São Paulo Congonhas is 28 km away and flies to 42 airports without a change. Freelance, per trip, ticket paid.
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 inCarapicuíba, São Paulo
Nearest gateCGH · São Paulo
Drive to the aircraft28 km · 31 minutes
Nonstop from CGH42 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
The shape of a trip out of Carapicuíba is short and defined. Collection, 31 minutes on the road, check in at São Paulo Congonhas, and a seat you did not pay for. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of GIG, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. You do not open the consignment, you do not check it into the hold, and you do not leave it anywhere.
Getting to the aircraft from Carapicuíba
31 minutes is the drive from Carapicuíba to CGH, 28 km by road. It is the single most useful fact on this page, because it decides which departures from CGH you can realistically be offered.
A ground leg of 31 minutes is the standard case here. It leaves room for a delay on the road without putting the check in at CGH in doubt. The second option out of Carapicuíba is São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro, 44 minutes by road and 111 nonstop destinations. The desk picks whichever gate has the departure rather than whichever is nearer.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGH | São Paulo Congonhas | 28 km | 31 minutes | 42 |
| GRU | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | 46 km | 44 minutes | 111 |
Carapicuíba is a city of 387,000 people in São Paulo, 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.
What CGH reaches without a change
From CGH a consignment can be in 42 other airports without touching a second aircraft. 1 countries are covered, and the heaviest routes are these.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDU | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont | about 33 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM Brasil, LATAM, Azul |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 25 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL, LATAM |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 25 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL, LATAM |
| POA | Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre Salgado Filho | about 24 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL, LATAM |
| CWB | Curitiba | Curitiba Afonso Pena | about 20 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL, LATAM |
| SSA | Salvador | Salvador Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães | about 17 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL, LATAM |
| FLN | Florianópolis | Florianópolis Hercílio Luz | about 14 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL, LATAM |
| REC | Recife | Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre | about 13 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL, LATAM |
| GYN | Goiânia | Goiânia Santa Genoveva | about 11 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL, LATAM |
| NVT | Navegantes | Navegantes Ministro Victor Konder | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM Brasil, GOL |
Counting every airport a courier in Carapicuíba can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 117 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
The industry inside this catchment
What is made near CGH shapes what moves out of it in a hurry. The sites below are a matter of public record. Listing one is an explanation of why Carapicuíba generates urgent work, not a statement that the company works with us.
- Embraer, Sao Jose dos Campos. Commercial and executive jet assembly. A Brazilian line supplied largely from Europe and North America. It sits on GRU, which is 44 minutes from Carapicuíba by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in Carapicuíba is useful to the desk
Assignments do not arrive on a schedule and neither does the demand out of São Paulo. Keeping names in Carapicuíba, 28 km from CGH, is how the desk answers a consignment that appears at four in the afternoon.
The Gulf routing out of CGH is a connection, and the desk plans it as one. From Carapicuíbthe best single change is Rio de Janeiro (GIG), and GIG to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 16h 59m gate to gate, so an assignment between Carapicuíba 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 Carapicuíba
Sao Paulo20 km away, CGH in 15 minutesJundiaí38 km away, CGH in 54 minutesMauá41 km away, CGH in 40 minutesAtibaia54 km away, GRU in 1 hour 3 minutesItu55 km away, CGH in 1 hour 21 minutesIndaiatuba62 km away, CGH in 1 hour 23 minutesSorocaba64 km away, CGH in 1 hour 20 minutesMogi das Cruzes66 km away, GRU in 41 minutesBragança Paulista70 km away, GRU in 1 hour 20 minutesSantos71 km away, CGH in 1 hour 5 minutesCampinas72 km away, CGH in 1 hour 22 minutesSumaré90 km away, CGH in 1 hour 32 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 CGH and the other airports listed above, 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 31 minutes drive to CGH. 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 CGH, 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 Carapicuíba list
01How far is Carapicuíba from CGH?
From the centre of Carapicuíbthe drive is 28 km and roughly 31 minutes. Where the departure is early enough to make that uncomfortable, the desk books a room near CGH instead.
02What can I reach from Carapicuíba without a change of aircraft?
CGH serves 42 airports nonstop across 1 countries with 4 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Carapicuíba can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 117 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Carapicuíba to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Carapicuíbthe best single change is Rio de Janeiro (GIG), and GIG to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 16h 59m gate to gate, so an assignment between Carapicuíba 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. Most assignments touch the Emirates because the desk is there, but couriers on this list live in Carapicuíba and fly from CGH. Being in Carapicuíba changes which offers you see, not whether you can be on the list.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Nothing to apply and nothing to be screened, in Carapicuíba or anywhere else. The single payment that exists is the AED 199 Academy, paid once and returned in full on top of your first completed assignment fee.
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 CGH
The application takes about five minutes and asks what the desk actually needs to know: your passports, your visas, and how quickly you can be at CGH.
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