What is being moved is small and the deadline is not. A sealed pouch, a boxed part, a cooled sample. The volume never justifies a charter and the clock never allows a network, so a person flies with it out of REC. From Caruaru that person drives 135 km to REC and boards.
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On Board Courier, Caruaru
Courier work for Caruaru, run from Dubai. Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre is 135 km away by road, the desk books the ticket, and you decide which assignments you take.
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 inCaruaru, Pernambuco
Nearest gateREC · Recife
Drive to the aircraft135 km · 1 hour 44 minutes
Nonstop from REC37 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
You will spend more of the assignment on the ground than in the air: 135 km from Caruaru to REC, the check in, the wait, the clearance at the other end. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of LIS, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The fee is calculated on all of that rather than on the flying hours.
Getting to the aircraft from Caruaru
A measured route rather than a guess. Caruaru to REC is 135 km and 1 hour 44 minutes, and every airport in the table below was measured the same way so the lines can be compared.
At 1 hour 44 minutes the drive from Caruaru is the risky half of the trip, so it is planned rather than assumed: an earlier departure from home, and where the flight is early, a room near REC paid by the desk. One gate, 1 hour 44 minutes away, and no second option. That is worth knowing before you join the Caruaru list, and it is why the REC board matters so much on this page.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre | 135 km | 1 hour 44 minutes | 37 |
Caruaru is a city of 402,000 people in Pernambuco, 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 Caruaru may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What REC reaches without a change
REC is not a name on a map to this desk, it is a departure board. The network file the site publishes shows 37 airports served nonstop from REC, across 7 countries, by 8 operating carriers.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRU | São Paulo | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 8 departures a day | 4 operators: Azul, GOL, LATAM Brasil |
| VCP | Campinas | Campinas Viracopos | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, LATAM Brasil |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| SSA | Salvador | Salvador Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| FOR | Fortaleza | Fortaleza Pinto Martins | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: Azul, LATAM Brasil, LATAM |
| CGH | São Paulo | São Paulo Congonhas | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM Brasil, LATAM |
| FEN | Fernando De Noronha | Fernando De Noronha | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| MCZ | Maceió | Maceió Zumbi dos Palmares | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
Counting every airport a courier in Caruaru can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 37 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 Caruaru
This site keeps a public register of industrial sites for some airports, and REC is not one of them. Rather than guess, the honest statement is that assignments from Caruaru are driven by deadlines rather than by any one factory: contracts, components, samples and valuables.
Why a courier in Caruaru is useful to the desk
The honest version is that some months Caruaru produces nothing and some weeks it produces three assignments. What makes a Caruaru courier worth keeping on the list is that when the call comes, 135 km is a distance that can be covered before check in closes.
REC does not fly to the Emirates directly. From Caruaru the best single change is Lisbon (LIS), and LIS to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 16h 41m gate to gate, so an assignment between Caruaru 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 Caruaru
Vitória de Santo Antão78 km away, REC in 43 minutesGaranhuns88 km away, REC in 3 hours 12 minutesCabo de Santo Agostinho104 km away, REC in 25 minutesCampina Grande118 km away, REC in 3 hours 3 minutesRecife123 km away, REC in 14 minutesIgarassu128 km away, REC in 41 minutesMaceió156 km away, REC in 3 hours 30 minutesJoão Pessoa179 km away, REC in 1 hour 55 minutesNatal289 km away, REC in 4 hours 10 minutesAracaju316 km away, SSA in 4 hours 15 minutesMossoró376 km away, FOR in 3 hours 38 minutesAlagoinhas505 km away, SSA in 1 hour 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 REC, 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 1 hour 44 minutes drive to REC. 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 REC, 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 Caruaru list
01How far is Caruaru from REC?
About 1 hour 44 minutes, 135 km by road. The desk has that number for every city on the list and uses it to decide who gets called for a departure out of REC tonight.
02What can I reach from Caruaru without a change of aircraft?
REC serves 37 airports nonstop across 7 countries with 8 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Caruaru can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 37 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Caruaru to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Caruaru the best single change is Lisbon (LIS), and LIS to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 16h 41m gate to gate, so an assignment between Caruaru 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. The desk is in Dubai and the company is Emirati, but the courier list is worldwide and Caruaru is on it. Where you live changes which assignments you are shown, not whether you qualify.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
There is no application fee, no placement fee and no deposit, in Caruaru or anywhere else. The AED 199 Academy is the single payment, and it is returned in full with your first 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 REC
The form asks where you live in Caruaru, which passports you hold and how fast you can reach REC. That is most of the qualification.
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