The list is worked in order of who can reach the aircraft. A courier 26 minutes from POA is called before one who is three hours away, every time, because the consignment does not wait. That is the practical value of a Gravataí address to this desk.
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On Board Courier, Gravataí
Freelance on board courier assignments for Gravataí. 19 nonstop destinations from POA, 26 minutes of driving to reach it, no charge to apply and no minimum commitment.
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 inGravataí, Rio Grande do Sul
Nearest gatePOA · Porto Alegre
Drive to the aircraft23 km · 26 minutes
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
The offer names the flight out of POA, the hour you should leave Gravataí and the fee, all before you commit to anything. 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. You accept in writing, and from that point the desk owns the arrangements and you own the consignment.
Getting to the aircraft from Gravataí
How far Gravataí is from an aircraft: 23 km by road to POA, 26 minutes of it. Any other airport a courier in Gravataí can reach is listed underneath with its own measured drive.
At 26 minutes this is one of the shorter drives on the whole courier list, which means the desk can call you late and still make a departure. Everything out of Gravataí runs through POA, because nothing else is within a sensible drive. Its 19 nonstop destinations are the honest limit of what you can be offered here.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POA | Porto Alegre Salgado Filho | 23 km | 26 minutes | 19 |
Gravataí is a city of 265,000 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.
What POA reaches without a change
From POA the desk can reach 19 airports in 5 countries on a single aircraft. That number, rather than the size of Gravataí, decides how often the phone rings here.
| 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 Gravataí 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 Gravataí
There is no published industrial map for the POA area on this site, and a page that made one up would be worthless. The traffic out of Gravataí is the normal kind: documents that have to be witnessed, parts that stopped something, and samples with a clock on them.
Why a courier in Gravataí is useful to the desk
This is not a branch office in Gravataí and it is not a promise of daily work. It is a list. The desk keeps names near POA so that when a consignment appears in Rio Grande do Sul there is somebody 26 minutes away who can take it.
Honesty about the routing out of POA matters more than a good headline. From Gravataí 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 Gravataí 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 Gravataí
Porto Alegre25 km away, POA in 18 minutesNovo Hamburgo32 km away, POA in 46 minutesCaxias do Sul88 km away, POA in 2 hours 4 minutesBento Gonçalves100 km away, POA in 2 hoursSanta Cruz do Sul140 km away, POA in 2 hours 22 minutesCriciúma211 km away, POA in 3 hours 30 minutesPelotas241 km away, POA in 3 hours 58 minutesSanta Maria273 km away, POA in 4 hours 24 minutesFlorianópolis353 km away, CWB in 3 hours 54 minutesBrusque376 km away, CWB in 3 hours 13 minutesBlumenau385 km away, CWB in 3 hours 15 minutesItajaí407 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 26 minutes 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 Gravataí list
01How far is Gravataí from POA?
26 minutes and 23 km on a measured route. Whether that is a comfortable drive depends on the hour, so the offer names the time you should leave Gravataí rather than only the departure time.
02What can I reach from Gravataí without a change of aircraft?
POA serves 19 airports nonstop across 5 countries with 7 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Gravataí 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 Gravataí to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Gravataí 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 Gravataí 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 company is Emirati and the coordination happens in Dubai, but couriers live in places like Gravataí. The Gravataí list exists because somebody has to be near POA when a consignment appears in Rio Grande do Sul.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. The Gravataí list is free to join and free to stay on. The only money that moves from you to us is the AED 199 Academy, paid once, and it comes back on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
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
It costs nothing to be on the Gravataí list and nothing to say no. Tell us how quickly you can be at POA and we will take it from there.
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