Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of CGH, and you accept it or you do not. Living 1 hour 21 minutes from the terminal simply means you see more of them, because the offers go out in order of who can physically make the flight.
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On Board Courier, Itu
Time critical hand carry assignments from Itu. One consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature, 1 hour 21 minutes between your front door and the check in desk at CGH.
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 inItu, São Paulo
Nearest gateCGH · São Paulo
Drive to the aircraft100 km · 1 hour 21 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
An assignment is quoted as a whole: the routing from CGH, the waiting time, the return, and one fee for all of it. 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. Nothing is deducted afterwards, and the drive of 1 hour 21 minutes to the airport is part of what the fee is calculated on.
Getting to the aircraft from Itu
Reachability, not size, is why Itu has a page here. Itu qualifies because São Paulo Congonhas is 100 km away by road, 1 hour 21 minutes, and because that airport publishes a real scheduled nonstop board.
At 1 hour 21 minutes the drive from Itu 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 CGH paid by the desk. The alternative from Itu is GRU, 1 hour 34 minutes by road and 111 nonstop destinations. Two usable gates is why Itu stays on this list when one airline rewrites its schedule.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGH | São Paulo Congonhas | 100 km | 1 hour 21 minutes | 42 |
| GRU | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | 119 km | 1 hour 34 minutes | 111 |
Itu is a city of 175,000 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. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Itu may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What CGH reaches without a change
A gate 1 hour 21 minutes from Itu is only useful if it goes somewhere. CGH goes to 42 airports nonstop in 1 countries, and the heaviest routes on that board are shown here with the airlines that fly them.
| 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 Itu 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.
What moves out of Itu
This site publishes an industrial register for some airports and not for CGH, so nothing is claimed here. What can be said honestly is that Itu produces the traffic every working city produces: originals that have to be signed, parts that stopped a line, and samples with a shelf life.
Why a courier in Itu is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in Itu than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into CGH from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in Itu, 1 hour 21 minutes from CGH.
The Gulf is one change away from CGH rather than nonstop, which is worth stating plainly. From Itu the 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 Itu 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 Itu
Indaiatuba21 km away, CGH in 1 hour 23 minutesSorocaba31 km away, CGH in 1 hour 20 minutesJundiaí43 km away, CGH in 54 minutesCampinas47 km away, CGH in 1 hour 22 minutesSumaré49 km away, CGH in 1 hour 32 minutesCarapicuíba55 km away, CGH in 31 minutesPiracicaba70 km away, CGH in 1 hour 57 minutesSao Paulo75 km away, CGH in 15 minutesAtibaia78 km away, GRU in 1 hour 3 minutesLimeira78 km away, CGH in 1 hour 54 minutesBragança Paulista85 km away, GRU in 1 hour 20 minutesMauá97 km away, CGH in 40 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 1 hour 21 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 Itu list
01How far is Itu from CGH?
About 1 hour 21 minutes, 100 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 CGH tonight.
02What can I reach from Itu without a change of aircraft?
CGH serves 42 airports nonstop across 1 countries with 4 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Itu 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 Itu to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Itu the 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 Itu 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 Itu is on it. Where you live changes which assignments you are shown, not whether you qualify.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from Itu is free and stays free. One payment exists in the whole process, the AED 199 Academy, and that amount is added 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 CGH
Sign up once for Itu. What happens after that is entirely your decision, one CGH departure at a time.
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