Maceió earns a posting because of what REC can do on a bad day. 37 nonstop destinations and 8 carriers give the desk somewhere to rebook when a flight goes, and 3 hours 30 minutes of driving gives you time to make the replacement. Redundancy is why Maceió gets called and a city with one thin airport does not.
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On Board Courier, Maceió
A place on the courier list for Maceió. Nearest usable gate REC, 3 hours 30 minutes by road, 37 scheduled nonstop destinations, and a fee agreed before you say yes.
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 inMaceió, Alagoas
Nearest gateREC · Recife
Drive to the aircraft249 km · 3 hours 30 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 are not carrying freight out of REC, you are carrying one item as your own accompanied baggage in the cabin, under a written agreement. 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. From Maceió the ground leg is 249 km, and the desk allows for traffic rather than assuming the map is right.
Getting to the aircraft from Maceió
Every timing on this page comes off one measurement: 249 km of road between Maceió and REC, 3 hours 30 minutes at an ordinary speed. Straight line distances are not used here, because couriers do not fly to the airport.
A ground leg of 3 hours 30 minutes from Maceió is planned like a leg of the trip, because it is one. The desk allows for the 249 km in the timings and in the fee. A single gate serves Maceió. When REC has no suitable departure the assignment waits or goes to another city, which is worth knowing before you join the list.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre | 249 km | 3 hours 30 minutes | 37 |
Maceió is a city of 1 million people in Alagoas, 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 Maceió may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What REC reaches without a change
Reach, measured properly. REC serves 37 airports without a change, across 7 countries, and the routes with real frequency are the ones a courier in Maceió is actually sent on.
| 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 Maceió 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 Maceió
The site holds no public industrial map for REC, so this section says less rather than guessing. Consignments out of Maceió are typically documents, spare parts, samples and small valuables that missed a cut off.
Why a courier in Maceió is useful to the desk
The reason Maceió has a page is redundancy. When a flight cancels the consignment does not, and a desk with couriers in Maceió as well as the big hubs has a second person who can reach REC and take the rebooked departure.
There is no nonstop between REC and the Emirates, and the page is not going to pretend otherwise. From Maceió 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 Maceió 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 Maceió
Garanhuns121 km away, REC in 3 hours 12 minutesCaruaru156 km away, REC in 1 hour 44 minutesCabo de Santo Agostinho172 km away, REC in 25 minutesVitória de Santo Antão179 km away, REC in 43 minutesAracaju201 km away, SSA in 4 hours 15 minutesRecife202 km away, REC in 14 minutesIgarassu223 km away, REC in 41 minutesCampina Grande271 km away, REC in 3 hours 3 minutesJoão Pessoa299 km away, REC in 1 hour 55 minutesAlagoinhas402 km away, SSA in 1 hour 50 minutesNatal434 km away, REC in 4 hours 10 minutesCamaçari440 km away, SSA 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 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 3 hours 30 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 Maceió list
01How far is Maceió from REC?
249 km, about 3 hours 30 minutes by car from Maceió. The desk works backwards from the bag drop at REC, so the time it asks you to leave will look conservative and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Maceió without a change of aircraft?
REC serves 37 airports nonstop across 7 countries with 8 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Maceió 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 Maceió to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Maceió 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 Maceió 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. OnBoard Courier is a UAE company and the desk is in Dubai, but the courier list is worldwide. Living in Maceió, 3 hours 30 minutes from REC, is a qualification rather than an obstacle.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying costs nothing and always will. A courier on the Maceió list makes exactly one payment to us, the AED 199 Academy, and gets it back in full with the fee for the first assignment they complete.
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.
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