Maracanaú earns a posting because of what FOR can do on a bad day. 25 nonstop destinations and 7 carriers give the desk somewhere to rebook when a flight goes, and 28 minutes of driving gives you time to make the replacement. Redundancy is why Maracanaú gets called and a city with one thin airport does not.
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On Board Courier, Maracanaú
A place on the courier list for Maracanaú. Nearest usable gate FOR, 28 minutes by road, 25 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 inMaracanaú, Ceará
Nearest gateFOR · Fortaleza
Drive to the aircraft20 km · 28 minutes
Nonstop from FOR25 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 FOR, 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 Maracanaú the ground leg is 20 km, and the desk allows for traffic rather than assuming the map is right.
Getting to the aircraft from Maracanaú
Every timing on this page comes off one measurement: 20 km of road between Maracanaú and FOR, 28 minutes at an ordinary speed. Straight line distances are not used here, because couriers do not fly to the airport.
The ground leg from Maracanaú barely counts as one. 28 minutes to FOR means the desk can ring you and still make a departure the same evening. A single gate serves Maracanaú. When FOR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOR | Fortaleza Pinto Martins | 20 km | 28 minutes | 25 |
Maracanaú is a city of 252,000 people in Ceará, 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 FOR reaches without a change
Reach, measured properly. FOR serves 25 airports without a change, across 9 countries, and the routes with real frequency are the ones a courier in Maracanaú is actually sent on.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRU | São Paulo | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | about 16 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | about 11 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 8 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| REC | Recife | Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre | about 6 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, Azul |
| SSA | Salvador | Salvador Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães | about 6 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| BEL | Belem | Val de Cans Julio Cezar | about 6 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, Azul |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, Azul |
| VCP | Campinas | Campinas Viracopos | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| SLZ | São Luís | São Luís Marechal Cunha Machado | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil |
| THE | Teresina | Teresina Senador Petrônio Portela | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil |
Counting every airport a courier in Maracanaú can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 25 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 Maracanaú
The site holds no public industrial map for FOR, so this section says less rather than guessing. Consignments out of Maracanaú are typically documents, spare parts, samples and small valuables that missed a cut off.
Why a courier in Maracanaú is useful to the desk
The reason Maracanaú has a page is redundancy. When a flight cancels the consignment does not, and a desk with couriers in Maracanaú as well as the big hubs has a second person who can reach FOR and take the rebooked departure.
There is no nonstop between FOR and the Emirates, and the page is not going to pretend otherwise. From Maracanaú 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 23m gate to gate, so an assignment between Maracanaú 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 Maracanaú
Fortaleza20 km away, FOR in 16 minutesItapipoca114 km away, FOR in 2 hours 14 minutesSobral192 km away, FOR in 3 hours 37 minutesMossoró204 km away, FOR in 3 hours 38 minutesNatal434 km away, REC in 4 hours 10 minutesCampina Grande481 km away, REC in 3 hours 3 minutesJoão Pessoa550 km away, REC in 1 hour 55 minutesCaruaru571 km away, REC in 1 hour 44 minutesVitória de Santo Antão599 km away, REC in 43 minutesIgarassu602 km away, REC in 41 minutesGaranhuns604 km away, REC in 3 hours 12 minutesRecife622 km away, REC in 14 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 FOR, 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 28 minutes drive to FOR. 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 FOR, 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 Maracanaú list
01How far is Maracanaú from FOR?
20 km, about 28 minutes by car from Maracanaú. The desk works backwards from the bag drop at FOR, so the time it asks you to leave will look conservative and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Maracanaú without a change of aircraft?
FOR serves 25 airports nonstop across 9 countries with 7 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Maracanaú can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 25 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Maracanaú to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Maracanaú 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 23m gate to gate, so an assignment between Maracanaú 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 Maracanaú, 28 minutes from FOR, is a qualification rather than an obstacle.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying costs nothing and always will. A courier on the Maracanaú 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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