The list is worked in order of who can reach the aircraft. A courier 1 hour 19 minutes from SDU is called before one who is three hours away, every time, because the consignment does not wait. That is the practical value of a Maricá address to this desk.
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On Board Courier, Maricá
Freelance on board courier assignments for Maricá. 5 nonstop destinations from SDU, 1 hour 19 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 inMaricá, Rio de Janeiro
Nearest gateSDU · Rio de Janeiro
Drive to the aircraft63 km · 1 hour 19 minutes
Nonstop from SDU5 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 SDU, the hour you should leave Maricá 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 Maricá
How far Maricá is from an aircraft: 63 km by road to SDU, 1 hour 19 minutes of it. Any other airport a courier in Maricá can reach is listed underneath with its own measured drive.
63 km is a long ground leg by the standards of this list. At 1 hour 19 minutes the desk treats the drive as part of the assignment, plans it explicitly, and will book you into a hotel by SDU the night before rather than gamble on an early start. Counting the second gate matters in Maricá. GIG is 1 hour 20 minutes from Maricá with 52 nonstop destinations, so a cancellation at SDU is an inconvenience rather than the end of the assignment.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDU | Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont | 63 km | 1 hour 19 minutes | 5 |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | 66 km | 1 hour 20 minutes | 52 |
Maricá is a city of 212,000 people in Rio de Janeiro, 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 Maricá may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What SDU reaches without a change
From SDU the desk can reach 5 airports in 1 countries on a single aircraft. That number, rather than the size of Maricá, decides how often the phone rings here.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGH | São Paulo | São Paulo Congonhas | about 30 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 15 departures a day | 2 operators: GOL, LATAM |
| VCP | Campinas | Campinas Viracopos | about 9 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 7 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| GRU | São Paulo | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: LATAM |
Counting every airport a courier in Maricá can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 53 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 Maricá
There is no published industrial map for the SDU area on this site, and a page that made one up would be worthless. The traffic out of Maricá 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 Maricá is useful to the desk
This is not a branch office in Maricá and it is not a promise of daily work. It is a list. The desk keeps names near SDU so that when a consignment appears in Rio de Janeiro there is somebody 1 hour 19 minutes away who can take it.
Honesty about the routing out of SDU matters more than a good headline. From Maricá 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 20m gate to gate, so an assignment between Maricá 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 Maricá
Rio de Janeiro37 km away, SDU in 6 minutesAraruama49 km away, SDU in 1 hour 48 minutesTeresópolis58 km away, GIG in 1 hour 27 minutesNova Iguaçu67 km away, GIG in 32 minutesNova Friburgo77 km away, GIG in 2 hours 33 minutesCabo Frio81 km away, SDU in 2 hours 24 minutesItaguaí98 km away, GIG in 1 hour 1 minutesRio das Ostras100 km away, SDU in 2 hours 29 minutesMacaé122 km away, SDU in 2 hours 47 minutesVolta Redonda139 km away, GIG in 1 hour 54 minutesJuiz de Fora140 km away, GIG in 2 hours 32 minutesAngra dos Reis154 km away, GIG in 2 hours 35 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 SDU 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 19 minutes drive to SDU. 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 SDU, 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 Maricá list
01How far is Maricá from SDU?
1 hour 19 minutes and 63 km on a measured route. Whether that is a comfortable drive depends on the hour, so the offer names the time you should leave Maricá rather than only the departure time.
02What can I reach from Maricá without a change of aircraft?
SDU serves 5 airports nonstop across 1 countries with 3 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Maricá can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 53 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Maricá to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Maricá 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 20m gate to gate, so an assignment between Maricá 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 Maricá. The Maricá list exists because somebody has to be near SDU when a consignment appears in Rio de Janeiro.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. The Maricá 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 SDU
It costs nothing to be on the Maricá list and nothing to say no. Tell us how quickly you can be at SDU and we will take it from there.
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