The desk does not staff Mauá, it lists it. Nobody here is on a rota. When something has to leave São Paulo today the list is read in order of who can reach CGH, and a courier 40 minutes out sits near the top of it.
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On Board Courier, Mauá
Hand carry assignments for couriers in Mauá. The road to CGH runs 28 km, the flight is the desk’s expense, and nothing is charged to you at any point.
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 inMauá, São Paulo
Nearest gateCGH · São Paulo
Drive to the aircraft28 km · 40 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
A working day looks like this. The desk calls, sends the routing out of CGH and the fee, and you accept in writing. You collect the sealed consignment, drive the 40 minutes to CGH, check in as a passenger, and clear security with the consignment in the cabin. 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. At the far end you clear customs with the prepared paperwork and hand over against a signature, a photograph and a timestamp.
Getting to the aircraft from Mauá
Distances here are road distances. Mauá to São Paulo Congonhas is 28 km, which the routing engine puts at 40 minutes without traffic, and the desk plans the pickup backwards from the check in deadline.
40 minutes is a drive you plan rather than dread. From Mauá the desk names the hour you should leave, not only the hour the aircraft goes. A backup gate changes what can be promised out of Mauá. From Mauá, São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro is 44 minutes away and flies to 111 airports nonstop, so the desk has somewhere to move a consignment when the first flight goes.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGH | São Paulo Congonhas | 28 km | 40 minutes | 42 |
| GRU | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | 31 km | 44 minutes | 111 |
Mauá is a city of 418,000 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.
What CGH reaches without a change
A courier in Mauá is useful in proportion to what the nearest airport reaches. CGH reaches 42 airports nonstop and 1 countries, which is why the city is worth a posting.
| 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 Mauá 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.
The industry inside this catchment
Why hand carry demand arises near Mauá is easier to show than to argue. The sites below are public knowledge and are named only to explain the traffic through CGH; none of them is described here as a client.
- Embraer, Sao Jose dos Campos. Commercial and executive jet assembly. A Brazilian line supplied largely from Europe and North America. It sits on GRU, which is 44 minutes from Mauá by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in Mauá is useful to the desk
A desk in Dubai cannot cover São Paulo from Dubai. It covers São Paulo by knowing who lives 40 minutes from CGH and can be at the counter tonight, which is the only reason Mauá is written up here.
There is no nonstop between CGH and the Emirates, and this page says so rather than implying otherwise. From Mauá 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 Mauá 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 Mauá
Sao Paulo22 km away, CGH in 15 minutesMogi das Cruzes32 km away, GRU in 41 minutesSantos35 km away, CGH in 1 hour 5 minutesCarapicuíba41 km away, CGH in 31 minutesAtibaia62 km away, GRU in 1 hour 3 minutesJundiaí69 km away, CGH in 54 minutesSão José dos Campos80 km away, GRU in 1 hour 2 minutesBragança Paulista80 km away, GRU in 1 hour 20 minutesItu97 km away, CGH in 1 hour 21 minutesIndaiatuba100 km away, CGH in 1 hour 23 minutesSorocaba103 km away, CGH in 1 hour 20 minutesCampinas105 km away, CGH in 1 hour 22 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 40 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 Mauá list
01How far is Mauá from CGH?
A measured 28 km and about 40 minutes from Mauá to CGH. The desk works back from the check in deadline, so the leaving time it gives you will look early and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Mauá without a change of aircraft?
CGH serves 42 airports nonstop across 1 countries with 4 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Mauá 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 Mauá to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Mauá 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 Mauá 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. Living 40 minutes from CGH is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Mauá list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Screening costs nothing and the Mauá list costs nothing. The AED 199 Academy is paid once and refunded on top of your first completed assignment fee.
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
One form, a short screening call, and your name is on the list the desk works through when something has to leave Mauá by hand.
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