One trip, one consignment, one handover. No round, no van, no warehouse. The consignment is sealed before you take it, it stays in the cabin from REC onwards, and it is signed for by a named person at the far end. From Natal the trip begins with 4 hours 10 minutes of road to Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre.
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On Board Courier, Natal
Urgent consignments leave Natal the way passengers do: in the cabin, with a person. REC is 4 hours 10 minutes from the city and the desk pays for the seat.
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 inNatal, Rio Grande do Norte
Nearest gateREC · Recife
Drive to the aircraft292 km · 4 hours 10 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
A trip out of Natal has four fixed points: the collection, the 4 hours 10 minutes drive to REC, the sector itself and the signature at the far end. 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. Everything between them is arranged by the desk and confirmed to you in writing.
Getting to the aircraft from Natal
The drive is the honest half of this work. Natal to Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre is 292 km and about 4 hours 10 minutes, and an assignment is planned backwards from the bag drop rather than from the departure.
At 292 km the drive is the part most likely to go wrong, so the desk over allows for it: an earlier start from Natal, or a hotel by REC the night before, paid by us. Only REC is within reach of Natal at 4 hours 10 minutes, so the 37 destinations it serves nonstop are what you can be offered. There is no second airport within reach of Natal to fall back on.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre | 292 km | 4 hours 10 minutes | 37 |
Natal is a city of 897,000 people in Rio Grande do Norte, 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 Natal may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What REC reaches without a change
This is the departure board a courier in Natal works from: 37 nonstop destinations out of REC, 8 operating carriers, and average daily frequencies taken from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
| 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 Natal 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 Natal
The site does not hold a public industrial file for the REC catchment, so this page will not invent one. What it can say honestly is that Natal generates the ordinary urgent traffic every working city generates: signed originals, spare parts, samples and small high value items that missed a cut off.
Why a courier in Natal is useful to the desk
A courier in Natal shortens the chain by one link. Without one, an urgent consignment out of Rio Grande do Norte has to be trucked to a hub or flown out with somebody sent from elsewhere. With one, it is 4 hours 10 minutes of driving and a boarding pass.
The Gulf is one change away from REC rather than nonstop, which is worth stating plainly. From Natal 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 Natal 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 Natal
João Pessoa152 km away, REC in 1 hour 55 minutesCampina Grande176 km away, REC in 3 hours 3 minutesIgarassu229 km away, REC in 41 minutesMossoró246 km away, FOR in 3 hours 38 minutesRecife254 km away, REC in 14 minutesVitória de Santo Antão258 km away, REC in 43 minutesCabo de Santo Agostinho278 km away, REC in 25 minutesCaruaru289 km away, REC in 1 hour 44 minutesGaranhuns372 km away, REC in 3 hours 12 minutesMaceió434 km away, REC in 3 hours 30 minutesMaracanaú434 km away, FOR in 28 minutesFortaleza436 km away, FOR in 16 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 4 hours 10 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 Natal list
01How far is Natal from REC?
It is 292 km of driving from Natal, roughly 4 hours 10 minutes. Parking or the transfer is paid by the desk, and if the timings are tight the desk pays for a room near REC the night before instead of hoping.
02What can I reach from Natal without a change of aircraft?
REC serves 37 airports nonstop across 7 countries with 8 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Natal 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 Natal to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Natal 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 Natal 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?
You do not. A residence visa is not asked for and not needed to be on the Natal list. What is asked for is a passport, the right to enter the country on the routing, and the ability to reach REC.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
It is free to apply from Natal and free to be screened. The one charge anywhere in the process is the AED 199 Academy, paid once and refunded on top of your first 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 REC
Add your name to the Natal list. A form, a screening call, and the desk knows who to ring when something has to leave Rio Grande do Norte tonight.
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