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 GIG onwards, and it is signed for by a named person at the far end. From Nova Friburgo the trip begins with 2 hours 33 minutes of road to Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim.
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On Board Courier, Nova Friburgo
Urgent consignments leave Nova Friburgo the way passengers do: in the cabin, with a person. GIG is 2 hours 33 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 inNova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro
Nearest gateGIG · Rio de Janeiro
Drive to the aircraft151 km · 2 hours 33 minutes
Nonstop from GIG52 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 Nova Friburgo has four fixed points: the collection, the 2 hours 33 minutes drive to GIG, the sector itself and the signature at the far end. The Gulf sector out of GIG is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. Everything between them is arranged by the desk and confirmed to you in writing.
Getting to the aircraft from Nova Friburgo
The drive is the honest half of this work. Nova Friburgo to Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim is 151 km and about 2 hours 33 minutes, and an assignment is planned backwards from the bag drop rather than from the departure.
At 151 km the drive is the part most likely to go wrong, so the desk over allows for it: an earlier start from Nova Friburgo, or a hotel by GIG the night before, paid by us. The alternative from Nova Friburgo is SDU, 2 hours 35 minutes by road and 5 nonstop destinations. Two usable gates is why Nova Friburgo stays on this list when one airline rewrites its schedule.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | 151 km | 2 hours 33 minutes | 52 |
| SDU | Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont | 144 km | 2 hours 35 minutes | 5 |
Nova Friburgo is a city of 190,000 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 Nova Friburgo may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What GIG reaches without a change
This is the departure board a courier in Nova Friburgo works from: 52 nonstop destinations out of GIG, 21 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 13 departures a day | 2 operators: GOL, LATAM |
| POA | Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre Salgado Filho | about 12 departures a day | 3 operators: GOL, LATAM, Azul |
| SSA | Salvador | Salvador Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: GOL, LATAM |
| CWB | Curitiba | Curitiba Afonso Pena | about 10 departures a day | 3 operators: GOL, LATAM, Azul |
| VCP | Campinas | Campinas Viracopos | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: GOL, Azul |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: GOL, Azul |
| FOR | Fortaleza | Fortaleza Pinto Martins | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: GOL, LATAM |
| SCL | Santiago | Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez | about 8 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, JetSMART, SKY Airline |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: GOL, LATAM |
| IGU | Foz do Iguaçu | Foz do Iguaçu Cataratas | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: GOL, LATAM |
Counting every airport a courier in Nova Friburgo 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 Nova Friburgo
The site does not hold a public industrial file for the GIG catchment, so this page will not invent one. What it can say honestly is that Nova Friburgo 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 Nova Friburgo is useful to the desk
A courier in Nova Friburgo shortens the chain by one link. Without one, an urgent consignment out of Rio de Janeiro has to be trucked to a hub or flown out with somebody sent from elsewhere. With one, it is 2 hours 33 minutes of driving and a boarding pass.
For assignments that touch the Emirates the routing out of GIG is simple. From Nova Friburgo the Gulf is a single sector: GIG and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 14h 37m in the air over 11,900 km, and it means a consignment can leave Nova Friburgo in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Brazil list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Nova Friburgo
Teresópolis48 km away, GIG in 1 hour 27 minutesRio das Ostras66 km away, SDU in 2 hours 29 minutesAraruama68 km away, SDU in 1 hour 48 minutesMaricá77 km away, SDU in 1 hour 19 minutesMacaé78 km away, SDU in 2 hours 47 minutesCabo Frio85 km away, SDU in 2 hours 24 minutesRio de Janeiro96 km away, SDU in 6 minutesJuiz de Fora102 km away, GIG in 2 hours 32 minutesNova Iguaçu108 km away, GIG in 32 minutesCampos dos Goytacazes137 km away, SDU in 4 hours 4 minutesItaguaí143 km away, GIG in 1 hour 1 minutesVolta Redonda164 km away, GIG in 1 hour 54 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 GIG 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 2 hours 33 minutes drive to GIG. 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 GIG, 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 Nova Friburgo list
01How far is Nova Friburgo from GIG?
It is 151 km of driving from Nova Friburgo, roughly 2 hours 33 minutes. Parking or the transfer is paid by the desk, and if the timings are tight the desk pays for a room near GIG the night before instead of hoping.
02What can I reach from Nova Friburgo without a change of aircraft?
GIG serves 52 airports nonstop across 17 countries with 21 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Nova Friburgo 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 Nova Friburgo to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Nova Friburgo the Gulf is a single sector: GIG and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 14h 37m in the air over 11,900 km, and it means a consignment can leave Nova Friburgo in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
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 Nova Friburgo list. What is asked for is a passport, the right to enter the country on the routing, and the ability to reach GIG.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
It is free to apply from Nova Friburgo 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 GIG
Add your name to the Nova Friburgo list. A form, a screening call, and the desk knows who to ring when something has to leave Rio de Janeiro tonight.
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