What the desk actually needs from Paranaguá is proximity to a gate. An assignment appears when something has to leave Paraná by a deadline no freight product will promise. The question is then very simple: who is close enough to CWB to check in for the next departure. From Paranaguá that is 1 hour 5 minutes of driving, which is why the city is on the list at all.
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On Board Courier, Paranaguá
A courier list for Paranaguá. One sealed consignment in the cabin out of CWB, 1 hour 5 minutes from where you live, and a fee paid per completed assignment.
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 inParanaguá, Paraná
Nearest gateCWB · Curitiba
Drive to the aircraft83 km · 1 hour 5 minutes
Nonstop from CWB16 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
There is no roster and no shift on the Paranaguá list. An assignment is a single trip: accept the offer, collect, drive 83 km to CWB, board, land, clear, hand over. 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. Then you go home or you wait for a return leg, and the desk books and pays for either.
Getting to the aircraft from Paranaguá
The ground leg from Paranaguá is 83 km to Curitiba Afonso Pena, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Where a second airport is within reach of Paranaguá it is listed too, because the desk will use whichever one has the flight.
From Paranaguá the 1 hour 5 minutes to CWB is short enough for a same day flight and long enough that the desk builds slack into every timing it gives you. One airport, CWB, 1 hour 5 minutes away. That is the whole picture from Paranaguá, and it is why the nonstop board matters more here than in a city with a choice.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWB | Curitiba Afonso Pena | 83 km | 1 hour 5 minutes | 16 |
Paranaguá is a city of 150,000 people in Paraná, 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 CWB reaches without a change
Scheduled reach from Curitiba Afonso Pena: 16 nonstop destinations, 3 countries, 5 operating carriers. Frequencies below are average daily flights from the site’s own route data.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRU | São Paulo | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | about 11 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM, GOL |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | about 11 departures a day | 4 operators: Azul, LATAM, GOL |
| VCP | Campinas | Campinas Viracopos | about 9 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| POA | Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre Salgado Filho | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, LATAM |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM, GOL |
| CGH | São Paulo | São Paulo Congonhas | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| IGU | Foz do Iguaçu | Foz do Iguaçu Cataratas | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, LATAM |
| LDB | Londrina | Londrina Governador José Richa | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| MGF | Maringá | Maringá Regional de - Sílvio Nane Junior | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Azul |
Counting every airport a courier in Paranaguá can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 16 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 Paranaguá
The site holds no public industrial map for CWB, so this section says less rather than guessing. Consignments out of Paranaguá are typically documents, spare parts, samples and small valuables that missed a cut off.
Why a courier in Paranaguá is useful to the desk
A courier based in Paranaguá is useful to a Dubai desk for a reason that has nothing to do with Paranaguá being famous. It is that the desk can position a person at CWB inside 1 hour 5 minutes of a phone call, and CWB has somewhere to send them.
Nothing flies CWB to the Emirates without a stop, so here is the honest version. From Paranaguá 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 Paranaguá 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 Paranaguá
Piraquara55 km away, CWB in 23 minutesCuritiba76 km away, CWB in 26 minutesAraucária89 km away, CWB in 32 minutesJoinville93 km away, CWB in 1 hour 46 minutesCampo Largo101 km away, CWB in 49 minutesJaraguá do Sul121 km away, CWB in 2 hours 20 minutesItajaí155 km away, CWB in 2 hours 50 minutesBlumenau165 km away, CWB in 3 hours 15 minutesPonta Grossa171 km away, CWB in 1 hour 57 minutesBrusque180 km away, CWB in 3 hours 13 minutesFlorianópolis231 km away, CWB in 3 hours 54 minutesSorocaba249 km away, CGH in 1 hour 20 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 CWB, 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 5 minutes drive to CWB. 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 CWB, 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 Paranaguá list
01How far is Paranaguá from CWB?
About 1 hour 5 minutes, or 83 km of measured route. Every city on this list has that number recorded, and it is what decides who gets the call for a departure out of CWB tonight.
02What can I reach from Paranaguá without a change of aircraft?
CWB serves 16 airports nonstop across 3 countries with 5 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Paranaguá can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 16 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Paranaguá to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Paranaguá 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 Paranaguá 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 desk is in Dubai and many lanes start there, but a courier in Paranaguá is called precisely because they are not in Dubai. Your distance from CWB is recorded when you apply so the offers you see are ones you can actually reach.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. There is no fee to join the Paranaguá list and no deposit of any kind. The Academy is AED 199 once, and that AED 199 is added back on top of what you are paid 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.
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