The desk does not staff Santa Cruz do Sul, it lists it. Nobody here is on a rota. When something has to leave Rio Grande do Sul today the list is read in order of who can reach POA, and a courier 2 hours 22 minutes out sits near the top of it.
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On Board Courier, Santa Cruz do Sul
Hand carry assignments for couriers in Santa Cruz do Sul. The road to POA runs 150 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 inSanta Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
Nearest gatePOA · Porto Alegre
Drive to the aircraft150 km · 2 hours 22 minutes
Nonstop from POA19 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 POA and the fee, and you accept in writing. You collect the sealed consignment, drive the 2 hours 22 minutes to POA, 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 GRU, 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 Santa Cruz do Sul
Distances here are road distances. Santa Cruz do Sul to Porto Alegre Salgado Filho is 150 km, which the routing engine puts at 2 hours 22 minutes without traffic, and the desk plans the pickup backwards from the check in deadline.
A 2 hours 22 minutes drive changes how an assignment out of Santa Cruz do Sul is planned rather than whether it happens. The notice is longer, and the desk pays for a room by POA when the departure is early. POA is the whole of the Santa Cruz do Sul picture: 19 nonstop destinations, 2 hours 22 minutes of road, and no fallback gate within reach.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POA | Porto Alegre Salgado Filho | 150 km | 2 hours 22 minutes | 19 |
Santa Cruz do Sul is a city of 138,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, 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 Santa Cruz do Sul may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What POA reaches without a change
A courier in Santa Cruz do Sul is useful in proportion to what the nearest airport reaches. POA reaches 19 airports nonstop and 5 countries, which is why the city is worth a posting.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRU | São Paulo | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | about 19 departures a day | 3 operators: Azul, LATAM, GOL |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | about 12 departures a day | 3 operators: Azul, LATAM, GOL |
| VCP | Campinas | Campinas Viracopos | about 8 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| CWB | Curitiba | Curitiba Afonso Pena | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, LATAM |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM, GOL |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, LATAM |
| FLN | Florianópolis | Florianópolis Hercílio Luz | about one departure a day | 2 operators: LATAM, GOL |
| AEP | Buenos Aires | Jorge Newbery Airfield | about one departure a day | 2 operators: LATAM, Aerolineas Argentinas |
| REC | Recife | Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| PTY | Tocumen | Tocumen | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in Santa Cruz do Sul can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 19 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 Santa Cruz do Sul
This site publishes an industrial register for some airports and not for POA, so nothing is claimed here. What can be said honestly is that Santa Cruz do Sul produces the traffic every working city produces: originals that have to be signed, parts that stopped a line, and samples with a shelf life.
Why a courier in Santa Cruz do Sul is useful to the desk
A desk in Dubai cannot cover Rio Grande do Sul from Dubai. It covers Rio Grande do Sul by knowing who lives 2 hours 22 minutes from POA and can be at the counter tonight, which is the only reason Santa Cruz do Sul is written up here.
There is no nonstop between POA and the Emirates, and this page says so rather than implying otherwise. From Santa Cruz do Sul 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 56m gate to gate, so an assignment between Santa Cruz do Sul 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 Santa Cruz do Sul
Bento Gonçalves107 km away, POA in 2 hoursPorto Alegre120 km away, POA in 18 minutesNovo Hamburgo125 km away, POA in 46 minutesSanta Maria133 km away, POA in 4 hours 24 minutesCaxias do Sul135 km away, POA in 2 hours 4 minutesGravataí140 km away, POA in 26 minutesPelotas228 km away, POA in 3 hours 58 minutesCriciúma318 km away, POA in 3 hours 30 minutesFlorianópolis446 km away, CWB in 3 hours 54 minutesBrusque450 km away, CWB in 3 hours 13 minutesBlumenau453 km away, CWB in 3 hours 15 minutesItajaí483 km away, CWB in 2 hours 50 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 POA, 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 22 minutes drive to POA. 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 POA, 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 Santa Cruz do Sul list
01How far is Santa Cruz do Sul from POA?
A measured 150 km and about 2 hours 22 minutes from Santa Cruz do Sul to POA. 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 Santa Cruz do Sul without a change of aircraft?
POA serves 19 airports nonstop across 5 countries with 7 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Santa Cruz do Sul can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 19 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Santa Cruz do Sul to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Santa Cruz do Sul 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 56m gate to gate, so an assignment between Santa Cruz do Sul 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 2 hours 22 minutes from POA is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Santa Cruz do Sul list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Screening costs nothing and the Santa Cruz do Sul 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 POA
One form, a short screening call, and your name is on the list the desk works through when something has to leave Santa Cruz do Sul by hand.
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