What the desk actually needs from São José dos Campos is proximity to a gate. An assignment appears when something has to leave São Paulo by a deadline no freight product will promise. The question is then very simple: who is close enough to GRU to check in for the next departure. From São José dos Campos that is 1 hour 2 minutes of driving, which is why the city is on the list at all.
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On Board Courier, São José dos Campos
Freelance hand carry work for couriers who live in São José dos Campos. GRU is 1 hour 2 minutes away by road, the desk books and pays the seat, and the fee is agreed in writing before you accept.
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 inSão José dos Campos, São Paulo
Nearest gateGRU · São Paulo
Drive to the aircraft74 km · 1 hour 2 minutes
Nonstop from GRU111 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
Most assignments out of GRU are confirmed hours, not days, in advance. You are given the flight, the consignee and the customs position in writing, you drive to GRU, and the ticket is already paid and issued in your name. The Gulf sector out of GRU is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. The handover is in person, and the fee reaches your account after it.
Getting to the aircraft from São José dos Campos
From the middle of São José dos Campos to the departure hall at GRU is 74 km of road, 1 hour 2 minutes in normal conditions. Every timing the desk gives a courier in São José dos Campos starts from that number.
At 1 hour 2 minutes the desk treats the drive as predictable rather than trivial, and the offer names the hour you should leave São José dos Campos. Counting the second gate matters in São José dos Campos. CGH is 1 hour 32 minutes from São José dos Campos with 42 nonstop destinations, so a cancellation at GRU is an inconvenience rather than the end of the assignment.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRU | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | 74 km | 1 hour 2 minutes | 111 |
| CGH | São Paulo Congonhas | 105 km | 1 hour 32 minutes | 42 |
São José dos Campos is a city of 727,000 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 GRU reaches without a change
The board at GRU carries 111 nonstop destinations flown by 38 carriers. The table below is the busiest end of the GRU board, measured in average daily flights rather than in marketing.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POA | Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre Salgado Filho | about 25 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| CWB | Curitiba | Curitiba Afonso Pena | about 19 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 19 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| SSA | Salvador | Salvador Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães | about 16 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| SCL | Santiago | Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez | about 16 departures a day | 6 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, SKY Airline |
| FOR | Fortaleza | Fortaleza Pinto Martins | about 15 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 13 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | about 13 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM, GOL |
| VIX | Vitória | Vitória Eurico de Aguiar Salles | about 13 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
| FLN | Florianópolis | Florianópolis Hercílio Luz | about 13 departures a day | 3 operators: LATAM, LATAM Brasil, GOL |
Counting every airport a courier in São José dos Campos 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
The following facilities sit in the catchment of GRU. They are public industrial geography and appear here to explain why consignments move at short notice around São José dos Campos, not as a customer list.
- 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 1 hour 2 minutes from São José dos Campos by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in São José dos Campos is useful to the desk
A courier based in São José dos Campos is useful to a Dubai desk for a reason that has nothing to do with São José dos Campos being famous. It is that the desk can position a person at GRU inside 1 hour 2 minutes of a phone call, and GRU has somewhere to send them.
Because the desk sits in Dubai, the connection back to the Gulf decides how often São José dos Campos is called. From São José dos Campos the Gulf is a single sector: GRU and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 14h 58m in the air over 12,200 km, and it means a consignment can leave São José dos Campos 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 São José dos Campos
Sao Paulo87 km away, CGH in 15 minutesCampinas124 km away, CGH in 1 hour 22 minutesSorocaba164 km away, CGH in 1 hour 20 minutesNova Iguaçu254 km away, GIG in 32 minutesRio de Janeiro278 km away, SDU in 6 minutesCuritiba425 km away, CWB in 26 minutesJoinville458 km away, CWB in 1 hour 46 minutesBrasilia850 km away, BSB in 18 minutesPorto Alegre929 km away, POA in 18 minutesSalvador1377 km away, SSA in 27 minutesRecife2051 km away, REC in 14 minutesJoão Pessoa2140 km away, REC in 1 hour 55 minutes
All 16 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 GRU 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 1 hour 2 minutes drive to GRU. 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 GRU, 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 São José dos Campos list
01How far is São José dos Campos from GRU?
74 km, about 1 hour 2 minutes by car from São José dos Campos. The desk works backwards from the bag drop at GRU, so the time it asks you to leave will look conservative and is meant to.
02What can I reach from São José dos Campos without a change of aircraft?
GRU serves 111 airports nonstop across 32 countries with 38 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in São José dos Campos 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 São José dos Campos to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From São José dos Campos the Gulf is a single sector: GRU and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 14h 58m in the air over 12,200 km, and it means a consignment can leave São José dos Campos 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?
No. OnBoard Courier is a UAE company and the desk is in Dubai, but the courier list is worldwide. Living in São José dos Campos, 1 hour 2 minutes from GRU, is a qualification rather than an obstacle.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. There is no fee to join the São José dos Campos 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.
Apply to fly out of GRU
Apply once and you are on the list for GRU and for every other lane your passport allows. Declining an offer out of GRU costs you nothing.
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