Taubaté earns a posting because of what GRU can do on a bad day. 111 nonstop destinations and 38 carriers give the desk somewhere to rebook when a flight goes, and 1 hour 26 minutes of driving gives you time to make the replacement. Redundancy is why Taubaté gets called and a city with one thin airport does not.
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On Board Courier, Taubaté
A place on the courier list for Taubaté. Nearest usable gate GRU, 1 hour 26 minutes by road, 111 scheduled nonstop destinations, and a fee agreed before you say yes.
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 inTaubaté, São Paulo
Nearest gateGRU · São Paulo
Drive to the aircraft110 km · 1 hour 26 minutes
Nonstop from GRU111 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
Apply for this position
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
You are not carrying freight out of GRU, you are carrying one item as your own accompanied baggage in the cabin, under a written agreement. The Gulf sector out of GRU is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. From Taubaté the ground leg is 110 km, and the desk allows for traffic rather than assuming the map is right.
Getting to the aircraft from Taubaté
Every timing on this page comes off one measurement: 110 km of road between Taubaté and GRU, 1 hour 26 minutes at an ordinary speed. Straight line distances are not used here, because couriers do not fly to the airport.
A ground leg of 1 hour 26 minutes from Taubaté is planned like a leg of the trip, because it is one. The desk allows for the 110 km in the timings and in the fee. When GRU has nothing suitable the desk looks at CGH, 1 hour 56 minutes from Taubaté, which adds another 42 nonstop destinations to what you can be offered.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRU | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | 110 km | 1 hour 26 minutes | 111 |
| CGH | São Paulo Congonhas | 141 km | 1 hour 56 minutes | 42 |
Taubaté is a city of 322,000 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. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Taubaté may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What GRU reaches without a change
Reach, measured properly. GRU serves 111 airports without a change, across 32 countries, and the routes with real frequency are the ones a courier in Taubaté is actually sent on.
| 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 Taubaté 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
Where the urgent traffic around Taubaté comes from is a matter of public record rather than of opinion. The sites below sit inside the GRU catchment and are named to explain the demand, not to suggest that any of them is a customer.
- 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 26 minutes from Taubaté by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in Taubaté is useful to the desk
The reason Taubaté has a page is redundancy. When a flight cancels the consignment does not, and a desk with couriers in Taubaté as well as the big hubs has a second person who can reach GRU and take the rebooked departure.
The Gulf link is what makes Taubaté a courier city rather than a place with an airport. From Taubaté 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 Taubaté 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 Taubaté
São José dos Campos38 km away, GRU in 1 hour 2 minutesGuaratinguetá44 km away, GRU in 1 hour 57 minutesCaraguatatuba68 km away, GRU in 2 hours 22 minutesMogi das Cruzes85 km away, GRU in 41 minutesPouso Alegre97 km away, GRU in 2 hours 47 minutesBragança Paulista102 km away, GRU in 1 hour 20 minutesAtibaia102 km away, GRU in 1 hour 3 minutesMauá117 km away, CGH in 40 minutesSao Paulo125 km away, CGH in 15 minutesAngra dos Reis127 km away, GIG in 2 hours 35 minutesResende129 km away, GIG in 2 hours 19 minutesSantos131 km away, CGH in 1 hour 5 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 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 26 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 Taubaté list
01How far is Taubaté from GRU?
110 km, about 1 hour 26 minutes by car from Taubaté. 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 Taubaté without a change of aircraft?
GRU serves 111 airports nonstop across 32 countries with 38 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Taubaté 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 Taubaté to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Taubaté 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 Taubaté 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 Taubaté, 1 hour 26 minutes from GRU, is a qualification rather than an obstacle.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying costs nothing and always will. A courier on the Taubaté list makes exactly one payment to us, the AED 199 Academy, and gets it back in full with the fee for the first assignment they complete.
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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