A consignment out of Pernambuco is a race between a road and a departure board. The road from Vitória de Santo Antão is 50 km. The board at REC carries 37 nonstop destinations. Where the two line up, an assignment happens.
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On Board Courier, Vitória de Santo Antão
Hand carry assignments for Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco. The nearest working gate is REC at 43 minutes, the seat is bought by the desk, and the fee is written down before you accept it.
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 inVitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco
Nearest gateREC · Recife
Drive to the aircraft50 km · 43 minutes
Nonstop from REC37 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 REC are confirmed hours, not days, in advance. You are given the flight, the consignee and the customs position in writing, you drive to REC, and the ticket is already paid and issued in your name. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of LIS, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The handover is in person, and the fee reaches your account after it.
Getting to the aircraft from Vitória de Santo Antão
From the middle of Vitória de Santo Antão to the departure hall at REC is 50 km of road, 43 minutes in normal conditions. Every timing the desk gives a courier in Vitória de Santo Antão starts from that number.
At 50 km the road out of Vitória de Santo Antão is predictable rather than trivial, so the offer carries a leaving time and the traffic is allowed for on top of it. REC is the only airport within a sensible drive of Vitória de Santo Antão, so every assignment from here runs through it. That makes its 37 nonstop destinations the practical limit of what you can be offered.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | Recife Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre | 50 km | 43 minutes | 37 |
Vitória de Santo Antão is a city of 134,000 people in Pernambuco, 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 REC reaches without a change
The board at REC carries 37 nonstop destinations flown by 8 carriers. The table below is the busiest end of the REC board, measured in average daily flights rather than in marketing.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRU | São Paulo | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| BSB | Brasília | Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubistschek | about 8 departures a day | 4 operators: Azul, GOL, LATAM Brasil |
| VCP | Campinas | Campinas Viracopos | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, LATAM Brasil |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| SSA | Salvador | Salvador Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| CNF | Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
| FOR | Fortaleza | Fortaleza Pinto Martins | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: Azul, LATAM Brasil, LATAM |
| CGH | São Paulo | São Paulo Congonhas | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM Brasil, LATAM |
| FEN | Fernando De Noronha | Fernando De Noronha | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Azul, GOL |
| MCZ | Maceió | Maceió Zumbi dos Palmares | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Azul |
Counting every airport a courier in Vitória de Santo Antão can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 37 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 Vitória de Santo Antão
There is no public industrial file for the REC catchment on this site, and inventing one would make the page worse. Urgent work around Vitória de Santo Antão comes from deadlines: a filing, a component, a batch that has to be tested somewhere else.
Why a courier in Vitória de Santo Antão is useful to the desk
What Vitória de Santo Antão offers is a short, reliable ground leg into a board of 37 nonstop destinations. That combination is rarer than it sounds, and it is worth more to this desk than a famous address with a two hour drive.
A change of aircraft stands between Vitória de Santo Antão and the Gulf, which changes the timings rather than the work. From Vitória de Santo Antão the best single change is Lisbon (LIS), and LIS to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 16h 41m gate to gate, so an assignment between Vitória de Santo Antão 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 Vitória de Santo Antão
Cabo de Santo Agostinho34 km away, REC in 25 minutesRecife46 km away, REC in 14 minutesIgarassu53 km away, REC in 41 minutesCaruaru78 km away, REC in 1 hour 44 minutesCampina Grande118 km away, REC in 3 hours 3 minutesJoão Pessoa121 km away, REC in 1 hour 55 minutesGaranhuns158 km away, REC in 3 hours 12 minutesMaceió179 km away, REC in 3 hours 30 minutesNatal258 km away, REC in 4 hours 10 minutesAracaju367 km away, SSA in 4 hours 15 minutesMossoró397 km away, FOR in 3 hours 38 minutesAlagoinhas563 km away, SSA in 1 hour 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 REC, 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 43 minutes drive to REC. 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 REC, 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 Vitória de Santo Antão list
01How far is Vitória de Santo Antão from REC?
It is 43 minutes by car, 50 km on the road. Traffic around Vitória de Santo Antão is allowed for separately, and the parking or the transfer at REC is paid by the desk.
02What can I reach from Vitória de Santo Antão without a change of aircraft?
REC serves 37 airports nonstop across 7 countries with 8 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Vitória de Santo Antão can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 37 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Vitória de Santo Antão to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Vitória de Santo Antão the best single change is Lisbon (LIS), and LIS to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 16h 41m gate to gate, so an assignment between Vitória de Santo Antão 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. What is checked is your passport, your right to enter the country on the routing, and how quickly you can reach REC from Vitória de Santo Antão.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying is free, screening is free, and being on the Vitória de Santo Antão list is free. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and it comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier in Vitória de Santo Antão ever makes to us.
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 REC
Apply once and you are on the list for REC and for every other lane your passport allows. Declining an offer out of REC costs you nothing.
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