The work is one consignment, one cabin, one signature. You collect it in or near Aix-en-Provence, you keep it with you, you present the prepared paperwork at customs and you hand it over in person. What makes Aix-en-Provence useful is that Marseille Provence is only 28 km away, so the collection and the departure can happen in the same afternoon.
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On Board Courier, Aix-en-Provence
Carry sealed, urgent consignments out of Aix-en-Provence. MRS sits 28 km south west of the city and flies to 117 airports without a change of aircraft.
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 inAix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nearest gateMRS · Marseille
Drive to the aircraft28 km · 33 minutes
Nonstop from MRS117 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
From the offer to the handover, a trip out of MRS tends to run under thirty hours. 33 minutes to Marseille Provence, the sector itself, customs at the far end, and a signature. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of LHR, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. Everything outside the cabin, the transfers, the hotel where the routing needs one, is booked and paid by the desk.
Getting to the aircraft from Aix-en-Provence
A courier in Aix-en-Provence is only as fast as the road in front of them. Aix-en-Provence to MRS is 28 km, 33 minutes, and the airports below are ordered by that drive rather than by size.
33 minutes of road is the ordinary case on this list. It is short enough for a same day flight out of MRS and long enough that the desk builds slack into the timings. Aix-en-Provence is not tied to one gate. NCE is 2 hours 2 minutes from Aix-en-Provence and serves 116 nonstop destinations of its own, and the desk uses whichever airport has the flight rather than whichever is nearest.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRS | Marseille Provence | 28 km | 33 minutes | 117 |
| NCE | Nice -Côte d'Azur | 171 km | 2 hours 2 minutes | 116 |
Aix-en-Provence is a city of 147,000 people in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and the clock there runs 2 hours behind the Emirates in summer and 3 in winter. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
What MRS reaches without a change
MRS publishes 117 nonstop routes. For a courier in Aix-en-Provence that is the difference between waiting for tomorrow and boarding tonight, so the busiest of them are set out below with their operators.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 12 departures a day | 3 operators: Air France |
| ALG | Algiers | Algiers Houari Boumediene | about 7 departures a day | 3 operators: Transavia France, Air Algerie |
| BIA | Bastia/Poretta | Bastia/Poretta Bastia-Poretta | about 5 departures a day | 4 operators |
| AJA | Ajaccio/Napoléon Bonaparte | Ajaccio/Napoléon Bonaparte Ajaccio-Napoléon Bonaparte | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: British Airways |
| TUN | Tunis | Tunis Carthage | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: Transavia France, Tunisair |
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 4 departures a day | 6 operators: Ryanair, Vueling, American Airlines |
| NTE | Nantes | Nantes Atlantique | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Transavia France |
| FSC | Figari Sud-Corse | Figari Sud-Corse | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator |
| LIS | Lisbon | Lisbon Portela | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal |
Counting every airport a courier in Aix-en-Provence can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 159 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 MRS. They are public industrial geography and appear here to explain why consignments move at short notice around Aix-en-Provence, not as a customer list.
- Airbus Helicopters, Marignane. Helicopter final assembly and the group helicopter head office. Rotorcraft AOG, frequently for offshore and medical operators who cannot wait. It sits on MRS, which is 33 minutes from Aix-en-Provence by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in Aix-en-Provence is useful to the desk
There is a second reason Aix-en-Provence matters, and it is the return leg. A courier who lives here can take a consignment inbound to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and be home the same evening, which is cheaper and faster than flying somebody out from the Gulf and back.
The Gulf is one change away from MRS rather than nonstop, which is worth stating plainly. From Aix-en-Provence the best single change is London (LHR), and LHR to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 5 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 08m gate to gate, so an assignment between Aix-en-Provence 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 France list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Aix-en-Provence
Marseille26 km away, MRS in 30 minutesToulon59 km away, MRS in 1 hour 14 minutesNîmes94 km away, MRS in 1 hour 18 minutesMontpellier127 km away, MRS in 1 hour 54 minutesNice148 km away, NCE in 23 minutesGrenoble185 km away, LYS in 1 hour 6 minutesSaint-Étienne228 km away, LYS in 1 hour 9 minutesLyon251 km away, LYS in 32 minutesToulouse323 km away, TLS in 23 minutesBesançon416 km away, BSL in 1 hour 50 minutesMulhouse492 km away, BSL in 32 minutesBordeaux502 km away, BOD in 24 minutes
All 26 France cities are listed on the France 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 MRS and the other airports listed above, between France 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 33 minutes drive to MRS. 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 MRS, 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 Aix-en-Provence list
01How far is Aix-en-Provence from MRS?
The route from Aix-en-Provence to MRS runs 28 km and takes about 33 minutes with clear roads. Traffic between Aix-en-Provence and MRS is allowed for on top, and the desk pays for the parking or the transfer either way.
02What can I reach from Aix-en-Provence without a change of aircraft?
MRS serves 117 airports nonstop across 33 countries with 44 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Aix-en-Provence can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 159 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Aix-en-Provence to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Aix-en-Provence the best single change is London (LHR), and LHR to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 5 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 08m gate to gate, so an assignment between Aix-en-Provence 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 Aix-en-Provence is called precisely because they are not in Dubai. Your distance from MRS is recorded when you apply so the offers you see are ones you can actually reach.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Nothing to apply and nothing to be screened, in Aix-en-Provence or anywhere else. The single payment that exists is the AED 199 Academy, paid once and returned in full 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 MRS
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