Arras earns a posting because of what CRL can do on a bad day. 127 nonstop destinations and 6 carriers give the desk somewhere to rebook when a flight goes, and 1 hour 42 minutes of driving gives you time to make the replacement. Redundancy is why Arras gets called and a city with one thin airport does not.
Open · France desk · Arras
On Board Courier, Arras
A place on the courier list for Arras. Nearest usable gate CRL, 1 hour 42 minutes by road, 127 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 inArras, Hauts-de-France
Nearest gateCRL · Brussels
Drive to the aircraft158 km · 1 hour 42 minutes
Nonstop from CRL127 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 CRL, you are carrying one item as your own accompanied baggage in the cabin, under a written agreement. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of MAN, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. From Arras the ground leg is 158 km, and the desk allows for traffic rather than assuming the map is right.
Getting to the aircraft from Arras
Every timing on this page comes off one measurement: 158 km of road between Arras and CRL, 1 hour 42 minutes at an ordinary speed. Straight line distances are not used here, because couriers do not fly to the airport.
At 158 km the road is the most likely thing to go wrong, so the desk over allows for it: an earlier start from Arras, or a paid room near CRL. Two boards serve Arras in practice: 127 nonstop destinations at CRL and another 277 at CDG, 1 hour 44 minutes away by road.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRL | Brussels South Charleroi | 158 km | 1 hour 42 minutes | 127 |
| CDG | Paris Charles de Gaulle | 159 km | 1 hour 44 minutes | 277 |
| BRU | Brussels | 172 km | 2 hours 3 minutes | 193 |
Arras is a city of 47,000 people in Hauts-de-France, 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. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Arras may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What CRL reaches without a change
Reach, measured properly. CRL serves 127 airports without a change, across 30 countries, and the routes with real frequency are the ones a courier in Arras is actually sent on.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIA | Tirana | Tirana Mother Teresa | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| MAN | Manchester | Manchester | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| BGY | Bergamo | Bergamo Orio al Serio | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| OTP | Bucharest | Bucharest Henri Coandă | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| ALC | Alicante | Alicante | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| SAW | Istanbul | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Pegasus Airlines |
| BUD | Budapest | Budapest Ferenc Liszt | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| GRO | Girona | Girona | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| MRS | Marseille | Marseille Provence | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| TSF | Treviso | Treviso -Sant'Angelo | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
Counting every airport a courier in Arras can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 370 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 Arras
The CRL catchment has no published industrial file on this site. In a city of 47,000 people the urgent traffic comes from clocks rather than from chimneys: filings, spares, samples and small valuables.
Why a courier in Arras is useful to the desk
The reason Arras has a page is redundancy. When a flight cancels the consignment does not, and a desk with couriers in Arras as well as the big hubs has a second person who can reach CRL and take the rebooked departure.
The Emirates are reached from CRL with a change, and this page says so rather than glossing over it. From Arras the best single change is Manchester (MAN), and MAN to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 9h 47m gate to gate, so an assignment between Arras 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 Arras
Douai23 km away, CRL in 1 hour 24 minutesLille43 km away, CRL in 1 hour 21 minutesValenciennes53 km away, CRL in 56 minutesTourcoing55 km away, BRU in 1 hour 23 minutesAmiens56 km away, CDG in 1 hour 32 minutesSaint-Quentin61 km away, CDG in 1 hour 36 minutesDunkirk87 km away, BRU in 1 hour 55 minutesBeauvais108 km away, CDG in 59 minutesReims145 km away, CDG in 1 hour 37 minutesMeaux148 km away, CDG in 31 minutesCergy149 km away, CDG in 39 minutesCharleville-Mézières151 km away, CRL in 1 hour 20 minutes
All 81 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 CRL 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 1 hour 42 minutes drive to CRL. 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 CRL, 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 Arras list
01How far is Arras from CRL?
158 km by road, roughly 1 hour 42 minutes. Traffic around Arras is allowed for on top of that, and the parking or the transfer at CRL is paid by the desk.
02What can I reach from Arras without a change of aircraft?
CRL serves 127 airports nonstop across 30 countries with 6 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Arras can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 370 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Arras to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Arras the best single change is Manchester (MAN), and MAN to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 9h 47m gate to gate, so an assignment between Arras 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?
You do not need one to be on the Arras list. What is checked is your passport, your right to enter the country on the routing, and how fast you can be at CRL.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
It is free to apply from Arras and free to be screened. The single charge anywhere on the Arras list is the AED 199 Academy, paid once and refunded in full on top of the fee for the first assignment you complete.
06How is my fee agreed?
Nothing is charged to a courier in Arras without written agreement and nothing is taken off the fee later. What was agreed before the 1 hour 42 minutes drive to CRL is what is paid.
Apply to fly out of CRL
If 1 hour 42 minutes to Brussels South Charleroi sounds like a normal drive to you, the desk would like your name on the list.
Apply for this positionSee all openingsThe CRL atlas entry · The CDG atlas entry · The France courier desk · France country guide · All courier openings · Apply to the courier network