Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of MRS, and you accept it or you do not. Living 1 hour 6 minutes from the terminal simply means you see more of them, because the offers go out in order of who can physically make the flight.
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On Board Courier, Avignon
Courier assignments for people based in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The drive to MRS is 1 hour 6 minutes, the flight is booked and paid before you leave, and applying costs nothing.
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 inAvignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nearest gateMRS · Marseille
Drive to the aircraft84 km · 1 hour 6 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
You travel light and you travel as yourself. Passport, phone, the consignment and whatever you need for one or two nights away from Avignon. 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. The drive from Avignon to MRS is 1 hour 6 minutes, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from Avignon
The airports a courier in Avignon can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. MRS leads at 1 hour 6 minutes and 84 km.
1 hour 6 minutes is a drive you plan rather than dread. From Avignon the desk names the hour you should leave, not only the hour the aircraft goes. MRS is the whole of the Avignon picture: 117 nonstop destinations, 1 hour 6 minutes of road, and no fallback gate within reach.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRS | Marseille Provence | 84 km | 1 hour 6 minutes | 117 |
Avignon is a city of 90,000 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
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves Avignon. MRS serves 117 airports directly in 33 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| 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 Avignon 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 plants and facilities below are public knowledge and sit within reach of MRS. They are named to explain the pattern of urgent work near Avignon and for no other reason.
- 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 1 hour 6 minutes from Avignon by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in Avignon is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in Avignon than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into MRS from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in Avignon, 1 hour 6 minutes from MRS.
The Gulf routing out of MRS is a connection, and the desk plans it as one. From Avignon 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 Avignon 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 Avignon
Arles33 km away, MRS in 1 hourNîmes38 km away, MRS in 1 hour 18 minutesIstres50 km away, MRS in 47 minutesMartigues63 km away, MRS in 31 minutesAix-en-Provence70 km away, MRS in 33 minutesMontpellier84 km away, MRS in 1 hour 54 minutesMarseille86 km away, MRS in 30 minutesAubagne95 km away, MRS in 46 minutesValence109 km away, LYS in 1 hour 28 minutesToulon129 km away, MRS in 1 hour 14 minutesHyères141 km away, MRS in 1 hour 30 minutesBéziers145 km away, TLS in 2 hours 8 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 MRS, 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 6 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 Avignon list
01How far is Avignon from MRS?
A measured 84 km and about 1 hour 6 minutes from Avignon to MRS. The desk works back from the check in deadline, so the leaving time it gives you will look early and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Avignon without a change of aircraft?
MRS serves 117 airports nonstop across 33 countries with 44 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Avignon 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 Avignon to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Avignon 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 Avignon 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. Living 1 hour 6 minutes from MRS is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Avignon list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from Avignon is free and stays free. One payment exists in the whole process, the AED 199 Academy, and that amount is added back on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The fee for a trip out of MRS is not a rate card applied afterwards. It is a number for one named routing, sent to you in Avignon before you accept anything.
Apply to fly out of MRS
Join the Avignon list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur through MRS, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
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