Speed here is measured door to gate, and yours is 1 hour 45 minutes. When a consignment misses its window it usually misses it on the ground, not in the air. Bayonne is on the courier list because the ground half is short: 149 km to Bilbao, then the 69 destinations it serves without a change.
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On Board Courier, Bayonne
Freelance courier assignments for Bayonne residents. BIO is 1 hour 45 minutes away, the ticket is the desk’s cost and never yours, and the fee is fixed in writing per trip.
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 inBayonne, New Aquitaine
Nearest gateBIO · Bilbao
Drive to the aircraft149 km · 1 hour 45 minutes
Nonstop from BIO69 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
The desk calls, you answer, and the clock starts. 1 hour 45 minutes to Bilbao, boarding pass already issued, consignment in the cabin. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of LGW, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. You hand over to a named person, you photograph the handover, and the assignment is closed in the portal the same day.
Getting to the aircraft from Bayonne
Road, not air, decides whether Bayonne gets the call. From Bayonne it is 149 km to BIO and 1 hour 45 minutes behind the wheel, and the desk holds you to the check in time rather than the departure time.
The distance from Bayonne to BIO is 149 km, and the desk plans it as a leg in its own right: an earlier start, a paid transfer, or a hotel by the terminal. A second gate sits inside the drive from Bayonne. BOD is 2 hours 7 minutes away with 84 nonstop destinations, and the offer always names the airport before you accept.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIO | Bilbao | 149 km | 1 hour 45 minutes | 69 |
| BOD | Bordeaux/Mérignac Bordeaux-Mérignac | 189 km | 2 hours 7 minutes | 84 |
Bayonne is a city of 44,000 people in New Aquitaine, 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 Bayonne may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What BIO reaches without a change
The desk checks two things before it calls Bayonne: how far you are from BIO, and what BIO flies. The second answer is 69 nonstop destinations across 24 countries.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: Air Europa, Iberia |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: Vueling |
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 4 departures a day | 3 operators: Vueling, Air Europa |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Vueling, KLM |
| LGW | London | London Gatwick | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Vueling |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Lufthansa |
| AGP | Málaga | Málaga | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Vueling |
| MXP | Milan | Milan Malpensa | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: Vueling, Wizz Air, easyJet |
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Lufthansa |
| SVQ | Seville | Seville Sevilla | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Vueling |
Counting every airport a courier in Bayonne can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 109 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 Bayonne
An industrial register exists on this site for some airports and BIO is not among them. The traffic from Bayonne is still real and still urgent: originals, components, samples and valuables that missed a network cut off.
Why a courier in Bayonne is useful to the desk
Inbound work into New Aquitaine is the quiet half of this. Consignments arrive into New Aquitaine as often as they leave it, and somebody has to meet the aircraft at BIO and complete the handover. A courier who already lives 1 hour 45 minutes away is the obvious answer.
The connection is the part worth understanding before you accept anything out of BIO. From Bayonne the best single change is London (LGW), and LGW to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 4 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 9h 57m gate to gate, so an assignment between Bayonne 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 Bayonne
Pau92 km away, TLS in 2 hours 14 minutesTarbes128 km away, TLS in 1 hour 51 minutesBordeaux166 km away, BOD in 24 minutesMontauban234 km away, TLS in 47 minutesToulouse235 km away, TLS in 23 minutesAngoulême272 km away, BOD in 1 hour 44 minutesAlbi295 km away, TLS in 1 hour 6 minutesLa Rochelle298 km away, NTE in 1 hour 52 minutesCastres300 km away, TLS in 1 hour 28 minutesBrive-la-Gaillarde302 km away, TLS in 2 hours 19 minutesCarcassonne310 km away, TLS in 1 hour 17 minutesNiort325 km away, NTE in 1 hour 46 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 BIO 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 45 minutes drive to BIO. 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 BIO, 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 Bayonne list
01How far is Bayonne from BIO?
About 1 hour 45 minutes, or 149 km of measured route. Every city on this list has that number recorded, and it is what decides who gets the call for a departure out of BIO tonight.
02What can I reach from Bayonne without a change of aircraft?
BIO serves 69 airports nonstop across 24 countries with 33 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Bayonne can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 109 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Bayonne to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Bayonne the best single change is London (LGW), and LGW to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 4 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 9h 57m gate to gate, so an assignment between Bayonne 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 residence visa and no relocation out of Bayonne. A courier on this list lives here, drives the 1 hour 45 minutes to BIO and flies from there.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Nothing to apply, nothing to be screened and nothing to stay on the Bayonne list. One payment exists anywhere in the process, the AED 199 Academy, and it comes back on top of your first assignment fee out of BIO.
06How is my fee agreed?
A courier in Bayonne is never asked to accept an assignment before seeing the fee for it, because the routing out of BIO and the figure arrive in the same message.
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