The desk does not ask you to be a logistics professional. It asks you to be reachable, presentable and 54 minutes from BSL. Everything else, the booking out of BSL, the paperwork, the customs position and the consignee, is prepared in Dubai before you are called.
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On Board Courier, Belfort
Hand carry work from Belfort and the surrounding Bourgogne area. Departures run through Bâle/Mulhouse Euro Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, 73 km by road, on a list you join once and stay on.
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 inBelfort, Bourgogne
Nearest gateBSL · Bâle/Mulhouse
Drive to the aircraft73 km · 54 minutes
Nonstop from BSL122 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
Some trips out of Belfort are same day returns and some put you in a hotel while a return consignment is prepared. The offer says which before you accept it. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of BCN, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The drive to BSL is 54 minutes in either case, and the desk pays for the parking or the transfer.
Getting to the aircraft from Belfort
What follows is the practical geography of flying out of Belfort. The nearest usable gate is BSL at 54 minutes, and anything else within a sensible drive is listed under it.
A drive of 54 minutes is the ordinary case here: long enough to plan, short enough to accept a departure the same day. Where the departure out of BSL does not suit, the desk sends you to the other gate. Strasbourg is 1 hour 34 minutes from Belfort and reaches 33 airports without a change.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSL | Bâle/Mulhouse Euro Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg | 73 km | 54 minutes | 122 |
| SXB | Strasbourg | 142 km | 1 hour 34 minutes | 33 |
| ZRH | Zurich Kloten | 178 km | 2 hours 17 minutes | 223 |
Belfort is a city of 55,000 people in Bourgogne, 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 BSL reaches without a change
The only fact about BSL that changes what you can be offered is its nonstop board: 122 airports, 39 countries, 36 operating carriers. The busiest part of it is set out below.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRN | Prishtina | Prishtina Priština | about 11 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet |
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 6 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, Condor, Eurowings |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: easyJet, Vueling |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: KLM |
| AYT | Antalya | Antalya | about 4 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, Pegasus Airlines |
| SAW | Istanbul | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti |
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Air France |
| BUD | Budapest | Budapest Ferenc Liszt | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: easyJet, Wizz Air |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: British Airways |
Counting every airport a courier in Belfort can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 248 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 industrial geography around BSL is public knowledge. It appears here because it explains the pattern of short notice work near Belfort, and it makes no claim about who we work for.
- Novartis, Basel. Research and manufacturing at the group head office. Basel sits where three countries meet and uses three airports. It sits on BSL, which is 54 minutes from Belfort by road, and the sector is pharma.
- Roche, Basel and Kaiseraugst. Pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Diagnostics move on shorter clocks than most freight can hold. It sits on BSL, which is 54 minutes from Belfort by road, and the sector is pharma.
- Lonza, Visp and Basel. Contract manufacturing of biologics. Contract manufacturing runs to somebody else's deadline, which makes it tighter. It sits on BSL, which is 54 minutes from Belfort by road, and the sector is pharma.
Why a courier in Belfort is useful to the desk
Being close to BSL is worth more than being in a large city. The desk measures couriers in minutes to the check in desk, and Belfort measures 54 minutes, which puts it ahead of plenty of better known places with worse roads.
From Belfort the Emirates are reached by way of a hub, and the desk books the whole itinerary on one ticket. From Belfort the best single change is Barcelona (BCN), and BCN to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 9h 32m gate to gate, so an assignment between Belfort 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 Belfort
Mulhouse38 km away, BSL in 32 minutesColmar61 km away, SXB in 45 minutesBesançon77 km away, BSL in 1 hour 50 minutesStrasbourg124 km away, SXB in 19 minutesNancy126 km away, LUX in 1 hour 37 minutesMetz172 km away, LUX in 53 minutesChalon-sur-Saône179 km away, LYS in 1 hour 31 minutesThionville198 km away, LUX in 34 minutesAnnecy201 km away, GVA in 53 minutesBourg-en-Bresse202 km away, LYS in 52 minutesTroyes219 km away, ORY in 1 hour 56 minutesChâlons-en-Champagne235 km away, CDG in 2 hours 5 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 BSL 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 54 minutes drive to BSL. 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 BSL, 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 Belfort list
01How far is Belfort from BSL?
The measured route is 73 km and about 54 minutes from the centre of Belfort to Bâle/Mulhouse Euro Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg. The desk plans backwards from the bag drop at BSL, so the leaving time you are given will look early on purpose.
02What can I reach from Belfort without a change of aircraft?
BSL serves 122 airports nonstop across 39 countries with 36 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Belfort can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 248 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Belfort to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Belfort the best single change is Barcelona (BCN), and BCN to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 9h 32m gate to gate, so an assignment between Belfort 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 in Belfort changes which offers you see, not whether you qualify. The desk records your distance from BSL when you apply for exactly that reason.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No fee to join the Belfort list and no deposit of any kind. The AED 199 Academy is the only payment a courier in Belfort makes to us, and that amount is added back on top of your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The fee reflects the lane out of BSL, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate. It is agreed in writing before you leave Belfort.
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