This is passenger travel with a job attached. You are booked on a scheduled service out of MRS, in the cabin, with a sealed consignment that never leaves you. The reason the desk keeps names in Hyères is that 108 km of road is a short enough lead time to say yes to a departure the same day.
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On Board Courier, Hyères
The desk keeps a courier list for Hyères because MRS is close enough to matter: 108 km of road and 117 nonstop destinations from the terminal you walk into.
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 inHyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nearest gateMRS · Marseille
Drive to the aircraft108 km · 1 hour 30 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
An assignment is quoted as a whole: the routing from MRS, the waiting time, the return, and one fee for all of it. 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. Nothing is deducted afterwards, and the drive of 1 hour 30 minutes to the airport is part of what the fee is calculated on.
Getting to the aircraft from Hyères
Reachability, not size, is why Hyères has a page here. Hyères qualifies because Marseille Provence is 108 km away by road, 1 hour 30 minutes, and because that airport publishes a real scheduled nonstop board.
1 hour 30 minutes behind the wheel is a real commitment, and both the notice and the fee reflect it. Where the flight out of MRS leaves early, the desk books you in nearby the night before. Where MRS cannot help, NCE sometimes can. It is 1 hour 46 minutes from Hyères and serves 116 airports without a change of aircraft.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRS | Marseille Provence | 108 km | 1 hour 30 minutes | 117 |
| NCE | Nice -Côte d'Azur | 145 km | 1 hour 46 minutes | 116 |
Hyères is a city of 50,000 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. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Hyères may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What MRS reaches without a change
A gate 1 hour 30 minutes from Hyères is only useful if it goes somewhere. MRS goes to 117 airports nonstop in 33 countries, and the heaviest routes on that board are shown here with the airlines that fly them.
| 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 Hyères 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
What is made within reach of MRS explains the deadlines around Hyères. The sites below are publicly documented facts about the MRS catchment, and none of them is a customer of ours.
- 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 30 minutes from Hyères by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in Hyères is useful to the desk
What the desk buys when it books a courier in Hyères is the ground half of a delivery. The flying out of MRS is easy to arrange. Getting a trustworthy person and a sealed consignment to MRS inside a few hours is the part that fails, and 1 hour 30 minutes is why it does not fail here.
What a Gulf assignment out of Hyères looks like on a ticket. From Hyères 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 Hyères 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 Hyères
Toulon16 km away, MRS in 1 hour 14 minutesAubagne49 km away, MRS in 46 minutesFréjus60 km away, NCE in 56 minutesMarseille64 km away, MRS in 30 minutesAix-en-Provence71 km away, MRS in 33 minutesGrasse88 km away, NCE in 44 minutesMartigues93 km away, MRS in 31 minutesAntibes95 km away, NCE in 30 minutesIstres102 km away, MRS in 47 minutesNice112 km away, NCE in 23 minutesArles136 km away, MRS in 1 hourAvignon141 km away, MRS in 1 hour 6 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 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 30 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 Hyères list
01How far is Hyères from MRS?
From the centre of Hyères the drive is 108 km and roughly 1 hour 30 minutes. Where the departure is early enough to make that uncomfortable, the desk books a room near MRS instead.
02What can I reach from Hyères without a change of aircraft?
MRS serves 117 airports nonstop across 33 countries with 44 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Hyères 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 Hyères to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Hyères 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 Hyères 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 company is Emirati and the coordination is done in Dubai, but the courier list is worldwide and Hyères is on it precisely because somebody has to be near MRS.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying from Hyères costs nothing and screening costs nothing. The Academy is AED 199, paid once by everybody on the Hyères list, and returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk quotes the whole assignment: the sector out of MRS, the waiting, the return and the ground time. One figure for the trip out of MRS, agreed in advance and paid after the handover.
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Sign up once for Hyères. What happens after that is entirely your decision, one MRS departure at a time.
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