Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of NTE, and you accept it or you do not. Living 1 hour from the terminal simply means you see more of them, because the offers go out in order of who can physically make the flight.
Open · France desk · La Roche-sur-Yon
On Board Courier, La Roche-sur-Yon
Courier assignments for people based in La Roche-sur-Yon, Pays de la Loire. The drive to NTE is 1 hour, 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 inLa Roche-sur-Yon, Pays de la Loire
Nearest gateNTE · Nantes
Drive to the aircraft74 km · 1 hour
Nonstop from NTE89 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 travel light and you travel as yourself. Passport, phone, the consignment and whatever you need for one or two nights away from La Roche-sur-Yon. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of CDG, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The drive from La Roche-sur-Yon to NTE is 1 hour, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from La Roche-sur-Yon
The airports a courier in La Roche-sur-Yon can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. NTE leads at 1 hour and 74 km.
1 hour is a drive you plan rather than dread. From La Roche-sur-Yon the desk names the hour you should leave, not only the hour the aircraft goes. NTE is the whole of the La Roche-sur-Yon picture: 89 nonstop destinations, 1 hour of road, and no fallback gate within reach.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTE | Nantes Atlantique | 74 km | 1 hour | 89 |
La Roche-sur-Yon is a city of 59,000 people in Pays de la Loire, 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 NTE reaches without a change
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves La Roche-sur-Yon. NTE serves 89 airports directly in 25 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 6 departures a day | 1 operator: Air France |
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 5 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet, Transavia France, Vueling |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: KLM |
| LYS | Lyon | Lyon Saint-Exupéry | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: easyJet, Air France |
| MRS | Marseille | Marseille Provence | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Transavia France, Ryanair |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Vueling |
| RAK | Marrakech | Marrakech Menara | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, Transavia France |
| AJA | Ajaccio/Napoléon Bonaparte | Ajaccio/Napoléon Bonaparte Ajaccio-Napoléon Bonaparte | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, Transavia France |
| NCE | Nice | Nice -Côte d'Azur | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: easyJet |
| OPO | Porto | Porto Francisco de Sá Carneiro | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, Transavia France |
Counting every airport a courier in La Roche-sur-Yon can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 89 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 NTE. They are named to explain the pattern of urgent work near La Roche-sur-Yon and for no other reason.
- Airbus, Nantes and Saint-Nazaire. Centre fuselage sections and the nose section. Structural sections feed the Toulouse and Hamburg lines directly. It sits on NTE, which is 1 hour from La Roche-sur-Yon by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in La Roche-sur-Yon is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in La Roche-sur-Yon than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into NTE from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in La Roche-sur-Yon, 1 hour from NTE.
The Gulf routing out of NTE is a connection, and the desk plans it as one. From La Roche-sur-Yon the best single change is Paris (CDG), and CDG to DXB is flown by Air France and Emirates, about 4 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 9h 04m gate to gate, so an assignment between La Roche-sur-Yon 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 La Roche-sur-Yon
Cholet60 km away, NTE in 56 minutesLa Rochelle60 km away, NTE in 1 hour 52 minutesNantes62 km away, NTE in 20 minutesNiort84 km away, NTE in 1 hour 46 minutesSaint-Nazaire90 km away, NTE in 58 minutesAngers111 km away, NTE in 1 hour 17 minutesVannes149 km away, NTE in 1 hour 30 minutesRennes161 km away, NTE in 1 hour 33 minutesLaval164 km away, NTE in 2 hours 12 minutesAngoulême166 km away, BOD in 1 hour 44 minutesLorient190 km away, NTE in 2 hours 9 minutesLe Mans192 km away, ORY in 2 hours 12 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 NTE, 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 drive to NTE. 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 NTE, 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 La Roche-sur-Yon list
01How far is La Roche-sur-Yon from NTE?
A measured 74 km and about 1 hour from La Roche-sur-Yon to NTE. 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 La Roche-sur-Yon without a change of aircraft?
NTE serves 89 airports nonstop across 25 countries with 23 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in La Roche-sur-Yon can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 89 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from La Roche-sur-Yon to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From La Roche-sur-Yon the best single change is Paris (CDG), and CDG to DXB is flown by Air France and Emirates, about 4 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 9h 04m gate to gate, so an assignment between La Roche-sur-Yon 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 from NTE is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a La Roche-sur-Yon list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from La Roche-sur-Yon 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 NTE is not a rate card applied afterwards. It is a number for one named routing, sent to you in La Roche-sur-Yon before you accept anything.
Apply to fly out of NTE
Join the La Roche-sur-Yon list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Pays de la Loire through NTE, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
Apply for this positionSee all openingsThe NTE atlas entry · The France courier desk · France country guide · All courier openings · Apply to the courier network