One trip, one consignment, one handover. No round, no van, no warehouse. The consignment is sealed before you take it, it stays in the cabin from FRA onwards, and it is signed for by a named person at the far end. From Aschaffenburg the trip begins with 41 minutes of road to Frankfurt-am-Main.
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On Board Courier, Aschaffenburg
Urgent consignments leave Aschaffenburg the way passengers do: in the cabin, with a person. FRA is 41 minutes from the city and the desk pays for the seat.
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 inAschaffenburg, Bavaria
Nearest gateFRA · Frankfurt-am-Main
Drive to the aircraft53 km · 41 minutes
Nonstop from FRA274 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
A trip out of Aschaffenburg has four fixed points: the collection, the 41 minutes drive to FRA, the sector itself and the signature at the far end. The Gulf sector out of FRA is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. Everything between them is arranged by the desk and confirmed to you in writing.
Getting to the aircraft from Aschaffenburg
The drive is the honest half of this work. Aschaffenburg to Frankfurt-am-Main is 53 km and about 41 minutes, and an assignment is planned backwards from the bag drop rather than from the departure.
41 minutes of driving is comfortable for a same day flight provided the call comes with a couple of hours in hand, which most calls do. A cancellation at FRA is not the end of an assignment from Aschaffenburg, because NUE is 1 hour 47 minutes out with 71 nonstop destinations of its own.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | 53 km | 41 minutes | 274 |
| NUE | Nuremberg | 178 km | 1 hour 47 minutes | 71 |
Aschaffenburg is a city of 69,000 people in Bavaria, 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 FRA reaches without a change
This is the departure board a courier in Aschaffenburg works from: 274 nonstop destinations out of FRA, 92 operating carriers, and average daily frequencies taken from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 17 departures a day | 4 operators: Lufthansa, Condor, Kuwait Airways |
| BER | Berlin | Berlin Brandenburg | about 16 departures a day | 3 operators: Lufthansa, Condor |
| VIE | Vienna | Vienna Schwechat | about 16 departures a day | 2 operators: Condor, Austrian Airlines |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 15 departures a day | 4 operators: Lufthansa, British Airways |
| ZRH | Zurich | Zurich Kloten | about 15 departures a day | 4 operators: Lufthansa, Condor, Air Dolomiti |
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 14 departures a day | 4 operators: Lufthansa, Condor, TUI fly |
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 14 departures a day | 4 operators: Lufthansa, Condor, Air France |
| HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | about 14 departures a day | 3 operators: Lufthansa, Condor |
| FCO | Rome | Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino | about 14 departures a day | 4 operators: Lufthansa, Condor, easyJet |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 11 departures a day | 4 operators: Lufthansa, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air |
Counting every airport a courier in Aschaffenburg can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 290 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
Why consignments move at short notice around Aschaffenburg is easier to show than to argue. The sites below are public industrial geography inside the FRA catchment.
- Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim. Research and biopharmaceutical production. Twenty five minutes from the busiest cargo airport in Europe. It sits on FRA, which is 41 minutes from Aschaffenburg by road, and the sector is pharma.
- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt. Healthcare, life science and electronics. Frankfurt is effectively the site's own airport. It sits on FRA, which is 41 minutes from Aschaffenburg by road, and the sector is pharma.
- Sanofi, Frankfurt Hoechst and Paris. Insulin production and research. One company, two countries, one supply chain. It sits on FRA, which is 41 minutes from Aschaffenburg by road, and the sector is pharma.
Why a courier in Aschaffenburg is useful to the desk
A courier in Aschaffenburg shortens the chain by one link. Without one, an urgent consignment out of Bavaria has to be trucked to a hub or flown out with somebody sent from elsewhere. With one, it is 41 minutes of driving and a boarding pass.
Since the desk sits in Dubai, this is the sector that matters most out of Aschaffenburg. From Aschaffenburg the Gulf is a single sector: FRA and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 13m in the air over 4,850 km, and it means a consignment can leave Aschaffenburg in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Germany list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Aschaffenburg
Hanau am Main24 km away, FRA in 34 minutesDarmstadt38 km away, FRA in 25 minutesBad Homburg vor der Höhe47 km away, FRA in 28 minutesRüsselsheim am Main52 km away, FRA in 18 minutesWürzburg61 km away, NUE in 1 hour 6 minutesWiesbaden66 km away, FRA in 29 minutesWorms69 km away, FRA in 46 minutesHeidelberg71 km away, FRA in 55 minutesMannheim73 km away, FRA in 54 minutesFulda74 km away, FRA in 1 hour 21 minutesGießen76 km away, FRA in 56 minutesSchweinfurt77 km away, NUE in 1 hour 14 minutes
All 136 Germany cities are listed on the Germany 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 FRA and the other airports listed above, between Germany 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 41 minutes drive to FRA. 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 FRA, 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 Aschaffenburg list
01How far is Aschaffenburg from FRA?
About 41 minutes, over 53 km of measured driving route. Where an early departure makes that uncomfortable, the desk books a room near FRA the night before instead.
02What can I reach from Aschaffenburg without a change of aircraft?
FRA serves 274 airports nonstop across 89 countries with 92 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Aschaffenburg can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 290 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Aschaffenburg to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Aschaffenburg the Gulf is a single sector: FRA and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 13m in the air over 4,850 km, and it means a consignment can leave Aschaffenburg in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Aschaffenburg list at all, and this page would not exist.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. There is no application fee and no placement fee for the Aschaffenburg list. The Academy costs AED 199 once and is returned with the fee for your first completed assignment out of FRA.
06How is my fee agreed?
A courier in Aschaffenburg sees the number first. The routing out of FRA, the timings and the fee come in one written offer, and accepting it is a decision you make in Aschaffenburg.
Apply to fly out of FRA
Add your name to the Aschaffenburg list. A form, a screening call, and the desk knows who to ring when something has to leave Bavaria tonight.
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