What is asked of a courier in Hattingen is easy to describe and hard to fake. Be reachable, be 46 minutes from DUS, and be the sort of person a customs officer has no reason to detain. The rest is built in Dubai before you are called.
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On Board Courier, Hattingen
Couriers in Hattingen are wanted for one reason: Düsseldorf is 54 km away and flies to 176 airports without a change. Freelance, per trip, ticket paid.
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 inHattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Nearest gateDUS · Düsseldorf
Drive to the aircraft54 km · 46 minutes
Nonstop from DUS176 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 courier in Hattingen is usually told the day before and occasionally the same morning. The routing out of DUS arrives with the hour you should leave, worked backwards from the bag drop rather than from the departure. The Gulf sector out of DUS is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss.
Getting to the aircraft from Hattingen
A courier in Hattingen is only as close to the aircraft as the road allows, and that road is 54 km and 46 minutes to DUS. Every other gate a courier in Hattingen can use is listed underneath at its own measured distance.
A drive of 46 minutes gives the desk room to work. From Hattingen a departure out of DUS later today is usually still reachable. The offer names the airport every time, because Hattingen has two. CGN is 1 hour 3 minutes by road and reaches 154 airports without a change.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUS | Düsseldorf | 54 km | 46 minutes | 176 |
| CGN | Cologne Bonn | 80 km | 1 hour 3 minutes | 154 |
| FMO | Münster Osnabrück | 115 km | 1 hour 18 minutes | 17 |
| EIN | Eindhoven | 150 km | 1 hour 59 minutes | 74 |
Hattingen is a city of 57,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, 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 DUS reaches without a change
From DUS a consignment reaches 176 airports on a single aircraft. The routes out of DUS with real frequency are listed below, ordered by average daily departures rather than by how well known they are.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 21 departures a day | 5 operators: Eurowings, Condor, TUI fly |
| AYT | Antalya | Antalya | about 15 departures a day | 5 operators: Pegasus Airlines |
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 13 departures a day | 3 operators: Eurowings, Lufthansa |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: Eurowings, British Airways |
| SAW | Istanbul | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| ZRH | Zurich | Zurich Kloten | about 7 departures a day | 3 operators: Eurowings, Condor, SWISS |
| VIE | Vienna | Vienna Schwechat | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Eurowings, Austrian Airlines |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: KLM |
| HER | Heraklion | Heraklion Nikos Kazantzakis | about 6 departures a day | 4 operators: Eurowings, Condor, TUI fly |
| PRN | Prishtina | Prishtina Priština | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: Eurowings |
Counting every airport a courier in Hattingen can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 231 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 follows is public industrial geography around DUS, not a client list. Each site sits within reach of that airport and helps explain why Hattingen generates short notice consignments.
- Bayer, Leverkusen and Wuppertal. Pharmaceutical research and production. The Rhineland cluster, two airports, one region. It sits on DUS, which is 46 minutes from Hattingen by road, and the sector is pharma.
- Siemens Energy, Berlin and Muelheim. Gas turbine manufacture and service. A turbine out of service is a power station out of service. It sits on DUS, which is 46 minutes from Hattingen by road, and the sector is energy.
- Ford, Dearborn and Cologne. Assembly on both sides of the Atlantic. A single engineering organisation split across two continents. It sits on CGN, which is 1 hour 3 minutes from Hattingen by road, and the sector is automotive.
Why a courier in Hattingen is useful to the desk
Assignments do not arrive on a schedule and neither does the demand out of North Rhine-Westphalia. Keeping names in Hattingen, 54 km from DUS, is how the desk answers a consignment that appears at four in the afternoon.
The Gulf sector has a lot to do with how often the phone rings in Hattingen. From Hattingen the Gulf is a single sector: DUS and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 24m in the air over 5,000 km, and it means a consignment can leave Hattingen 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 Hattingen
Essen14 km away, DUS in 28 minutesHerne16 km away, DUS in 44 minutesWuppertal16 km away, DUS in 40 minutesHagen20 km away, DUS in 1 hour 1 minutesDortmund23 km away, DUS in 52 minutesDuisburg29 km away, DUS in 19 minutesMarl29 km away, DUS in 49 minutesLünen34 km away, FMO in 54 minutesDüsseldorf34 km away, DUS in 19 minutesDinslaken36 km away, DUS in 33 minutesIserlohn36 km away, DUS in 1 hour 7 minutesLüdenscheid37 km away, DUS in 1 hour 15 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 DUS 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 46 minutes drive to DUS. 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 DUS, 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 Hattingen list
01How far is Hattingen from DUS?
Roughly 46 minutes, 54 km of routed road from Hattingen to DUS. Where the timings are tight the desk pays for a hotel by DUS rather than gambling on the traffic out of Hattingen.
02What can I reach from Hattingen without a change of aircraft?
DUS serves 176 airports nonstop across 49 countries with 56 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Hattingen can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 231 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Hattingen to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Hattingen the Gulf is a single sector: DUS and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 24m in the air over 5,000 km, and it means a consignment can leave Hattingen 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. The company is Emirati and the courier list is not, which is why Hattingen is on it. What the desk needs in North Rhine-Westphalia is somebody who can reach DUS at short notice.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. There is no cost to be on the Hattingen list and no deposit of any kind. The AED 199 Academy is the only payment couriers in Hattingen make, and it returns with your first assignment fee.
06How is my fee agreed?
You are quoted per trip out of DUS, in writing, and paid after the consignee has signed. That is the whole arrangement for a courier on the Hattingen list.
Apply to fly out of DUS
The Hattingen list is open. Applying is free, the ticket out of DUS is always ours, and every fee is agreed in writing before you accept an assignment.
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