The desk does not ask you to be a logistics professional. It asks you to be reachable, presentable and 18 minutes from STR. Everything else, the booking out of STR, the paperwork, the customs position and the consignee, is prepared in Dubai before you are called.
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On Board Courier, Sindelfingen
Hand carry work from Sindelfingen and the surrounding Baden-Wurttemberg area. Departures run through Stuttgart, 18 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 inSindelfingen, Baden-Wurttemberg
Nearest gateSTR · Stuttgart
Drive to the aircraft18 km · 18 minutes
Nonstop from STR127 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 Sindelfingen 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 IST, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The drive to STR is 18 minutes in either case, and the desk pays for the parking or the transfer.
Getting to the aircraft from Sindelfingen
What follows is the practical geography of flying out of Sindelfingen. The nearest usable gate is STR at 18 minutes, and anything else within a sensible drive is listed under it.
At 18 minutes the drive from Sindelfingen stops being a factor. The desk can call late and still put you on a departure out of STR the same evening. Where the departure out of STR does not suit, the desk sends you to the other gate. Strasbourg is 1 hour 50 minutes from Sindelfingen and reaches 33 airports without a change.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STR | Stuttgart | 18 km | 18 minutes | 127 |
| SXB | Strasbourg | 163 km | 1 hour 50 minutes | 33 |
| FDH | Friedrichshafen | 190 km | 2 hours 5 minutes | 16 |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | 195 km | 2 hours 5 minutes | 274 |
Sindelfingen is a city of 61,000 people in Baden-Wurttemberg, 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 STR reaches without a change
The only fact about STR that changes what you can be offered is its nonstop board: 127 airports, 37 countries, 31 operating carriers. The busiest part of it is set out below.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 9 departures a day | 3 operators: Eurowings, TUI fly, Condor |
| AYT | Antalya | Antalya | about 9 departures a day | 4 operators: Pegasus Airlines |
| SAW | Istanbul | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| IST | Istanbul | Istanbul | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: Turkish Airlines |
| PRN | Prishtina | Prishtina Priština | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: Eurowings |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: KLM |
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: Lufthansa |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Eurowings, Vueling |
| ADB | Izmir | Adnan Menderes | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines |
| SKG | Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki Macedonia | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Eurowings, Aegean Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in Sindelfingen can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 300 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 STR is public knowledge. It appears here because it explains the pattern of short notice work near Sindelfingen, and it makes no claim about who we work for.
- Mercedes-Benz, Sindelfingen and Untertuerkheim. S-Class assembly, powertrain and research. Stuttgart is the densest automotive engineering cluster in Europe. It sits on STR, which is 18 minutes from Sindelfingen by road, and the sector is automotive.
- Porsche, Zuffenhausen. Sports car and engine assembly. Low volume, high value, and intolerant of a missing component. It sits on STR, which is 18 minutes from Sindelfingen by road, and the sector is automotive.
- Audi, Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm. Assembly, aluminium body construction and engines. Two plants, two airports, one takt. It sits on STR, which is 18 minutes from Sindelfingen by road, and the sector is automotive.
- Zeiss SMT, Oberkochen. Optics for lithography systems. The optics that make lithography possible, made in one place. It sits on STR, which is 18 minutes from Sindelfingen by road, and the sector is semiconductor.
Why a courier in Sindelfingen is useful to the desk
Being close to STR is worth more than being in a large city. The desk measures couriers in minutes to the check in desk, and Sindelfingen measures 18 minutes, which puts it ahead of plenty of better known places with worse roads.
From Sindelfingen the Emirates are reached by way of a hub, and the desk books the whole itinerary on one ticket. From Sindelfingen the best single change is Istanbul (IST), and IST to DXB is flown by Emirates and flydubai, about 5 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 8h 07m gate to gate, so an assignment between Sindelfingen 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 Germany list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Sindelfingen
Stuttgart15 km away, STR in 20 minutesLudwigsburg25 km away, STR in 37 minutesReutlingen27 km away, STR in 28 minutesPforzheim31 km away, STR in 38 minutesGöppingen47 km away, STR in 32 minutesHeilbronn51 km away, STR in 55 minutesKarlsruhe56 km away, STR in 58 minutesBaden-Baden57 km away, SXB in 1 hourSchwäbisch Gmünd58 km away, STR in 57 minutesUlm79 km away, STR in 55 minutesAalen80 km away, STR in 1 hour 16 minutesVillingen-Schwenningen81 km away, STR 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 STR 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 18 minutes drive to STR. 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 STR, 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 Sindelfingen list
01How far is Sindelfingen from STR?
The measured route is 18 km and about 18 minutes from the centre of Sindelfingen to Stuttgart. The desk plans backwards from the bag drop at STR, so the leaving time you are given will look early on purpose.
02What can I reach from Sindelfingen without a change of aircraft?
STR serves 127 airports nonstop across 37 countries with 31 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Sindelfingen can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 300 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Sindelfingen to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Sindelfingen the best single change is Istanbul (IST), and IST to DXB is flown by Emirates and flydubai, about 5 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 8h 07m gate to gate, so an assignment between Sindelfingen 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 Sindelfingen changes which offers you see, not whether you qualify. The desk records your distance from STR when you apply for exactly that reason.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No fee to join the Sindelfingen list and no deposit of any kind. The AED 199 Academy is the only payment a courier in Sindelfingen 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 STR, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate. It is agreed in writing before you leave Sindelfingen.
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