This is passenger travel with a job attached. You are booked on a scheduled service out of SKG, in the cabin, with a sealed consignment that never leaves you. The reason the desk keeps names in Lagkadas is that 40 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, Lagkadas
The desk keeps a courier list for Lagkadas because SKG is close enough to matter: 40 km of road and 101 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 inLagkadas, Central Macedonia
Nearest gateSKG · Thessaloniki
Drive to the aircraft40 km · 42 minutes
Nonstop from SKG101 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 SKG, the waiting time, the return, and one fee for all of it. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of TLV, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. Nothing is deducted afterwards, and the drive of 42 minutes to the airport is part of what the fee is calculated on.
Getting to the aircraft from Lagkadas
Reachability, not size, is why Lagkadas has a page here. Lagkadas qualifies because Thessaloniki Macedonia is 40 km away by road, 42 minutes, and because that airport publishes a real scheduled nonstop board.
A ground leg of 42 minutes is the standard case here. It leaves room for a delay on the road without putting the check in at SKG in doubt. There is no second board within reach of Lagkadas. Everything runs through SKG at 42 minutes, and when it has no suitable departure the assignment moves to another city.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKG | Thessaloniki Macedonia | 40 km | 42 minutes | 101 |
Lagkadas is a city of 37,000 people in Central Macedonia, and the clock there runs 1 hour behind the Emirates in summer and 2 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 SKG reaches without a change
A gate 42 minutes from Lagkadas is only useful if it goes somewhere. SKG goes to 101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATH | Athens | Athens Eleftherios Venizelos | about 17 departures a day | 2 operators: Aegean Airlines |
| TLV | Tel Aviv Yafo | Tel Aviv Yafo Ben Gurion | about 4 departures a day | 5 operators: Aegean Airlines, Arkia, EL AL |
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Aegean Airlines, Lufthansa |
| STR | Stuttgart | Stuttgart | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Aegean Airlines, Eurowings |
| DUS | Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: Aegean Airlines, Eurowings |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Aegean Airlines, Lufthansa |
| HER | Heraklion | Heraklion Nikos Kazantzakis | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: Aegean Airlines, Ryanair |
| VIE | Vienna | Vienna Schwechat | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Austrian Airlines |
| LGW | London | London Gatwick | about 3 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet |
| LCA | Larnarca | Larnarca Larnaca | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: Aegean Airlines, Wizz Air |
Counting every airport a courier in Lagkadas can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 101 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
What moves out of Lagkadas
Nothing is claimed here about what is made near Lagkadas, because this site holds no public industrial file for SKG. The demand around Lagkadas is the ordinary kind: a contract, a part, a batch that has to be somewhere else by morning.
Why a courier in Lagkadas is useful to the desk
What the desk buys when it books a courier in Lagkadas is the ground half of a delivery. The flying out of SKG is easy to arrange. Getting a trustworthy person and a sealed consignment to SKG inside a few hours is the part that fails, and 42 minutes is why it does not fail here.
What a Gulf assignment out of Lagkadas looks like on a ticket. From Lagkadas the best single change is Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV), and TLV to DXB is flown by flydubai and Emirates, about 4 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 6h 38m gate to gate, so an assignment between Lagkadas 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 Greece list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Lagkadas
Thessaloniki16 km away, SKG in 23 minutesSerres55 km away, SKG in 1 hour 24 minutesKaterini71 km away, SKG in 1 hour 12 minutesVeria77 km away, SKG in 1 hour 13 minutesDrama101 km away, SKG in 2 hours 16 minutesKavala115 km away, SKG in 2 hours 7 minutesKozani119 km away, SKG in 1 hour 52 minutesLárisa136 km away, SKG in 2 hours 13 minutesChalkída258 km away, ATH in 1 hour 12 minutesThebes271 km away, ATH in 1 hour 21 minutesCorfu295 km away, CFU in 8 minutesCorinth313 km away, ATH in 1 hour 21 minutes
All 17 Greece cities are listed on the Greece 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 SKG, between Greece 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 42 minutes drive to SKG. 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 SKG, 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 Lagkadas list
01How far is Lagkadas from SKG?
From the centre of Lagkadas the drive is 40 km and roughly 42 minutes. Where the departure is early enough to make that uncomfortable, the desk books a room near SKG instead.
02What can I reach from Lagkadas without a change of aircraft?
SKG serves 101 airports nonstop across 33 countries with 37 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Lagkadas can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 101 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Lagkadas to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Lagkadas the best single change is Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV), and TLV to DXB is flown by flydubai and Emirates, about 4 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 6h 38m gate to gate, so an assignment between Lagkadas 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 Lagkadas is on it precisely because somebody has to be near SKG.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying from Lagkadas costs nothing and screening costs nothing. The Academy is AED 199, paid once by everybody on the Lagkadas 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 SKG, the waiting, the return and the ground time. One figure for the trip out of SKG, agreed in advance and paid after the handover.
Apply to fly out of SKG
Sign up once for Lagkadas. What happens after that is entirely your decision, one SKG departure at a time.
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