Veria sits inside the catchment of a working airport. Thessaloniki Macedonia handles 101 nonstop destinations and 33 countries, and the drive from the centre is 1 hour 13 minutes. A courier who can be airside at SKG inside that window is worth more to the desk than a courier in a bigger city who is stuck in traffic.
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On Board Courier, Veria
On board courier work out of Veria. You fly as a passenger, you carry one consignment, and the airport the desk puts you through is Thessaloniki Macedonia, 1 hour 13 minutes from the centre.
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 inVeria, Central Macedonia
Nearest gateSKG · Thessaloniki
Drive to the aircraft89 km · 1 hour 13 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
The paperwork exists before you leave Veria. Invoice, declaration, consignee details and, where the goods need it, the permit, all prepared in Dubai and sent to you before you leave Veria. 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. Your job at the counter is to be calm, to answer plainly and to keep the consignment in sight.
Getting to the aircraft from Veria
These are the gates within reach of Veria by car. The nearest, SKG, is 89 km away, about 1 hour 13 minutes, and each one is shown with what it reaches without a change of aircraft.
At 89 km the road out of Veria is predictable rather than trivial, so the offer carries a leaving time and the traffic is allowed for on top of it. One gate serves Veria and no other is inside a sensible drive, so the 101 nonstop destinations at SKG are the honest limit of what you can be offered.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKG | Thessaloniki Macedonia | 89 km | 1 hour 13 minutes | 101 |
Veria is a city of 44,000 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
Below is what Thessaloniki Macedonia actually flies, taken from the same scheduled route datthe rest of the site uses: 101 nonstop destinations, 37 carriers, ordered by average daily flights.
| 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 Veria 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 Veria
The site does not publish an industrial register for SKG, so this section stays short. Consignments out of Veria are typically documents, spare parts, laboratory samples and small high value items.
Why a courier in Veria is useful to the desk
A city qualifies for this list when three things are true at once: a real airport within a sensible drive, a real nonstop board on it, and something in the area worth moving. Veria clears all three, at 1 hour 13 minutes from SKG and 101 destinations.
Nothing flies SKG to the Emirates without a stop, so here is the honest version. From Verithe 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 Veria 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 Veria
Katerini38 km away, SKG in 1 hour 12 minutesKozani43 km away, SKG in 1 hour 52 minutesThessaloniki63 km away, SKG in 23 minutesLagkadas77 km away, SKG in 42 minutesLárisa101 km away, SKG in 2 hours 13 minutesSerres129 km away, SKG in 1 hour 24 minutesDrama178 km away, SKG in 2 hours 16 minutesKavala191 km away, SKG in 2 hours 7 minutesCorfu218 km away, CFU in 8 minutesChalkída259 km away, ATH in 1 hour 12 minutesThebes263 km away, ATH in 1 hour 21 minutesCorinth295 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 1 hour 13 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 Veria list
01How far is Veria from SKG?
It is 1 hour 13 minutes by car, 89 km on the road. Traffic around Veria is allowed for separately, and the parking or the transfer at SKG is paid by the desk.
02What can I reach from Veria without a change of aircraft?
SKG serves 101 airports nonstop across 33 countries with 37 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Veria 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 Veria to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Verithe 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 Veria 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. What is checked is your passport, your right to enter the country on the routing, and how quickly you can reach SKG from Veria.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Screening costs nothing and the Veria list costs nothing. The AED 199 Academy is paid once and refunded on top of your first completed assignment fee.
06How is my fee agreed?
What you are paid is agreed in writing before you leave Veria and is not adjusted afterwards. Waiting time and the return leg into Veria are inside that figure rather than extra to it.
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