Every assignment starts with an airport, and yours is DUB. The desk holds a consignment that is late, valuable or perishable, finds the first departure that fits, and then looks for a courier who can be at the counter in time. Dundalk is 54 minutes out, which puts you inside the window for most of 198 nonstop destinations.
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On Board Courier, Dundalk
If you are in Dundalk you are 54 minutes from Dublin and 198 scheduled nonstop destinations. That is the whole starting qualification. Freelance, per assignment, 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 inDundalk, Leinster
Nearest gateDUB · Dublin
Drive to the aircraft77 km · 54 minutes
Nonstop from DUB198 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
There is no roster and no shift on the Dundalk list. An assignment is a single trip: accept the offer, collect, drive 77 km to DUB, board, land, clear, hand over. The Gulf sector out of DUB is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. Then you go home or you wait for a return leg, and the desk books and pays for either.
Getting to the aircraft from Dundalk
The ground leg from Dundalk is 77 km to Dublin, about 54 minutes. Where a second airport is within reach of Dundalk it is listed too, because the desk will use whichever one has the flight.
A drive of 54 minutes is comfortable for a same day departure as long as the call comes with a couple of hours in hand, which most do. Everything out of Dundalk runs through DUB, because nothing else is within a sensible drive. Its 198 nonstop destinations are the honest limit of what you can be offered here.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUB | Dublin | 77 km | 54 minutes | 198 |
Dundalk is a city of 43,000 people in Leinster, and the clock there runs 3 hours behind the Emirates in summer and 4 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 DUB reaches without a change
Scheduled reach from Dublin: 198 nonstop destinations, 45 countries, 49 operating carriers. Frequencies below are average daily flights from the site’s own route data.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDI | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | about 24 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| MAN | Manchester | Manchester | about 22 departures a day | 3 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 21 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, British Airways |
| BHX | Birmingham | Birmingham | about 16 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| GLA | Glasgow | Glasgow | about 15 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 15 departures a day | 4 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair, Qatar Airways |
| LPL | Liverpool | Liverpool John Lennon | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 10 departures a day | 3 operators: Aer Lingus, Air France |
| BRS | Bristol | Bristol | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
| LBA | Leeds | Leeds Bradford | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: Aer Lingus, Ryanair |
Counting every airport a courier in Dundalk can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 198 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
Where the urgent traffic around Dundalk comes from is a matter of public record rather than of opinion. The sites below sit inside the DUB catchment and are named to explain the demand, not to suggest that any of them is a customer.
- Intel, Leixlip. Wafer fabrication in Europe. Ireland's fab, supplied from across Europe and the United States. It sits on DUB, which is 54 minutes from Dundalk by road, and the sector is semiconductor.
- Pfizer, Ringaskiddy and Grange Castle. Active ingredient and biologics manufacturing. Ireland manufactures for the world and ships against timepoints. It sits on DUB, which is 54 minutes from Dundalk by road, and the sector is pharma.
- MSD, Carlow and Ballydine. Biologics and active ingredient manufacturing. The same Irish pattern. It sits on DUB, which is 54 minutes from Dundalk by road, and the sector is pharma.
Why a courier in Dundalk is useful to the desk
Hand carry is a business of catchments, and Dundalk is inside one. Dundalk sits inside the catchment of Dublin, 77 km out, which means a consignment collected in the city in the morning is airborne the same day rather than the next one.
The Emirates end of the lane looks like this from DUB. From Dundalk the Gulf is a single sector: DUB and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 7h 28m in the air over 5,900 km, and it means a consignment can leave Dundalk in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Ireland list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Dundalk
Drogheda32 km away, DUB in 34 minutesNavan42 km away, DUB in 38 minutesDublin75 km away, DUB in 18 minutesBray91 km away, DUB in 35 minutesDroichead Nua94 km away, DUB in 42 minutesAthlone119 km away, DUB in 1 hour 28 minutesPortlaoise122 km away, DUB in 1 hour 8 minutesCarlow133 km away, DUB in 1 hour 7 minutesGalway192 km away, SNN in 1 hour 10 minutesWaterford199 km away, ORK in 1 hour 50 minutesLimerick209 km away, SNN in 30 minutesEnnis213 km away, SNN in 24 minutes
All 15 Ireland cities are listed on the Ireland 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 DUB, between Ireland 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 54 minutes drive to DUB. 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 DUB, 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 Dundalk list
01How far is Dundalk from DUB?
54 minutes and 77 km on a measured route. Whether that is a comfortable drive depends on the hour, so the offer names the time you should leave Dundalk rather than only the departure time.
02What can I reach from Dundalk without a change of aircraft?
DUB serves 198 airports nonstop across 45 countries with 49 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Dundalk can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 198 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Dundalk to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Dundalk the Gulf is a single sector: DUB and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 7h 28m in the air over 5,900 km, and it means a consignment can leave Dundalk 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 coordination happens in Dubai, but couriers live in places like Dundalk. The Dundalk list exists because somebody has to be near DUB when a consignment appears in Leinster.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
It is free to apply from Dundalk and free to be screened. The one charge anywhere in the process is the AED 199 Academy, paid once and refunded on top of your first assignment fee.
06How is my fee agreed?
The offer, the routing out of DUB and the fee arrive together. You reply yes or no, and the yes is the agreement for that single trip out of DUB.
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