Como is on the list because MXP is reachable and busy. 201 scheduled nonstop destinations and 94 operating carriers mean the desk is rarely stuck for a routing, and 52 minutes of road means you are rarely too far to take it. Those two facts together are the whole reason Como has a page of its own.
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On Board Courier, Como
Time critical hand carry assignments from Como. One consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature, 52 minutes between your front door and the check in desk at MXP.
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 inComo, Lombardy
Nearest gateMXP · Milan
Drive to the aircraft48 km · 52 minutes
Nonstop from MXP201 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
You will usually know the day before, sometimes only in the morning. The desk sends the routing out of MXP, the sealed consignment reaches you or you collect it, and the drive of 52 minutes is timed backwards from the check in deadline rather than the departure. The Gulf sector out of MXP is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss.
Getting to the aircraft from Como
Measured door to terminal, Como to MXP is 48 km and 52 minutes. That is the number the desk uses when it decides whether to call Como for a departure this evening.
At 52 minutes the desk will normally ask you to leave Como about three hours before departure, more if the routing needs a bag drop cut off. A backup gate changes what can be promised out of Como. From Como, Milan Linate is 1 hour 1 minutes away and flies to 87 airports nonstop, so the desk has somewhere to move a consignment when the first flight goes.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MXP | Milan Malpensa | 48 km | 52 minutes | 201 |
| LIN | Milan Linate | 56 km | 1 hour 1 minutes | 87 |
| BGY | Bergamo Orio al Serio | 96 km | 1 hour 16 minutes | 154 |
| TRN | Torino Turin | 167 km | 1 hour 59 minutes | 62 |
Como is a city of 85,000 people in Lombardy, 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 MXP reaches without a change
The relevant question about MXP is not how big it is but what it flies. 201 nonstop destinations across 76 countries, and the ones with real frequency are listed here.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTA | Catania | Catania -Fontanarossa | about 13 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 12 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 11 departures a day | 4 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air, Air Europa |
| PMO | Palermo | Palermo Falcone-Borsellino | about 11 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 11 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, Air France |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 10 departures a day | 3 operators: Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, Condor |
| NAP | Nápoli | Nápoli Naples | about 8 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| LIS | Lisbon | Lisbon Portela | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: easyJet, TAP Air Portugal |
| ATH | Athens | Athens Eleftherios Venizelos | about 6 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet, Ryanair, Aegean Airlines |
| LGW | London | London Gatwick | about 6 departures a day | 1 operator: easyJet |
Counting every airport a courier in Como can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 278 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 inside the MXP catchment explains the deadlines. These facilities are publicly documented and are listed here as context for the work near Como. None of them is described as a client of ours.
- Stellantis, Turin Mirafiori. Assembly and the group's Italian engineering centre. Milan is the long haul gate when Turin has nothing suitable. It sits on MXP, which is 52 minutes from Como by road, and the sector is automotive.
Why a courier in Como is useful to the desk
Most of what the desk moves out of Lombardy is small, sealed and late. The constraint is never the size, it is finding a person near enough to MXP. Como is near enough: 52 minutes to MXP, on a board with 201 nonstop destinations.
A consignment moving between Como and the Gulf has a straightforward path. From Como the Gulf is a single sector: MXP and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 03m in the air over 4,700 km, and it means a consignment can leave Como in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Italy list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Como
Varese20 km away, MXP in 37 minutesBusto Arsizio28 km away, MXP in 24 minutesMonza29 km away, LIN in 21 minutesMilan39 km away, LIN in 18 minutesBergamo47 km away, BGY in 12 minutesNovara54 km away, MXP in 44 minutesPavia69 km away, LIN in 44 minutesBrescia93 km away, BGY in 39 minutesPiacenza97 km away, LIN in 49 minutesCremona105 km away, LIN in 1 hour 7 minutesAlessandria107 km away, GOA in 1 hour 4 minutesAsti122 km away, TRN in 1 hour 8 minutes
All 76 Italy cities are listed on the Italy 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 MXP and the other airports listed above, between Italy 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 52 minutes drive to MXP. 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 MXP, 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 Como list
01How far is Como from MXP?
About 52 minutes, 48 km by road. The desk has that number for every city on the list and uses it to decide who gets called for a departure out of MXP tonight.
02What can I reach from Como without a change of aircraft?
MXP serves 201 airports nonstop across 76 countries with 94 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Como can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 278 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Como to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Como the Gulf is a single sector: MXP and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 03m in the air over 4,700 km, and it means a consignment can leave Como 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 desk is in Dubai and the company is Emirati, but the courier list is worldwide and Como is on it. Where you live changes which assignments you are shown, not whether you qualify.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. The Como list is free to join and free to stay on. The only money that moves from you to us is the AED 199 Academy, paid once, and it comes back on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
One assignment out of MXP, one fee, agreed in advance. The 52 minutes you spend driving there is part of what that figure is calculated on.
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