A courier in Pisa is called because of the road, not the postcode. Pisa is 5 km away and reaches 76 airports nonstop, so a consignment that has to leave Tuscany today has a real chance of leaving today. The desk works the list by drive time, and yours is 15 minutes.
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On Board Courier, Pisa
A courier list for Pisa and the Tuscany area. Your departure gate is PSA, 5 km by road, and every ticket on it is bought by the desk rather than by you.
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 inPisa, Tuscany
Nearest gatePSA · Pisa
Drive to the aircraft5 km · 15 minutes
Nonstop from PSA76 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 shape of a trip out of Pisa is short and defined. Collection, 15 minutes on the road, check in at Pisa, and a seat you did not pay for. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of LGW, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. You do not open the consignment, you do not check it into the hold, and you do not leave it anywhere.
Getting to the aircraft from Pisa
15 minutes is the drive from Pisa to PSA, 5 km by road. It is the single most useful fact on this page, because it decides which departures from PSA you can realistically be offered.
Anything under half an hour changes what Pisa can be offered. From Pisa it is 15 minutes, so late confirmations are a normal case rather than a gamble. The desk will send you to FLR when the routing is better from there. It is 1 hour 10 minutes from Pisa and carries 35 nonstop destinations, and the offer always names the airport before you accept.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | Pisa | 5 km | 15 minutes | 76 |
| FLR | Firenze Peretola | 101 km | 1 hour 10 minutes | 35 |
| BLQ | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi | 184 km | 1 hour 59 minutes | 114 |
| GOA | Genova Genoa Cristoforo Colombo | 176 km | 2 hours 6 minutes | 30 |
Pisa is a city of 110,000 people in Tuscany, 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 PSA reaches without a change
From PSA a consignment can be in 76 other airports without touching a second aircraft. 27 countries are covered, and the heaviest routes are these.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIA | Tirana | Tirana Mother Teresa | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| STN | London | London Stansted | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| PMO | Palermo | Palermo Falcone-Borsellino | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| CTA | Catania | Catania -Fontanarossa | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| LGW | London | London Gatwick | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: easyJet |
| CAG | Cagliari | Cagliari Elmas | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair |
| MAN | Manchester | Manchester | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, easyJet |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: British Airways |
| CRL | Brussels | Brussels South Charleroi | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| CPH | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Kastrup | about 2 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, Norwegian, SAS |
Counting every airport a courier in Pisa can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 143 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
What is made near PSA shapes what moves out of it in a hurry. The sites below are a matter of public record. Listing one is an explanation of why Pisa generates urgent work, not a statement that the company works with us.
- Baker Hughes, Aberdeen and Florence. Oilfield equipment and turbomachinery. The North Sea runs on parts that arrive the same day. It sits on FLR, which is 1 hour 10 minutes from Pisa by road, and the sector is energy.
Why a courier in Pisa is useful to the desk
The value of a Pisa address is timing. When a consignment has to leave Tuscany today, the desk needs a name that is 15 minutes from a working gate, not a name in the nearest capital who is four hours away in traffic.
PSA does not fly to the Emirates directly. From Pisthe best single change is London (LGW), and LGW to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 15m gate to gate, so an assignment between Pisa 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 Italy list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Pisa
Lucca17 km away, PSA in 47 minutesLivorno19 km away, PSA in 37 minutesViareggio21 km away, PSA in 46 minutesMassa42 km away, PSA in 55 minutesPistoia48 km away, FLR in 31 minutesPrato59 km away, FLR in 24 minutesLa Spezia64 km away, PSA in 1 hour 14 minutesFlorence68 km away, FLR in 13 minutesReggio nell'Emilia112 km away, BLQ in 53 minutesModena112 km away, BLQ in 42 minutesBologna115 km away, BLQ in 18 minutesParma121 km away, BLQ 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 PSA 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 15 minutes drive to PSA. 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 PSA, 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 Pisa list
01How far is Pisa from PSA?
It is 5 km of driving from Pisa, roughly 15 minutes. Parking or the transfer is paid by the desk, and if the timings are tight the desk pays for a room near PSA the night before instead of hoping.
02What can I reach from Pisa without a change of aircraft?
PSA serves 76 airports nonstop across 27 countries with 19 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Pisa can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 143 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Pisa to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Pisthe best single change is London (LGW), and LGW to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 15m gate to gate, so an assignment between Pisa 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?
You do not. A residence visa is not asked for and not needed to be on the Pisa list. What is asked for is a passport, the right to enter the country on the routing, and the ability to reach PSA.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying costs nothing and always will. A courier on the Pisa list makes exactly one payment to us, the AED 199 Academy, and gets it back in full with the fee for the first assignment they complete.
06How is my fee agreed?
Nothing is charged back to a courier in Pisa and nothing is deducted. The fee agreed before you left Pisa is the fee that reaches your account after the handover.
Apply to fly out of PSA
The application takes about five minutes and asks what the desk actually needs to know: your passports, your visas, and how quickly you can be at PSA.
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