Speed here is measured door to gate, and yours is 1 hour 3 minutes. When a consignment misses its window it usually misses it on the ground, not in the air. Ravenna is on the courier list because the ground half is short: 84 km to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi, then the 114 destinations it serves without a change.
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On Board Courier, Ravenna
Freelance courier assignments for Ravenna residents. BLQ is 1 hour 3 minutes away, the ticket is the desk’s cost and never yours, and the fee is fixed in writing per trip.
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 inRavenna, Emilia-Romagna
Nearest gateBLQ · Bologna
Drive to the aircraft84 km · 1 hour 3 minutes
Nonstop from BLQ114 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 desk calls, you answer, and the clock starts. 1 hour 3 minutes to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi, boarding pass already issued, consignment in the cabin. The Gulf sector out of BLQ is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. You hand over to a named person, you photograph the handover, and the assignment is closed in the portal the same day.
Getting to the aircraft from Ravenna
Road, not air, decides whether Ravenna gets the call. From Ravenna it is 84 km to BLQ and 1 hour 3 minutes behind the wheel, and the desk holds you to the check in time rather than the departure time.
From Ravennthe 1 hour 3 minutes to BLQ is short enough for a same day flight and long enough that the desk builds slack into every timing it gives you. A second gate sits inside the drive from Ravenna. FLR is 2 hours 7 minutes away with 35 nonstop destinations, and the offer always names the airport before you accept.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLQ | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi | 84 km | 1 hour 3 minutes | 114 |
| FLR | Firenze Peretola | 179 km | 2 hours 7 minutes | 35 |
Ravenna is a city of 81,000 people in Emilia-Romagna, 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 BLQ reaches without a change
The desk checks two things before it calls Ravenna: how far you are from BLQ, and what BLQ flies. The second answer is 114 nonstop destinations across 36 countries.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: Air France |
| PMO | Palermo | Palermo Falcone-Borsellino | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| CTA | Catania | Catania -Fontanarossa | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa |
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: Air Dolomiti |
| TIA | Tirana | Tirana Mother Teresa | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: KLM |
| CAG | Cagliari | Cagliari Elmas | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair |
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 4 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, Iberia, Air Europa |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Vueling |
Counting every airport a courier in Ravenna can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 121 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 Ravenna
An industrial register exists on this site for some airports and BLQ is not among them. The traffic from Ravenna is still real and still urgent: originals, components, samples and valuables that missed a network cut off.
Why a courier in Ravenna is useful to the desk
Inbound work into Emilia-Romagna is the quiet half of this. Consignments arrive into Emilia-Romagna as often as they leave it, and somebody has to meet the aircraft at BLQ and complete the handover. A courier who already lives 1 hour 3 minutes away is the obvious answer.
Most of what this desk moves touches the Gulf somewhere, so the routing out of BLQ matters. From Ravennthe Gulf is a single sector: BLQ and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 5h 48m in the air over 4,500 km, and it means a consignment can leave Ravenna 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 Ravenna
Forlì25 km away, BLQ in 59 minutesCesena31 km away, BLQ in 1 hour 9 minutesImola39 km away, BLQ in 39 minutesRimini49 km away, BLQ in 1 hour 24 minutesFerrara66 km away, BLQ in 42 minutesBologna69 km away, BLQ in 18 minutesPesaro80 km away, BLQ in 1 hour 44 minutesFlorence104 km away, FLR in 13 minutesModena104 km away, BLQ in 42 minutesPrato106 km away, FLR in 24 minutesArezzo109 km away, FLR in 1 hour 14 minutesCarpi113 km away, BLQ in 47 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 BLQ 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 1 hour 3 minutes drive to BLQ. 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 BLQ, 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 Ravenna list
01How far is Ravenna from BLQ?
About 1 hour 3 minutes, or 84 km of measured route. Every city on this list has that number recorded, and it is what decides who gets the call for a departure out of BLQ tonight.
02What can I reach from Ravenna without a change of aircraft?
BLQ serves 114 airports nonstop across 36 countries with 47 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Ravenna can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 121 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Ravenna to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Ravennthe Gulf is a single sector: BLQ and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 5h 48m in the air over 4,500 km, and it means a consignment can leave Ravenna 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 residence visa and no relocation out of Ravenna. A courier on this list lives here, drives the 1 hour 3 minutes to BLQ and flies from there.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Nothing to apply, nothing to be screened and nothing to stay on the Ravenna list. One payment exists anywhere in the process, the AED 199 Academy, and it comes back on top of your first assignment fee out of BLQ.
06How is my fee agreed?
A courier in Ravenna is never asked to accept an assignment before seeing the fee for it, because the routing out of BLQ and the figure arrive in the same message.
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Apply for the Ravenna list. The next step for a courier in Ravenna is a screening call, not a payment.
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