Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of MXP, and you accept it or you do not. Living 37 minutes from the terminal simply means you see more of them, because the offers go out in order of who can physically make the flight.
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On Board Courier, Varese
Courier assignments for people based in Varese, Lombardy. The drive to MXP is 37 minutes, the flight is booked and paid before you leave, and applying costs nothing.
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 inVarese, Lombardy
Nearest gateMXP · Milan
Drive to the aircraft30 km · 37 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 travel light and you travel as yourself. Passport, phone, the consignment and whatever you need for one or two nights away from Varese. The Gulf sector out of MXP is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. The drive from Varese to MXP is 37 minutes, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from Varese
The airports a courier in Varese can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. MXP leads at 37 minutes and 30 km.
37 minutes is a drive you plan rather than dread. From Varese the desk names the hour you should leave, not only the hour the aircraft goes. The second option out of Varese is Milan Linate, 1 hour 2 minutes by road and 87 nonstop destinations. The desk picks whichever gate has the departure rather than whichever is nearer.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MXP | Milan Malpensa | 30 km | 37 minutes | 201 |
| LIN | Milan Linate | 66 km | 1 hour 2 minutes | 87 |
| BGY | Bergamo Orio al Serio | 104 km | 1 hour 17 minutes | 154 |
| TRN | Torino Turin | 152 km | 1 hour 48 minutes | 62 |
Varese is a city of 81,000 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
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves Varese. MXP serves 201 airports directly in 76 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| 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 Varese 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 plants and facilities below are public knowledge and sit within reach of MXP. They are named to explain the pattern of urgent work near Varese and for no other reason.
- 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 37 minutes from Varese by road, and the sector is automotive.
Why a courier in Varese is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in Varese than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into MXP from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in Varese, 37 minutes from MXP.
How often Varese is called comes down in part to one timetable. From Varese 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 Varese 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 Varese
Como20 km away, MXP in 52 minutesBusto Arsizio23 km away, MXP in 24 minutesMonza44 km away, LIN in 21 minutesNovara44 km away, MXP in 44 minutesMilan49 km away, LIN in 18 minutesBergamo67 km away, BGY in 12 minutesPavia75 km away, LIN in 44 minutesAlessandria103 km away, GOA in 1 hour 4 minutesPiacenza109 km away, LIN in 49 minutesBrescia113 km away, BGY in 39 minutesAsti113 km away, TRN in 1 hour 8 minutesCremona121 km away, LIN in 1 hour 7 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 37 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 Varese list
01How far is Varese from MXP?
A measured 30 km and about 37 minutes from Varese to MXP. The desk works back from the check in deadline, so the leaving time it gives you will look early and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Varese without a change of aircraft?
MXP serves 201 airports nonstop across 76 countries with 94 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Varese 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 Varese to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Varese 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 Varese 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. Living 37 minutes from MXP is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Varese list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from Varese is free and stays free. One payment exists in the whole process, the AED 199 Academy, and that amount is added back on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The fee for a trip out of MXP is not a rate card applied afterwards. It is a number for one named routing, sent to you in Varese before you accept anything.
Apply to fly out of MXP
Join the Varese list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Lombardy through MXP, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
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