The work is one consignment, one cabin, one signature. You collect it in or near Jūrmala, you keep it with you, you present the prepared paperwork at customs and you hand it over in person. What makes Jūrmala useful is that Riga is only 20 km away, so the collection and the departure can happen in the same afternoon.
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On Board Courier, Jūrmala
Carry sealed, urgent consignments out of Jūrmala. RIX sits 20 km east of the city and flies to 90 airports without a change of aircraft.
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 inJūrmala, Jūrmala
Nearest gateRIX · Riga
Drive to the aircraft20 km · 24 minutes
Nonstop from RIX90 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
From the offer to the handover, a trip out of RIX tends to run under thirty hours. 24 minutes to Riga, the sector itself, customs at the far end, and a signature. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of AMS, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. Everything outside the cabin, the transfers, the hotel where the routing needs one, is booked and paid by the desk.
Getting to the aircraft from Jūrmala
A courier in Jūrmala is only as fast as the road in front of them. Jūrmala to RIX is 20 km, 24 minutes, and the airports below are ordered by that drive rather than by size.
Under half an hour of road to RIX is unusual and useful. From Jūrmalthe limiting factor is the check in deadline, not the traffic. There is no alternative airport for Jūrmala. When RIX has no suitable departure the assignment moves to another city rather than waiting, and the desk says so rather than pretending.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIX | Riga | 20 km | 24 minutes | 90 |
Jūrmala is a city of 52,000 people in Jūrmala, and the clock there runs 1 hour behind the Emirates in summer and 2 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 RIX reaches without a change
RIX publishes 90 nonstop routes. For a courier in Jūrmala that is the difference between waiting for tomorrow and boarding tonight, so the busiest of them are set out below with their operators.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEL | Helsinki | Helsinki Vantaa | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: airBaltic, Finnair |
| CPH | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Kastrup | about 6 departures a day | 3 operators: airBaltic, Norwegian, SAS |
| TLL | Tallinn | Tallinn Lennart Meri | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: airBaltic |
| ARN | Stockholm | Stockholm -Arlanda | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: airBaltic, Ryanair, Norwegian |
| VNO | Vilnius | Vilnius | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: airBaltic |
| OSL | Oslo | Oslo Gardermoen | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: airBaltic, Norwegian |
| WAW | Warsaw | Warsaw Chopin | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: LOT Polish Airlines |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: airBaltic |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: airBaltic, Lufthansa |
| IST | Istanbul | Istanbul | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: airBaltic, Turkish Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in Jūrmala can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 90 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 Jūrmala
No public industrial file is held here for the RIX catchment. Urgent hand carry work around Jūrmala is driven by deadlines rather than by any one plant: a filing that has to be witnessed, a component that stopped a line, a sample with a clock on it.
Why a courier in Jūrmala is useful to the desk
There is a second reason Jūrmala matters, and it is the return leg. A courier who lives here can take a consignment inbound to Jūrmala and be home the same evening, which is cheaper and faster than flying somebody out from the Gulf and back.
A change of aircraft stands between Jūrmala and the Gulf, which changes the timings rather than the work. From Jūrmalthe best single change is Amsterdam (AMS), and AMS to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 08m gate to gate, so an assignment between Jūrmala 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 Latvia list
Show the 5 closest, and how far each is from Jūrmala
All 6 Latvia cities are listed on the Latvia 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 RIX, between Latvia 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 24 minutes drive to RIX. 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 RIX, 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 Jūrmala list
01How far is Jūrmala from RIX?
The route from Jūrmala to RIX runs 20 km and takes about 24 minutes with clear roads. Traffic between Jūrmala and RIX is allowed for on top, and the desk pays for the parking or the transfer either way.
02What can I reach from Jūrmala without a change of aircraft?
RIX serves 90 airports nonstop across 39 countries with 15 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Jūrmala can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 90 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Jūrmala to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Jūrmalthe best single change is Amsterdam (AMS), and AMS to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 08m gate to gate, so an assignment between Jūrmala 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?
No residence visa, no Emirates address and no relocation. A courier on this list lives in Jūrmala and flies out of RIX, which is exactly what the desk needs.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
There is no application fee, no placement fee and no deposit, in Jūrmala or anywhere else. The AED 199 Academy is the single payment, and it is returned in full with your first assignment fee.
06How is my fee agreed?
It is written down before a courier in Jūrmala commits to anything. The desk sends the fee for that specific trip out of RIX, you accept in writing, and it is paid by transfer after the consignee signs.
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