This is passenger travel with a job attached. You are booked on a scheduled service out of PBC, in the cabin, with a sealed consignment that never leaves you. The reason the desk keeps names in San Martin Texmelucan is that 20 km of road is a short enough lead time to say yes to a departure the same day.
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On Board Courier, San Martin Texmelucan
The desk keeps a courier list for San Martin Texmelucan because PBC is close enough to matter: 20 km of road and 15 nonstop destinations from the terminal you walk into.
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 inSan Martin Texmelucan, Puebla
Nearest gatePBC · Puebla City
Drive to the aircraft20 km · 19 minutes
Nonstop from PBC15 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
An assignment is quoted as a whole: the routing from PBC, the waiting time, the return, and one fee for all of it. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of IAH, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. Nothing is deducted afterwards, and the drive of 19 minutes to the airport is part of what the fee is calculated on.
Getting to the aircraft from San Martin Texmelucan
Reachability, not size, is why San Martin Texmelucan has a page here. San Martin Texmelucan qualifies because Puebla City Hermanos Serdán is 20 km away by road, 19 minutes, and because that airport publishes a real scheduled nonstop board.
20 km to PBC is close enough that the drive stops being a risk and becomes a detail, which is unusual on this list. Where PBC cannot help, MEX sometimes can. It is 1 hour 12 minutes from San Martin Texmelucan and serves 106 airports without a change of aircraft.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBC | Puebla City Hermanos Serdán | 20 km | 19 minutes | 15 |
| MEX | Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez | 89 km | 1 hour 12 minutes | 106 |
| NLU | Mexico City Felipe Ángeles | 126 km | 1 hour 39 minutes | 41 |
| QRO | Querétaro Intercontinental | 288 km | 3 hours 32 minutes | 28 |
San Martin Texmelucan is a city of 156,000 people in Puebla, and the clock there runs 10 hours behind the Emirates all year. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
What PBC reaches without a change
A gate 19 minutes from San Martin Texmelucan is only useful if it goes somewhere. PBC goes to 15 airports nonstop in 2 countries, and the heaviest routes on that board are shown here with the airlines that fly them.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUN | Cancún | Cancún | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| GDL | Guadalajara | Guadalajara Don Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| TIJ | Tijuana | Tijuana General Abelardo L. Rodríguez | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| MTY | Monterrey | Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Viva |
| IAH | Houston | Houston George Bush | about one departure a day | 2 operators: Volaris, United Airlines |
| LAX | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | about 5 departures a week | 1 operator: Volaris |
| EWR | Newark | Newark Liberty | about 5 departures a week | 1 operator: Volaris |
| AGU | Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes International | about 4 departures a week | 1 operator: Volaris |
| PVR | Puerto Vallarta | Puerto Vallarta Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | about 4 departures a week | 1 operator: Volaris |
| SJD | San José del Cabo | San José del Cabo Los Cabos | about 4 departures a week | 1 operator: Volaris |
Counting every airport a courier in San Martin Texmelucan can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 109 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
Why hand carry demand arises near San Martin Texmelucan is easier to show than to argue. The sites below are public knowledge and are named only to explain the traffic through PBC; none of them is described here as a client.
- Volkswagen, Puebla. Assembly for the North American market. German tooling, Mexican line, and an ocean in between. It sits on PBC, which is 19 minutes from San Martin Texmelucan by road, and the sector is automotive.
Why a courier in San Martin Texmelucan is useful to the desk
What the desk buys when it books a courier in San Martin Texmelucan is the ground half of a delivery. The flying out of PBC is easy to arrange. Getting a trustworthy person and a sealed consignment to PBC inside a few hours is the part that fails, and 19 minutes is why it does not fail here.
What a Gulf assignment out of San Martin Texmelucan looks like on a ticket. From San Martin Texmelucan the best single change is Houston (IAH), and IAH to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 19h 29m gate to gate, so an assignment between San Martin Texmelucan 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 Mexico list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from San Martin Texmelucan
Tlaxcala21 km away, PBC in 35 minutesPuebla36 km away, PBC in 27 minutesAtlixco42 km away, PBC in 44 minutesTexcoco de Mora53 km away, MEX in 24 minutesValle de Chalco54 km away, MEX in 33 minutesMexico City74 km away, MEX in 11 minutesCuautla75 km away, PBC in 1 hour 32 minutesTulancingo89 km away, NLU in 1 hour 26 minutesCuautitlán Izcalli91 km away, MEX in 42 minutesCuernavaca92 km away, MEX in 1 hour 23 minutesPachuca de Soto98 km away, NLU in 54 minutesToluca127 km away, MEX in 1 hour 8 minutes
All 75 Mexico cities are listed on the Mexico 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 PBC and the other airports listed above, between Mexico 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 19 minutes drive to PBC. 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 PBC, 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 San Martin Texmelucan list
01How far is San Martin Texmelucan from PBC?
From the centre of San Martin Texmelucan the drive is 20 km and roughly 19 minutes. Where the departure is early enough to make that uncomfortable, the desk books a room near PBC instead.
02What can I reach from San Martin Texmelucan without a change of aircraft?
PBC serves 15 airports nonstop across 2 countries with 3 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in San Martin Texmelucan can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 109 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from San Martin Texmelucan to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From San Martin Texmelucan the best single change is Houston (IAH), and IAH to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 19h 29m gate to gate, so an assignment between San Martin Texmelucan 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. Most assignments touch the Emirates because the desk is there, but couriers on this list live in San Martin Texmelucan and fly from PBC. Being in San Martin Texmelucan changes which offers you see, not whether you can be on the list.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying is free, screening is free, and being on the San Martin Texmelucan list is free. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and it comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier in San Martin Texmelucan ever makes to us.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk sends the routing, the timing and the fee for that specific assignment in writing. You accept or decline it. Nothing is deducted or charged without your written agreement.
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