Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of GDL, and you accept it or you do not. Living 3 hours 13 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, Tecomán
Courier assignments for people based in Tecomán, Colima. The drive to GDL is 3 hours 13 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 inTecomán, Colima
Nearest gateGDL · Guadalajara
Drive to the aircraft239 km · 3 hours 13 minutes
Nonstop from GDL67 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 Tecomán. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of ORD, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The drive from Tecomán to GDL is 3 hours 13 minutes, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from Tecomán
The airports a courier in Tecomán can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. GDL leads at 3 hours 13 minutes and 239 km.
A 3 hours 13 minutes drive changes how an assignment out of Tecomán is planned rather than whether it happens. The notice is longer, and the desk pays for a room by GDL when the departure is early. GDL is the whole of the Tecomán picture: 67 nonstop destinations, 3 hours 13 minutes of road, and no fallback gate within reach.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDL | Guadalajara Don Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla | 239 km | 3 hours 13 minutes | 67 |
Tecomán is a city of 86,000 people in Colima, 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. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Tecomán may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What GDL reaches without a change
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves Tecomán. GDL serves 67 airports directly in 8 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEX | Mexico City | Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez | about 19 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Aeromexico |
| TIJ | Tijuana | Tijuana General Abelardo L. Rodríguez | about 13 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| MTY | Monterrey | Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo | about 12 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| LAX | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | about 9 departures a day | 4 operators: Volaris, Viva, Aeromexico |
| CUN | Cancún | Cancún | about 7 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| NLU | Mexico City | Mexico City Felipe Ángeles | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: Viva |
| IAH | Houston | Houston George Bush | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, United Airlines |
| DFW | Dallas-Fort Worth | Dallas-Fort Worth | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, American Airlines |
| CJS | Ciudad Juárez | Ciudad Juárez Abraham González | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
| MID | Mérida | Mérida Licenciado Manuel Crescencio Rejon Int | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Volaris, Viva |
Counting every airport a courier in Tecomán can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 67 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 Tecomán
This site keeps a public register of industrial sites for some airports, and GDL is not one of them. Rather than guess, the honest statement is that assignments from Tecomán are driven by deadlines rather than by any one factory: contracts, components, samples and valuables.
Why a courier in Tecomán is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in Tecomán than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into GDL from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in Tecomán, 3 hours 13 minutes from GDL.
The Gulf routing out of GDL is a connection, and the desk plans it as one. From Tecomán the best single change is Chicago (ORD), and ORD to AUH is flown by Etihad Airways, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 19h 40m gate to gate, so an assignment between Tecomán 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 Tecomán
Colima40 km away, GDL in 2 hours 32 minutesManzanillo54 km away, PVR in 3 hours 43 minutesCiudad Guzmán98 km away, GDL in 1 hour 46 minutesUruapan199 km away, BJX in 3 hours 24 minutesZamora de Hidalgo205 km away, GDL in 2 hours 10 minutesZapopan207 km away, GDL in 37 minutesPuerto Vallarta236 km away, PVR in 15 minutesTepatitlán de Morelos241 km away, GDL in 1 hour 14 minutesMorelia296 km away, BJX in 2 hours 18 minutesTepic307 km away, PVR in 2 hours 6 minutesIrapuato328 km away, BJX in 42 minutesSalamanca335 km away, BJX in 57 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 GDL, 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 3 hours 13 minutes drive to GDL. 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 GDL, 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 Tecomán list
01How far is Tecomán from GDL?
A measured 239 km and about 3 hours 13 minutes from Tecomán to GDL. 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 Tecomán without a change of aircraft?
GDL serves 67 airports nonstop across 8 countries with 13 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Tecomán can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 67 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Tecomán to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Tecomán the best single change is Chicago (ORD), and ORD to AUH is flown by Etihad Airways, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 19h 40m gate to gate, so an assignment between Tecomán 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. Living 3 hours 13 minutes from GDL is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Tecomán list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from Tecomán 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 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.
Apply to fly out of GDL
Join the Tecomán list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Colima through GDL, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
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