Every assignment starts with an airport, and yours is RTM. The desk holds a consignment that is late, valuable or perishable, finds the first departure that fits, and then looks for a courier who can be at the counter in time. Breda is 48 minutes out, which puts you inside the window for most of 62 nonstop destinations.
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On Board Courier, Breda
If you are in Breda you are 48 minutes from Rotterdam The Hague and 62 scheduled nonstop destinations. That is the whole starting qualification. Freelance, per assignment, ticket paid.
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 inBreda, North Brabant
Nearest gateRTM · Rotterdam
Drive to the aircraft59 km · 48 minutes
Nonstop from RTM62 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
There is no roster and no shift on the Breda list. An assignment is a single trip: accept the offer, collect, drive 59 km to RTM, board, land, clear, hand over. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of SAW, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. Then you go home or you wait for a return leg, and the desk books and pays for either.
Getting to the aircraft from Breda
The ground leg from Breda is 59 km to Rotterdam The Hague, about 48 minutes. Where a second airport is within reach of Breda it is listed too, because the desk will use whichever one has the flight.
A drive of 48 minutes is comfortable for a same day departure as long as the call comes with a couple of hours in hand, which most do. Breda has more than one way out, which is unusual and useful. EIN at 49 minutes adds 74 nonstop destinations to the 62 at RTM.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTM | Rotterdam The Hague | 59 km | 48 minutes | 62 |
| EIN | Eindhoven | 55 km | 49 minutes | 74 |
| BRU | Brussels | 98 km | 1 hour 12 minutes | 193 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Schiphol | 111 km | 1 hour 29 minutes | 281 |
Breda is a city of 184,000 people in North Brabant, 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 RTM reaches without a change
Scheduled reach from Rotterdam The Hague: 62 nonstop destinations, 19 countries, 14 operating carriers. Frequencies below are average daily flights from the site’s own route data.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAW | Istanbul | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: AJet, Pegasus Airlines |
| IBZ | Ibiza Town | Ibiza Town Ibiza | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: Transavia |
| LCY | London | London City | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: British Airways |
| ALC | Alicante | Alicante | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Transavia |
| AGP | Málaga | Málaga | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Transavia |
| FAO | Faro | Faro | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Transavia |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Transavia |
| GRO | Girona | Girona | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Transavia |
| NDR | Nador | Nador | about one departure a day | 2 operators: Transavia |
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Transavia |
Counting every airport a courier in Breda can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 340 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 public industrial geography around RTM explains where the urgent traffic comes from. These are matters of public record, listed here as the reason work arises near Breda, and naming a site is not a claim that the company is a customer of ours.
- ASML, Veldhoven. Lithography systems, including the only extreme ultraviolet machines in production. A single reticle or optic can hold up a fab on another continent. It sits on EIN, which is 49 minutes from Breda by road, and the sector is semiconductor.
- imec, Leuven. Semiconductor research and pilot lines. Research samples with review dates that do not move. It sits on BRU, which is 1 hour 12 minutes from Breda by road, and the sector is semiconductor.
- Johnson and Johnson, Beerse and Leiden. Pharmaceutical research and vaccine production. Two low country sites, two gates. It sits on BRU, which is 1 hour 12 minutes from Breda by road, and the sector is pharma.
Why a courier in Breda is useful to the desk
Hand carry is a business of catchments, and Breda is inside one. Breda sits inside the catchment of Rotterdam The Hague, 59 km out, which means a consignment collected in the city in the morning is airborne the same day rather than the next one.
The connection to Dubai from Breda involves a change of aircraft. From Bredthe best single change is Istanbul (SAW), and SAW to DXB is flown by AJet and flydubai, about 2 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 8h 36m gate to gate, so an assignment between Breda 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 Netherlands list
Show the 9 closest, and how far each is from Breda
Tilburg22 km away, EIN in 28 minutesRotterdam43 km away, RTM in 9 minutesEindhoven51 km away, EIN in 13 minutesUtrecht61 km away, AMS in 48 minutesThe Hague64 km away, RTM in 20 minutesNijmegen79 km away, EIN in 1 hour 1 minutesHaarlem89 km away, AMS in 18 minutesAlmere Stad92 km away, AMS in 39 minutesGroningen218 km away, BRE in 2 hours 5 minutes
All 10 Netherlands cities are listed on the Netherlands 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 RTM and the other airports listed above, between the Netherlands 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 48 minutes drive to RTM. 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 RTM, 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 Breda list
01How far is Breda from RTM?
48 minutes and 59 km on a measured route. Whether that is a comfortable drive depends on the hour, so the offer names the time you should leave Breda rather than only the departure time.
02What can I reach from Breda without a change of aircraft?
RTM serves 62 airports nonstop across 19 countries with 14 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Breda can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 340 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Breda to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Bredthe best single change is Istanbul (SAW), and SAW to DXB is flown by AJet and flydubai, about 2 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 8h 36m gate to gate, so an assignment between Breda 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. The company is Emirati and the coordination happens in Dubai, but couriers live in places like Breda. The Breda list exists because somebody has to be near RTM when a consignment appears in North Brabant.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
It is free to apply from Breda and free to be screened. The one charge anywhere in the process is the AED 199 Academy, paid once and refunded on top of your first assignment fee.
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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