The work is one consignment, one cabin, one signature. You collect it in or near Dordrecht, you keep it with you, you present the prepared paperwork at customs and you hand it over in person. What makes Dordrecht useful is that Rotterdam The Hague is only 34 km away, so the collection and the departure can happen in the same afternoon.
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On Board Courier, Dordrecht
Carry sealed, urgent consignments out of Dordrecht. RTM sits 34 km north west of the city and flies to 62 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 inDordrecht, South Holland
Nearest gateRTM · Rotterdam
Drive to the aircraft34 km · 29 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
From the offer to the handover, a trip out of RTM tends to run under thirty hours. 29 minutes to Rotterdam The Hague, the sector itself, customs at the far end, and a signature. 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. 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 Dordrecht
A courier in Dordrecht is only as fast as the road in front of them. Dordrecht to RTM is 34 km, 29 minutes, and the airports below are ordered by that drive rather than by size.
Under half an hour of road to RTM is unusual and useful. From Dordrecht the limiting factor is the check in deadline, not the traffic. Two gates serve Dordrecht in practice. AMS is 1 hour 9 minutes away with 281 nonstop destinations, and the offer always names the airport before you accept it.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTM | Rotterdam The Hague | 34 km | 29 minutes | 62 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Schiphol | 86 km | 1 hour 9 minutes | 281 |
| EIN | Eindhoven | 89 km | 1 hour 12 minutes | 74 |
| BRU | Brussels | 125 km | 1 hour 31 minutes | 193 |
Dordrecht is a city of 119,000 people in South Holland, 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
RTM publishes 62 nonstop routes. For a courier in Dordrecht 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Dordrecht 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
A page that claims customers it does not have is worthless. What follows is public industrial geography around RTM, shown because it explains why consignments leave Dordrecht in a hurry.
- 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 AMS, which is 1 hour 9 minutes from Dordrecht 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 AMS, which is 1 hour 9 minutes from Dordrecht by road, and the sector is pharma.
- ASM Pacific and Besi, Duiven and Singapore. Semiconductor assembly equipment. Back end equipment feeding Asian assembly plants. It sits on AMS, which is 1 hour 9 minutes from Dordrecht by road, and the sector is electronics.
Why a courier in Dordrecht is useful to the desk
There is a second reason Dordrecht matters, and it is the return leg. A courier who lives here can take a consignment inbound to South Holland 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 Dordrecht and the Gulf, which changes the timings rather than the work. From Dordrecht the 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 Dordrecht 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 12 closest, and how far each is from Dordrecht
Rotterdam18 km away, RTM in 9 minutesBreda26 km away, RTM in 48 minutesZoetermeer30 km away, RTM in 20 minutesRoosendaal34 km away, RTM in 53 minutesThe Hague39 km away, RTM in 20 minutesTilburg40 km away, EIN in 28 minutesLeiden41 km away, RTM in 27 minutesUtrecht44 km away, AMS in 48 minutesDen Bosch45 km away, EIN in 31 minutesOss58 km away, EIN in 44 minutesAmersfoort62 km away, AMS in 54 minutesHaarlem64 km away, AMS in 18 minutes
All 28 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 29 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 Dordrecht list
01How far is Dordrecht from RTM?
The route from Dordrecht to RTM runs 34 km and takes about 29 minutes with clear roads. Traffic between Dordrecht and RTM is allowed for on top, and the desk pays for the parking or the transfer either way.
02What can I reach from Dordrecht without a change of aircraft?
RTM serves 62 airports nonstop across 19 countries with 14 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Dordrecht 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 Dordrecht to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Dordrecht the 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 Dordrecht 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 Dordrecht and flies out of RTM, 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 Dordrecht 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 Dordrecht commits to anything. The desk sends the fee for that specific trip out of RTM, you accept in writing, and it is paid by transfer after the consignee signs.
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