Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of PTY, and you accept it or you do not. Living 50 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, La Chorrera
Courier assignments for people based in La Chorrera, Panamá Oeste Province. The drive to PTY is 50 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 inLa Chorrera, Panamá Oeste Province
Nearest gatePTY · Tocumen
Drive to the aircraft57 km · 50 minutes
Nonstop from PTY89 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 La Chorrera. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of JFK, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The drive from La Chorrera to PTY is 50 minutes, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from La Chorrera
The airports a courier in La Chorrera can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. PTY leads at 50 minutes and 57 km.
50 minutes is a drive you plan rather than dread. From La Chorrerthe desk names the hour you should leave, not only the hour the aircraft goes. PTY is the whole of the La Chorrera picture: 89 nonstop destinations, 50 minutes of road, and no fallback gate within reach.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTY | Tocumen | 57 km | 50 minutes | 89 |
La Chorrera is a city of 61,000 people in Panamá Oeste Province, and the clock there runs 9 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 PTY reaches without a change
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves La Chorrera. PTY serves 89 airports directly in 35 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUJ | Punta Cana | Punta Cana | about 13 departures a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
| SJO | San José | San José Juan Santamaria | about 12 departures a day | 2 operators: Copa Airlines, Avianca |
| BOG | Bogotá | Bogotá El Dorado | about 11 departures a day | 2 operators: Copa Airlines, Avianca |
| MIA | Miami | Miami | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Copa Airlines, American Airlines |
| MDE | Rionegro | Rionegro Jose Maria Córdova | about 9 departures a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
| LIM | Lima | Lima Jorge Chávez | about 8 departures a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
| MEX | Mexico City | Mexico City Licenciado Benito Juarez | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: Copa Airlines, Aeromexico |
| EZE | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini | about 7 departures a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
| MCO | Orlando | Orlando | about 7 departures a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
| UIO | Quito | Quito Mariscal Sucre | about 7 departures a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in La Chorrera can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 89 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 La Chorrera
This site keeps a public register of industrial sites for some airports, and PTY is not one of them. Rather than guess, the honest statement is that assignments from La Chorrera are driven by deadlines rather than by any one factory: contracts, components, samples and valuables.
Why a courier in La Chorrera is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in La Chorrera than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into PTY from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in La Chorrera, 50 minutes from PTY.
The Gulf routing out of PTY is a connection, and the desk plans it as one. From La Chorrerthe best single change is New York (JFK), and JFK to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 19h 44m gate to gate, so an assignment between La Chorrera 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 Panama list
Show the 2 closest, and how far each is from La Chorrera
All 3 Panama cities are listed on the Panama 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 PTY, between Panama 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 50 minutes drive to PTY. 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 PTY, 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 La Chorrera list
01How far is La Chorrera from PTY?
A measured 57 km and about 50 minutes from La Chorrera to PTY. 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 La Chorrera without a change of aircraft?
PTY serves 89 airports nonstop across 35 countries with 11 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in La Chorrera can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 89 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from La Chorrera to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From La Chorrerthe best single change is New York (JFK), and JFK to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 19h 44m gate to gate, so an assignment between La Chorrera 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 50 minutes from PTY is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a La Chorrera list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from La Chorrera 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 PTY
Join the La Chorrera list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Panamá Oeste Province through PTY, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
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