Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of ASU, and you accept it or you do not. Living 27 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, Asunción
Courier assignments for people based in Asunción, Asuncion. The drive to ASU is 27 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 inAsunción, Asuncion
Nearest gateASU · Asunción
Drive to the aircraft17 km · 27 minutes
Nonstop from ASU11 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 Asunción. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of GRU, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The drive from Asunción to ASU is 27 minutes, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from Asunción
The airports a courier in Asunción can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. ASU leads at 27 minutes and 17 km.
A drive of 27 minutes means Asunción is one of the places the desk rings when a departure is already boarding in its head. ASU is the whole of the Asunción picture: 11 nonstop destinations, 27 minutes of road, and no fallback gate within reach.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASU | Asunción Silvio Pettirossi | 17 km | 27 minutes | 11 |
Asunción is a city of 1.5 million people in Asuncion, and the clock there runs 7 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 ASU reaches without a change
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves Asunción. ASU serves 11 airports directly in 8 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP | Buenos Aires | Jorge Newbery Airfield | about 3 departures a day | 3 operators: Aerolineas Argentinas, JetSMART |
| GRU | São Paulo | São Paulo Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: LATAM, GOL |
| PTY | Tocumen | Tocumen | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
| MVD | Montevideo | Montevideo General C L Berisso | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator |
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Air Europa |
| VVI | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Santa Cruz de la Sierra Viru Viru | about one departure a day | 2 operators |
| SCL | Santiago | Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez | about one departure a day | 1 operator: LATAM |
| BOG | Bogotá | Bogotá El Dorado | about 4 departures a week | 1 operator: Avianca |
| GIG | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro RIOgaleão-Tom Jobim | about 4 departures a week | 1 operator: GOL |
| SLA | Salta | Salta Martin Miguel De Guemes | a weekly departure | 1 operator |
Counting every airport a courier in Asunción can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 11 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 Asunción
This site keeps a public register of industrial sites for some airports, and ASU is not one of them. Rather than guess, the honest statement is that assignments from Asunción are driven by deadlines rather than by any one factory: contracts, components, samples and valuables.
Why a courier in Asunción is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in Asunción than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into ASU from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in Asunción, 27 minutes from ASU.
The Gulf routing out of ASU is a connection, and the desk plans it as one. From Asunción the best single change is São Paulo (GRU), and GRU to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 18h 17m gate to gate, so an assignment between Asunción 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 Paraguay list
Show the 2 closest, and how far each is from Asunción
All 3 Paraguay cities are listed on the Paraguay 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 ASU, between Paraguay 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 27 minutes drive to ASU. 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 ASU, 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 Asunción list
01How far is Asunción from ASU?
A measured 17 km and about 27 minutes from Asunción to ASU. 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 Asunción without a change of aircraft?
ASU serves 11 airports nonstop across 8 countries with 10 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Asunción can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 11 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Asunción to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Asunción the best single change is São Paulo (GRU), and GRU to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 18h 17m gate to gate, so an assignment between Asunción 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 27 minutes from ASU is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Asunción list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from Asunción 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 ASU
Join the Asunción list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Asuncion through ASU, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
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