What is being moved is small and the deadline is not. A sealed pouch, a boxed part, a cooled sample. The volume never justifies a charter and the clock never allows a network, so a person flies with it out of LIM. From Pisco that person drives 237 km to LIM and boards.
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On Board Courier, Pisco
Courier work for Pisco, run from Dubai. Lima Jorge Chávez is 237 km away by road, the desk books the ticket, and you decide which assignments you take.
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 inPisco, Ica
Nearest gateLIM · Lima
Drive to the aircraft237 km · 3 hours 24 minutes
Nonstop from LIM67 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 will spend more of the assignment on the ground than in the air: 237 km from Pisco to LIM, the check in, the wait, the clearance at the other end. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of MAD, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. The fee is calculated on all of that rather than on the flying hours.
Getting to the aircraft from Pisco
A measured route rather than a guess. Pisco to LIM is 237 km and 3 hours 24 minutes, and every airport in the table below was measured the same way so the lines can be compared.
At 3 hours 24 minutes the drive from Pisco is the risky half of the trip, so it is planned rather than assumed: an earlier departure from home, and where the flight is early, a room near LIM paid by the desk. One gate, 3 hours 24 minutes away, and no second option. That is worth knowing before you join the Pisco list, and it is why the LIM board matters so much on this page.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIM | Lima Jorge Chávez | 237 km | 3 hours 24 minutes | 67 |
Pisco is a city of 62,000 people in Ica, 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. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Pisco may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What LIM reaches without a change
LIM is not a name on a map to this desk, it is a departure board. The network file the site publishes shows 67 airports served nonstop from LIM, across 21 countries, by 28 operating carriers.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUZ | Cusco | Cusco Alejandro Velasco Astete | about 49 departures a day | 2 operators: SKY Airline |
| AQP | Arequipa | Arequipa Rodríguez Ballón | about 25 departures a day | 2 operators: SKY Airline |
| SCL | Santiago | Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez | about 13 departures a day | 3 operators: SKY Airline, LATAM |
| CIX | Chiclayo | Chiclayo Capitan FAP Jose A Quinones Gonzales | about 13 departures a day | 3 operators: SKY Airline |
| PIU | Piura | Piura Capitán FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico | about 12 departures a day | 2 operators: SKY Airline |
| TPP | Tarapoto | Tarapoto Cadete FAP Guillermo Del Castillo Paredes | about 12 departures a day | 3 operators: SKY Airline |
| TRU | Trujillo | Trujillo Capitan FAP Carlos Martinez De Pinillos | about 12 departures a day | 2 operators: SKY Airline |
| IQT | Iquitos | Iquitos Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta | about 11 departures a day | 3 operators: SKY Airline |
| BOG | Bogotá | Bogotá El Dorado | about 10 departures a day | 4 operators: LATAM, Avianca |
| CJA | Cajamarca | Cajamarca Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias | about 9 departures a day | 3 operators: SKY Airline |
Counting every airport a courier in Pisco 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 Pisco
This site keeps a public register of industrial sites for some airports, and LIM is not one of them. Rather than guess, the honest statement is that assignments from Pisco are driven by deadlines rather than by any one factory: contracts, components, samples and valuables.
Why a courier in Pisco is useful to the desk
The honest version is that some months Pisco produces nothing and some weeks it produces three assignments. What makes a Pisco courier worth keeping on the list is that when the call comes, 237 km is a distance that can be covered before check in closes.
LIM does not fly to the Emirates directly. From Pisco the best single change is Madrid (MAD), and MAD to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 2 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 20h 30m gate to gate, so an assignment between Pisco 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 Peru list
Show the 8 closest, and how far each is from Pisco
Chincha Alta34 km away, LIM in 3 hours 4 minutesIca65 km away, LIM in 4 hours 34 minutesChosica204 km away, LIM in 56 minutesLima206 km away, LIM in 18 minutesHuaral269 km away, LIM in 1 hour 20 minutesHuacho326 km away, LIM in 2 hours 15 minutesBarranca370 km away, LIM in 3 hours 2 minutesCusco458 km away, CUZ in 5 minutes
All 9 Peru cities are listed on the Peru 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 LIM, between Peru 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 24 minutes drive to LIM. 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 LIM, 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 Pisco list
01How far is Pisco from LIM?
About 3 hours 24 minutes, 237 km by road. The desk has that number for every city on the list and uses it to decide who gets called for a departure out of LIM tonight.
02What can I reach from Pisco without a change of aircraft?
LIM serves 67 airports nonstop across 21 countries with 28 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Pisco 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 Pisco to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Pisco the best single change is Madrid (MAD), and MAD to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 2 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 20h 30m gate to gate, so an assignment between Pisco 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 desk is in Dubai and the company is Emirati, but the courier list is worldwide and Pisco is on it. Where you live changes which assignments you are shown, not whether you qualify.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
There is no application fee, no placement fee and no deposit, in Pisco 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?
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 LIM
The form asks where you live in Pisco, which passports you hold and how fast you can reach LIM. That is most of the qualification.
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