This is passenger travel with a job attached. You are booked on a scheduled service out of KRK, in the cabin, with a sealed consignment that never leaves you. The reason the desk keeps names in Gliwice is that 92 km of road is a short enough lead time to say yes to a departure the same day.
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On Board Courier, Gliwice
The desk keeps a courier list for Gliwice because KRK is close enough to matter: 92 km of road and 135 nonstop destinations from the terminal you walk into.
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 inGliwice, Silesia
Nearest gateKRK · Kraków
Drive to the aircraft92 km · 56 minutes
Nonstop from KRK135 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
An assignment is quoted as a whole: the routing from KRK, the waiting time, the return, and one fee for all of it. The Gulf sector out of KRK is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. Nothing is deducted afterwards, and the drive of 56 minutes to the airport is part of what the fee is calculated on.
Getting to the aircraft from Gliwice
Reachability, not size, is why Gliwice has a page here. Gliwice qualifies because Kraków John Paul II -Balice is 92 km away by road, 56 minutes, and because that airport publishes a real scheduled nonstop board.
A ground leg of 56 minutes is the standard case here. It leaves room for a delay on the road without putting the check in at KRK in doubt. Where KRK cannot help, WRO sometimes can. It is 1 hour 46 minutes from Gliwice and serves 70 airports without a change of aircraft.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRK | Kraków John Paul II -Balice | 92 km | 56 minutes | 135 |
| WRO | Wrocław Copernicus | 169 km | 1 hour 46 minutes | 70 |
Gliwice is a city of 199,000 people in Silesia, 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 KRK reaches without a change
A gate 56 minutes from Gliwice is only useful if it goes somewhere. KRK goes to 135 airports nonstop in 39 countries, and the heaviest routes on that board are shown here with the airlines that fly them.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAW | Warsaw | Warsaw Chopin | about 7 departures a day | 1 operator: LOT Polish Airlines |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: KLM |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 5 departures a day | 1 operator: Lufthansa |
| CPH | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Kastrup | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, Norwegian, SAS |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 4 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, Wizz Air, LOT Polish Airlines |
| STN | London | London Stansted | about 4 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 4 departures a day | 2 operators: Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti |
| BGY | Bergamo | Bergamo Orio al Serio | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| HEL | Helsinki | Helsinki Vantaa | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Finnair |
| LGW | London | London Gatwick | about 3 departures a day | 2 operators: Wizz Air, easyJet |
Counting every airport a courier in Gliwice can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 150 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 Gliwice
Nothing is claimed here about what is made near Gliwice, because this site holds no public industrial file for KRK. The demand around Gliwice is the ordinary kind: a contract, a part, a batch that has to be somewhere else by morning.
Why a courier in Gliwice is useful to the desk
What the desk buys when it books a courier in Gliwice is the ground half of a delivery. The flying out of KRK is easy to arrange. Getting a trustworthy person and a sealed consignment to KRK inside a few hours is the part that fails, and 56 minutes is why it does not fail here.
How a consignment gets between KRK and the Emirates. From Gliwice the Gulf is a single sector: KRK and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by flydubai. That is roughly 5h 20m in the air over 4,100 km, and it means a consignment can leave Gliwice in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Poland list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Gliwice
Rybnik24 km away, KRK in 1 hour 15 minutesKatowice25 km away, KRK in 40 minutesDąbrowa Górnicza38 km away, KRK in 42 minutesJastrzębie Zdrój39 km away, KRK in 1 hour 16 minutesJaworzno44 km away, KRK in 30 minutesBielsko-Biala59 km away, KRK in 1 hour 12 minutesCzęstochowa64 km away, KRK in 1 hour 27 minutesOpole67 km away, WRO in 1 hour 15 minutesKrakow93 km away, KRK in 42 minutesPiotrków Trybunalski143 km away, WAW in 1 hour 37 minutesWrocław147 km away, WRO in 20 minutesKielce152 km away, KRK in 1 hour 55 minutes
All 42 Poland cities are listed on the Poland 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 KRK and the other airports listed above, between Poland 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 56 minutes drive to KRK. 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 KRK, 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 Gliwice list
01How far is Gliwice from KRK?
From the centre of Gliwice the drive is 92 km and roughly 56 minutes. Where the departure is early enough to make that uncomfortable, the desk books a room near KRK instead.
02What can I reach from Gliwice without a change of aircraft?
KRK serves 135 airports nonstop across 39 countries with 34 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Gliwice can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 150 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Gliwice to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Gliwice the Gulf is a single sector: KRK and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by flydubai. That is roughly 5h 20m in the air over 4,100 km, and it means a consignment can leave Gliwice in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No. The company is Emirati and the coordination is done in Dubai, but the courier list is worldwide and Gliwice is on it precisely because somebody has to be near KRK.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying from Gliwice costs nothing and screening costs nothing. The Academy is AED 199, paid once by everybody on the Gliwice list, and returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The desk quotes the whole assignment: the sector out of KRK, the waiting, the return and the ground time. One figure for the trip out of KRK, agreed in advance and paid after the handover.
Apply to fly out of KRK
Sign up once for Gliwice. What happens after that is entirely your decision, one KRK departure at a time.
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