This is passenger travel with a job attached. You are booked on a scheduled service out of OPO, in the cabin, with a sealed consignment that never leaves you. The reason the desk keeps names in Felgueiras is that 57 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, Felgueiras
The desk keeps a courier list for Felgueiras because OPO is close enough to matter: 57 km of road and 138 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 inFelgueiras, Porto
Nearest gateOPO · Porto
Drive to the aircraft57 km · 44 minutes
Nonstop from OPO138 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 OPO, the waiting time, the return, and one fee for all of it. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of LGW, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. Nothing is deducted afterwards, and the drive of 44 minutes to the airport is part of what the fee is calculated on.
Getting to the aircraft from Felgueiras
Reachability, not size, is why Felgueiras has a page here. Felgueiras qualifies because Porto Francisco de Sá Carneiro is 57 km away by road, 44 minutes, and because that airport publishes a real scheduled nonstop board.
A ground leg of 44 minutes is the standard case here. It leaves room for a delay on the road without putting the check in at OPO in doubt. There is no second board within reach of Felgueiras. Everything runs through OPO at 44 minutes, and when it has no suitable departure the assignment moves to another city.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPO | Porto Francisco de Sá Carneiro | 57 km | 44 minutes | 138 |
Felgueiras is a city of 58,000 people in Porto, and the clock there runs 3 hours behind the Emirates in summer and 4 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 OPO reaches without a change
A gate 44 minutes from Felgueiras is only useful if it goes somewhere. OPO goes to 138 airports nonstop in 32 countries, and the heaviest routes on that board are shown here with the airlines that fly them.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 12 departures a day | 4 operators: Ryanair, Iberia, Air Europa |
| ORY | Paris | Paris Orly | about 12 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, TAP Air Portugal, Transavia France |
| LIS | Lisbon | Lisbon Portela | about 11 departures a day | 4 operators: TAP Air Portugal, Transavia France |
| GVA | Geneva | Geneva Cointrin | about 8 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, TAP Air Portugal, SWISS |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair, Vueling |
| FNC | Funchal | Funchal Madeira | about 8 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, easyJet, TAP Air Portugal |
| LGW | London | London Gatwick | about 8 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet, TAP Air Portugal, British Airways |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: KLM, Transavia |
| ZRH | Zurich | Zurich Kloten | about 5 departures a day | 5 operators: easyJet, TAP Air Portugal, SWISS |
| LUX | Luxembourg | Luxembourg -Findel | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, easyJet |
Counting every airport a courier in Felgueiras can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 138 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 Felgueiras
Nothing is claimed here about what is made near Felgueiras, because this site holds no public industrial file for OPO. The demand around Felgueiras is the ordinary kind: a contract, a part, a batch that has to be somewhere else by morning.
Why a courier in Felgueiras is useful to the desk
What the desk buys when it books a courier in Felgueiras is the ground half of a delivery. The flying out of OPO is easy to arrange. Getting a trustworthy person and a sealed consignment to OPO inside a few hours is the part that fails, and 44 minutes is why it does not fail here.
What a Gulf assignment out of Felgueiras looks like on a ticket. From Felgueiras the best single change is London (LGW), and LGW to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 5 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 26m gate to gate, so an assignment between Felgueiras 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 Portugal list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Felgueiras
Guimarães12 km away, OPO in 43 minutesBraga28 km away, OPO in 47 minutesPorto43 km away, OPO in 20 minutesPonte de Lima55 km away, OPO in 58 minutesViana do Castelo64 km away, OPO in 44 minutesViseu82 km away, OPO in 1 hour 45 minutesAveiro89 km away, OPO in 1 hour 9 minutesCoimbra131 km away, OPO in 1 hour 37 minutesFigueira da Foz147 km away, OPO in 1 hour 50 minutesLeiria188 km away, LIS in 1 hour 39 minutesCacém304 km away, LIS in 22 minutesLisbon305 km away, LIS in 11 minutes
All 20 Portugal cities are listed on the Portugal 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 OPO, between Portugal 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 44 minutes drive to OPO. 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 OPO, 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 Felgueiras list
01How far is Felgueiras from OPO?
From the centre of Felgueiras the drive is 57 km and roughly 44 minutes. Where the departure is early enough to make that uncomfortable, the desk books a room near OPO instead.
02What can I reach from Felgueiras without a change of aircraft?
OPO serves 138 airports nonstop across 32 countries with 54 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Felgueiras can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 138 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Felgueiras to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Felgueiras the best single change is London (LGW), and LGW to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 5 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 26m gate to gate, so an assignment between Felgueiras 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 company is Emirati and the coordination is done in Dubai, but the courier list is worldwide and Felgueiras is on it precisely because somebody has to be near OPO.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying from Felgueiras costs nothing and screening costs nothing. The Academy is AED 199, paid once by everybody on the Felgueiras 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 OPO, the waiting, the return and the ground time. One figure for the trip out of OPO, agreed in advance and paid after the handover.
Apply to fly out of OPO
Sign up once for Felgueiras. What happens after that is entirely your decision, one OPO departure at a time.
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