Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of LIS, and you accept it or you do not. Living 48 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, Sesimbra
Courier assignments for people based in Sesimbra, Setúbal. The drive to LIS is 48 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 inSesimbra, Setúbal
Nearest gateLIS · Lisbon
Drive to the aircraft45 km · 48 minutes
Nonstop from LIS154 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 Sesimbra. The Gulf sector out of LIS is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. The drive from Sesimbra to LIS is 48 minutes, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from Sesimbra
The airports a courier in Sesimbra can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. LIS leads at 48 minutes and 45 km.
48 minutes is a drive you plan rather than dread. From Sesimbrthe desk names the hour you should leave, not only the hour the aircraft goes. LIS is the whole of the Sesimbra picture: 154 nonstop destinations, 48 minutes of road, and no fallback gate within reach.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIS | Lisbon Portela | 45 km | 48 minutes | 154 |
Sesimbra is a city of 41,000 people in Setúbal, 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 LIS reaches without a change
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves Sesimbra. LIS serves 154 airports directly in 50 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 21 departures a day | 6 operators: TAP Air Portugal, Ryanair, easyJet |
| FNC | Funchal | Funchal Madeira | about 16 departures a day | 4 operators: TAP Air Portugal, Ryanair, easyJet |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 15 departures a day | 4 operators: TAP Air Portugal, Ryanair, easyJet |
| ORY | Paris | Paris Orly | about 14 departures a day | 2 operators: TAP Air Portugal, Transavia France |
| OPO | Porto | Porto Francisco de Sá Carneiro | about 11 departures a day | 3 operators: TAP Air Portugal |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 10 departures a day | 3 operators: TAP Air Portugal, Transavia, KLM |
| PDL | Ponta Delgada | Ponta Delgada João Paulo II | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: TAP Air Portugal |
| FCO | Rome | Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino | about 8 departures a day | 3 operators: TAP Air Portugal, Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: TAP Air Portugal, Lufthansa |
| GVA | Geneva | Geneva Cointrin | about 7 departures a day | 3 operators: TAP Air Portugal, easyJet, SWISS |
Counting every airport a courier in Sesimbra can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 154 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 Sesimbra
There is no industrial map for LIS on this site, and a page that guessed at one would be worth nothing. What is true is that a city of 41,000 people generates deadline traffic in every week of the year.
Why a courier in Sesimbra is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in Sesimbra than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into LIS from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in Sesimbra, 48 minutes from LIS.
How often Sesimbra is called comes down in part to one timetable. From Sesimbrthe Gulf is a single sector: LIS and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 7h 46m in the air over 6,150 km, and it means a consignment can leave Sesimbra in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Portugal list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Sesimbra
Setúbal21 km away, LIS in 42 minutesLisbon31 km away, LIS in 11 minutesCascais40 km away, LIS in 31 minutesCacém40 km away, LIS in 22 minutesÉvora105 km away, LIS in 1 hour 39 minutesLeiria147 km away, LIS in 1 hour 39 minutesPortimão153 km away, FAO in 1 hour 11 minutesFaro189 km away, FAO in 29 minutesFigueira da Foz191 km away, OPO in 1 hour 50 minutesCoimbra205 km away, OPO in 1 hour 37 minutesAveiro248 km away, OPO in 1 hour 9 minutesViseu267 km away, OPO in 1 hour 45 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 LIS, 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 48 minutes drive to LIS. 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 LIS, 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 Sesimbra list
01How far is Sesimbra from LIS?
A measured 45 km and about 48 minutes from Sesimbra to LIS. 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 Sesimbra without a change of aircraft?
LIS serves 154 airports nonstop across 50 countries with 63 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Sesimbra can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 154 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Sesimbra to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Sesimbrthe Gulf is a single sector: LIS and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 7h 46m in the air over 6,150 km, and it means a consignment can leave Sesimbra 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. Living 48 minutes from LIS is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Sesimbra list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from Sesimbra 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 fee for a trip out of LIS is not a rate card applied afterwards. It is a number for one named routing, sent to you in Sesimbra before you accept anything.
Apply to fly out of LIS
Join the Sesimbra list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Setúbal through LIS, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
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