Sibiu is on the list because CLJ is reachable and busy. 61 scheduled nonstop destinations and 14 operating carriers mean the desk is rarely stuck for a routing, and 2 hours 32 minutes of road means you are rarely too far to take it. Those two facts together are the whole reason Sibiu has a page of its own.
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On Board Courier, Sibiu
Time critical hand carry assignments from Sibiu. One consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature, 2 hours 32 minutes between your front door and the check in desk at CLJ.
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 inSibiu, Sibiu County
Nearest gateCLJ · Cluj-Napoca
Drive to the aircraft184 km · 2 hours 32 minutes
Nonstop from CLJ61 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 usually know the day before, sometimes only in the morning. The desk sends the routing out of CLJ, the sealed consignment reaches you or you collect it, and the drive of 2 hours 32 minutes is timed backwards from the check in deadline rather than the departure. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of IST, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real.
Getting to the aircraft from Sibiu
Measured door to terminal, Sibiu to CLJ is 184 km and 2 hours 32 minutes. That is the number the desk uses when it decides whether to call Sibiu for a departure this evening.
At 2 hours 32 minutes the drive from Sibiu 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 CLJ paid by the desk. One gate, 2 hours 32 minutes away, and no second option. That is worth knowing before you join the Sibiu list, and it is why the CLJ board matters so much on this page.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLJ | Cluj-Napoca | 184 km | 2 hours 32 minutes | 61 |
Sibiu is a city of 134,000 people in Sibiu County, and the clock there runs 1 hour behind the Emirates in summer and 2 in winter. 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 Sibiu may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What CLJ reaches without a change
The relevant question about CLJ is not how big it is but what it flies. 61 nonstop destinations across 23 countries, and the ones with real frequency are listed here.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTP | Bucharest | Bucharest Henri Coandă | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: TAROM |
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Lufthansa |
| IST | Istanbul | Istanbul | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Turkish Airlines |
| BGY | Bergamo | Bergamo Orio al Serio | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Wizz Air, Ryanair |
| CRL | Brussels | Brussels South Charleroi | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Wizz Air, Ryanair |
| AYT | Antalya | Antalya | about one departure a day | 4 operators: Wizz Air, TAROM, Pegasus Airlines |
| BVA | Beauvais/Tillé | Beauvais/Tillé Paris Beauvais Tillé | about one departure a day | 2 operators: Wizz Air, Ryanair |
| LTN | London | London Luton | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Wizz Air |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Wizz Air |
| WAW | Warsaw | Warsaw Chopin | about one departure a day | 1 operator: LOT Polish Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in Sibiu can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 61 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 Sibiu
This site publishes an industrial register for some airports and not for CLJ. Rather than invent one, the honest statement is that Sibiu produces the traffic every working city produces: signed originals, spare parts, samples and small valuables that missed a cut off.
Why a courier in Sibiu is useful to the desk
Most of what the desk moves out of Sibiu County is small, sealed and late. The constraint is never the size, it is finding a person near enough to CLJ. Sibiu is near enough: 2 hours 32 minutes to CLJ, on a board with 61 nonstop destinations.
There is no nonstop between CLJ and the Emirates, and this page says so rather than implying otherwise. From Sibiu the best single change is Istanbul (IST), and IST to DXB is flown by Emirates and flydubai, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 6h 56m gate to gate, so an assignment between Sibiu 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 Romania list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Sibiu
Râmnicu Vâlcea80 km away, OTP in 2 hours 47 minutesTârgu Mureş88 km away, CLJ in 1 hour 27 minutesHunedoara97 km away, CLJ in 2 hours 21 minutesBraşov114 km away, OTP in 2 hours 41 minutesCluj-Napoca115 km away, CLJ in 14 minutesPiteşti120 km away, OTP in 1 hour 41 minutesTârgovişte141 km away, OTP in 1 hour 42 minutesBistriţa151 km away, CLJ in 2 hoursCraiova167 km away, OTP in 2 hours 52 minutesPloieşti174 km away, OTP in 59 minutesBaia Mare211 km away, CLJ in 2 hours 33 minutesBucharest216 km away, OTP in 30 minutes
All 19 Romania cities are listed on the Romania 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 CLJ, between Romania 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 2 hours 32 minutes drive to CLJ. 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 CLJ, 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 Sibiu list
01How far is Sibiu from CLJ?
About 2 hours 32 minutes, 184 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 CLJ tonight.
02What can I reach from Sibiu without a change of aircraft?
CLJ serves 61 airports nonstop across 23 countries with 14 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Sibiu can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 61 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Sibiu to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Sibiu the best single change is Istanbul (IST), and IST to DXB is flown by Emirates and flydubai, about 3 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 6h 56m gate to gate, so an assignment between Sibiu 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 Sibiu is on it. Where you live changes which assignments you are shown, not whether you qualify.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. The Sibiu list is free to join and free to stay on. The only money that moves from you to us is the AED 199 Academy, paid once, and it comes back on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
One assignment out of CLJ, one fee, agreed in advance. The 2 hours 32 minutes you spend driving there is part of what that figure is calculated on.
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If you can be at CLJ within 2 hours 32 minutes and you have a passport with room in it, the rest is a conversation.
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