The work is one consignment, one cabin, one signature. You collect it in or near Ljubljana, you keep it with you, you present the prepared paperwork at customs and you hand it over in person. What makes Ljubljana useful is that Ljubljana Jože Pučnik is only 28 km away, so the collection and the departure can happen in the same afternoon.
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On Board Courier, Ljubljana
Carry sealed, urgent consignments out of Ljubljana. LJU sits 28 km north of the city and flies to 44 airports without a change of aircraft.
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 inLjubljana, Ljubljana
Nearest gateLJU · Ljubljana
Drive to the aircraft28 km · 28 minutes
Nonstop from LJU44 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
From the offer to the handover, a trip out of LJU tends to run under thirty hours. 28 minutes to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik, the sector itself, customs at the far end, and a signature. The Gulf sector out of LJU is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. Everything outside the cabin, the transfers, the hotel where the routing needs one, is booked and paid by the desk.
Getting to the aircraft from Ljubljana
A courier in Ljubljana is only as fast as the road in front of them. Ljubljana to LJU is 28 km, 28 minutes, and the airports below are ordered by that drive rather than by size.
Under half an hour of road to LJU is unusual and useful. From Ljubljanthe limiting factor is the check in deadline, not the traffic. Ljubljana is not tied to one gate. ZAG is 1 hour 44 minutes from Ljubljana and serves 64 nonstop destinations of its own, and the desk uses whichever airport has the flight rather than whichever is nearest.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LJU | Ljubljana Jože Pučnik | 28 km | 28 minutes | 44 |
| ZAG | Zagreb | 153 km | 1 hour 44 minutes | 64 |
| GRZ | Graz | 185 km | 2 hours 3 minutes | 20 |
Ljubljana is a city of 272,000 people in Ljubljana, 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 LJU reaches without a change
LJU publishes 44 nonstop routes. For a courier in Ljubljana that is the difference between waiting for tomorrow and boarding tonight, so the busiest of them are set out below with their operators.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Lufthansa |
| BEG | Belgrade | Belgrade Nikola Tesla | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Air Serbia |
| IST | Istanbul | Istanbul | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: Turkish Airlines |
| ZRH | Zurich | Zurich Kloten | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator: SWISS |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: KLM |
| MUC | Munich | Munich | about 2 departures a day | 2 operators: Lufthansa |
| WAW | Warsaw | Warsaw Chopin | about 2 departures a day | 1 operator: LOT Polish Airlines |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about one departure a day | 1 operator: British Airways |
| TGD | Podgorica | Podgorica | about one departure a day | 2 operators: Wizz Air |
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Air France |
Counting every airport a courier in Ljubljana can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 93 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 Ljubljana
There is no published industrial map for the LJU area on this site, and a page that made one up would be worthless. The traffic out of Ljubljana is the normal kind: documents that have to be witnessed, parts that stopped something, and samples with a clock on them.
Why a courier in Ljubljana is useful to the desk
There is a second reason Ljubljana matters, and it is the return leg. A courier who lives here can take a consignment inbound to Ljubljana and be home the same evening, which is cheaper and faster than flying somebody out from the Gulf and back.
The Gulf link is what makes Ljubljana a courier city rather than a place with an airport. From Ljubljanthe Gulf is a single sector: LJU and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a week, flown by flydubai. That is roughly 5h 34m in the air over 4,300 km, and it means a consignment can leave Ljubljana in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Slovenia list
Show the 1 closest, and how far each is from Ljubljana
All 2 Slovenia cities are listed on the Slovenia 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 LJU and the other airports listed above, between Slovenia 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 28 minutes drive to LJU. 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 LJU, 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 Ljubljana list
01How far is Ljubljana from LJU?
The route from Ljubljana to LJU runs 28 km and takes about 28 minutes with clear roads. Traffic between Ljubljana and LJU is allowed for on top, and the desk pays for the parking or the transfer either way.
02What can I reach from Ljubljana without a change of aircraft?
LJU serves 44 airports nonstop across 23 countries with 29 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Ljubljana can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 93 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Ljubljana to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Ljubljanthe Gulf is a single sector: LJU and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a week, flown by flydubai. That is roughly 5h 34m in the air over 4,300 km, and it means a consignment can leave Ljubljana 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 desk is in Dubai and many lanes start there, but a courier in Ljubljana is called precisely because they are not in Dubai. Your distance from LJU is recorded when you apply so the offers you see are ones you can actually reach.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Nothing to apply and nothing to be screened, in Ljubljana or anywhere else. The single payment that exists is the AED 199 Academy, paid once and returned in full on top of your first completed 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.
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