Every assignment starts with an airport, and yours is ALC. The desk holds a consignment that is late, valuable or perishable, finds the first departure that fits, and then looks for a courier who can be at the counter in time. Elche is 41 minutes out, which puts you inside the window for most of 145 nonstop destinations.
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On Board Courier, Elche
If you are in Elche you are 41 minutes from Alicante and 145 scheduled nonstop destinations. That is the whole starting qualification. Freelance, per assignment, ticket paid.
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 inElche, Valencia
Nearest gateALC · Alicante
Drive to the aircraft24 km · 41 minutes
Nonstop from ALC145 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 1,200 to 2,000
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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 1,200 to 2,000A 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
There is no roster and no shift on the Elche list. An assignment is a single trip: accept the offer, collect, drive 24 km to ALC, board, land, clear, hand over. 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. Then you go home or you wait for a return leg, and the desk books and pays for either.
Getting to the aircraft from Elche
The ground leg from Elche is 24 km to Alicante, about 41 minutes. Where a second airport is within reach of Elche it is listed too, because the desk will use whichever one has the flight.
A drive of 41 minutes is comfortable for a same day departure as long as the call comes with a couple of hours in hand, which most do. Elche has more than one way out, which is unusual and useful. VLC at 2 hours 4 minutes adds 101 nonstop destinations to the 145 at ALC.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALC | Alicante | 24 km | 41 minutes | 145 |
| VLC | Valencia | 184 km | 2 hours 4 minutes | 101 |
Elche is a city of 235,000 people in Valencia, 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 ALC reaches without a change
Scheduled reach from Alicante: 145 nonstop destinations, 33 countries, 38 operating carriers. Frequencies below are average daily flights from the site’s own route data.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN | Manchester | Manchester | about 10 departures a day | 5 operators: Ryanair, easyJet |
| BRU | Brussels | Brussels | about 8 departures a day | 4 operators: Vueling, Transavia, Brussels Airlines |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 7 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet, Vueling, Transavia |
| BRS | Bristol | Bristol | about 6 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, easyJet |
| BHX | Birmingham | Birmingham | about 6 departures a day | 4 operators: Ryanair, easyJet |
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: Iberia, Air Europa |
| LBA | Leeds | Leeds Bradford | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: Ryanair |
| LPL | Liverpool | Liverpool John Lennon | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, easyJet |
| ORY | Paris | Paris Orly | about 5 departures a day | 2 operators: Vueling, Transavia France |
| LTN | London | London Luton | about 5 departures a day | 3 operators: Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air |
Counting every airport a courier in Elche can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 164 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 Elche
No public industrial file exists here for Elche, so none is claimed. Urgent hand carry demand in a city this size comes from deadlines, not from a single plant: a court filing, a machine that stopped, a batch that has to be tested.
Why a courier in Elche is useful to the desk
Hand carry is a business of catchments, and Elche is inside one. Elche sits inside the catchment of Alicante, 24 km out, which means a consignment collected in the city in the morning is airborne the same day rather than the next one.
The connection to Dubai from Elche involves a change of aircraft. From Elche the best single change is London (LGW), and LGW to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 4 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 37m gate to gate, so an assignment between Elche 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 Spain list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Elche
Alicante21 km away, ALC in 39 minutesMurcia48 km away, ALC in 1 hour 16 minutesCartagena77 km away, ALC in 1 hour 42 minutesValencia138 km away, VLC in 14 minutesGranada282 km away, AGP in 1 hour 49 minutesPalma324 km away, PMI in 41 minutesAlcalá de Henares336 km away, MAD in 30 minutesMadrid352 km away, MAD in 24 minutesCordoba359 km away, SVQ in 1 hour 32 minutesMalaga370 km away, AGP in 30 minutesBarcelona425 km away, BCN in 21 minutesTerrassa434 km away, BCN in 41 minutes
All 22 Spain cities are listed on the Spain 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 ALC and the other airports listed above, between Spain 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 41 minutes drive to ALC. 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 ALC, 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 Elche list
01How far is Elche from ALC?
41 minutes and 24 km on a measured route. Whether that is a comfortable drive depends on the hour, so the offer names the time you should leave Elche rather than only the departure time.
02What can I reach from Elche without a change of aircraft?
ALC serves 145 airports nonstop across 33 countries with 38 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Elche can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 164 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Elche to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Elche the best single change is London (LGW), and LGW to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 4 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 10h 37m gate to gate, so an assignment between Elche 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 happens in Dubai, but couriers live in places like Elche. The Elche list exists because somebody has to be near ALC when a consignment appears in Valencia.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
It is free to apply from Elche and free to be screened. The one charge anywhere in the process is the AED 199 Academy, paid once and refunded on top of your first 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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