Manresa sits inside the catchment of a working airport. Barcelona handles 233 nonstop destinations and 69 countries, and the drive from the centre is 1 hour. A courier who can be airside at BCN inside that window is worth more to the desk than a courier in a bigger city who is stuck in traffic.
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On Board Courier, Manresa
On board courier work out of Manresa. You fly as a passenger, you carry one consignment, and the airport the desk puts you through is Barcelona, 1 hour from the centre.
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 inManresa, Catalonia
Nearest gateBCN · Barcelona
Drive to the aircraft67 km · 1 hour
Nonstop from BCN233 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
The paperwork exists before you leave Manresa. Invoice, declaration, consignee details and, where the goods need it, the permit, all prepared in Dubai and sent to you before you leave Manresa. The Gulf sector out of BCN is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. Your job at the counter is to be calm, to answer plainly and to keep the consignment in sight.
Getting to the aircraft from Manresa
These are the gates within reach of Manresa by car. The nearest, BCN, is 67 km away, about 1 hour, and each one is shown with what it reaches without a change of aircraft.
At 67 km the road out of Manresa is predictable rather than trivial, so the offer carries a leaving time and the traffic is allowed for on top of it. One gate serves Manresa and no other is inside a sensible drive, so the 233 nonstop destinations at BCN are the honest limit of what you can be offered.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCN | Barcelona | 67 km | 1 hour | 233 |
Manresa is a city of 76,000 people in Catalonia, 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 BCN reaches without a change
Below is what Barcelona actually flies, taken from the same scheduled route datthe rest of the site uses: 233 nonstop destinations, 95 carriers, ordered by average daily flights.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 27 departures a day | 4 operators: Vueling, Ryanair, Air Europa |
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 22 departures a day | 6 operators: Air Europa, Iberia, Kuwait Airways |
| IBZ | Ibiza Town | Ibiza Town Ibiza | about 19 departures a day | 2 operators: Vueling, Ryanair |
| FCO | Rome | Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino | about 16 departures a day | 5 operators: Vueling, Ryanair, Wizz Air |
| LIS | Lisbon | Lisbon Portela | about 15 departures a day | 5 operators: Vueling, Ryanair, easyJet |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 15 departures a day | 3 operators: Vueling, Transavia, KLM |
| LGW | London | London Gatwick | about 14 departures a day | 2 operators: Vueling, easyJet |
| MAH | Menorca Island | Menorca Island Menorca | about 14 departures a day | 3 operators: Vueling, Ryanair, Iberia |
| MXP | Milan | Milan Malpensa | about 12 departures a day | 5 operators: Vueling, Ryanair, easyJet |
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 11 departures a day | 2 operators: Lufthansa, Condor |
Counting every airport a courier in Manresa can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 233 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
The industry inside this catchment
The facilities below sit inside the BCN catchment and are a matter of public record. They are named to explain why consignments leave Manresa in a hurry, and for no other reason.
- SEAT, Martorell. Assembly for the group's Spanish operations. Barcelona is twenty minutes from the line. It sits on BCN, which is 1 hour from Manresa by road, and the sector is automotive.
Why a courier in Manresa is useful to the desk
A city qualifies for this list when three things are true at once: a real airport within a sensible drive, a real nonstop board on it, and something in the area worth moving. Manresa clears all three, at 1 hour from BCN and 233 destinations.
The Gulf connection, stated plainly rather than advertised. From Manresthe Gulf is a single sector: BCN and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 38m in the air over 5,200 km, and it means a consignment can leave Manresa in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Spain list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Manresa
Terrassa24 km away, BCN in 41 minutesBarcelona47 km away, BCN in 21 minutesCastelldefels52 km away, BCN in 16 minutesMataró56 km away, BCN in 48 minutesVilanova i la Geltrú57 km away, BCN in 36 minutesTarragona83 km away, BCN in 1 hour 6 minutesGirona88 km away, BCN in 1 hour 32 minutesLleida101 km away, BCN in 1 hour 58 minutesCastellon de la Plana250 km away, VLC in 56 minutesPalma250 km away, PMI in 41 minutesSagunto288 km away, VLC in 28 minutesPamplona310 km away, BIO in 1 hour 59 minutes
All 64 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 BCN, 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 1 hour drive to BCN. 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 BCN, 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 Manresa list
01How far is Manresa from BCN?
It is 1 hour by car, 67 km on the road. Traffic around Manresa is allowed for separately, and the parking or the transfer at BCN is paid by the desk.
02What can I reach from Manresa without a change of aircraft?
BCN serves 233 airports nonstop across 69 countries with 95 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Manresa can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 233 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Manresa to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Manresthe Gulf is a single sector: BCN and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 38m in the air over 5,200 km, and it means a consignment can leave Manresa 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. What is checked is your passport, your right to enter the country on the routing, and how quickly you can reach BCN from Manresa.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Screening costs nothing and the Manresa list costs nothing. The AED 199 Academy is paid once and refunded on top of your first completed assignment fee.
06How is my fee agreed?
What you are paid is agreed in writing before you leave Manresa and is not adjusted afterwards. Waiting time and the return leg into Manresa are inside that figure rather than extra to it.
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