The work is one consignment, one cabin, one signature. You collect it in or near Mataró, you keep it with you, you present the prepared paperwork at customs and you hand it over in person. What makes Mataró useful is that Barcelona is only 50 km away, so the collection and the departure can happen in the same afternoon.
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On Board Courier, Mataró
Carry sealed, urgent consignments out of Mataró. BCN sits 50 km south west of the city and flies to 233 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 inMataró, Catalonia
Nearest gateBCN · Barcelona
Drive to the aircraft50 km · 48 minutes
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
From the offer to the handover, a trip out of BCN tends to run under thirty hours. 48 minutes to Barcelona, the sector itself, customs at the far end, and a signature. The Gulf sector out of BCN 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 Mataró
A courier in Mataró is only as fast as the road in front of them. Mataró to BCN is 50 km, 48 minutes, and the airports below are ordered by that drive rather than by size.
48 minutes of road is the ordinary case on this list. It is short enough for a same day flight out of BCN and long enough that the desk builds slack into the timings. There is no alternative airport for Mataró. When BCN has no suitable departure the assignment moves to another city rather than waiting, and the desk says so rather than pretending.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCN | Barcelona | 50 km | 48 minutes | 233 |
Mataró is a city of 127,000 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
BCN publishes 233 nonstop routes. For a courier in Mataró 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Mataró 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
A page that claims customers it does not have is worthless. What follows is public industrial geography around BCN, shown because it explains why consignments leave Mataró in a hurry.
- SEAT, Martorell. Assembly for the group's Spanish operations. Barcelona is twenty minutes from the line. It sits on BCN, which is 48 minutes from Mataró by road, and the sector is automotive.
Why a courier in Mataró is useful to the desk
There is a second reason Mataró matters, and it is the return leg. A courier who lives here can take a consignment inbound to Catalonia and be home the same evening, which is cheaper and faster than flying somebody out from the Gulf and back.
The Emirates end of an assignment out of Mataró is straightforward. From Mataró the 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 Mataró 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 Mataró
Barcelona29 km away, BCN in 21 minutesTerrassa36 km away, BCN in 41 minutesCastelldefels49 km away, BCN in 16 minutesManresa56 km away, BCN in 1 hourGirona58 km away, BCN in 1 hour 32 minutesVilanova i la Geltrú70 km away, BCN in 36 minutesTarragona111 km away, BCN in 1 hour 6 minutesLleida152 km away, BCN in 1 hour 58 minutesPalma220 km away, PMI in 41 minutesCastellon de la Plana272 km away, VLC in 56 minutesSagunto308 km away, VLC in 28 minutesValencia331 km away, VLC in 14 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 48 minutes 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 Mataró list
01How far is Mataró from BCN?
The route from Mataró to BCN runs 50 km and takes about 48 minutes with clear roads. Traffic between Mataró and BCN is allowed for on top, and the desk pays for the parking or the transfer either way.
02What can I reach from Mataró without a change of aircraft?
BCN serves 233 airports nonstop across 69 countries with 95 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Mataró 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 Mataró to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Mataró the 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 Mataró 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 residence visa, no Emirates address and no relocation. A courier on this list lives in Mataró and flies out of BCN, which is exactly what the desk needs.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
There is no application fee, no placement fee and no deposit, in Mataró or anywhere else. The AED 199 Academy is the single payment, and it is returned in full with your first assignment fee.
06How is my fee agreed?
It is written down before a courier in Mataró commits to anything. The desk sends the fee for that specific trip out of BCN, you accept in writing, and it is paid by transfer after the consignee signs.
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