Every assignment starts with an airport, and yours is MAD. 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. Móstoles is 40 minutes out, which puts you inside the window for most of 252 nonstop destinations.
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On Board Courier, Móstoles
If you are in Móstoles you are 40 minutes from Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas and 252 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 inMóstoles, Madrid
Nearest gateMAD · Madrid
Drive to the aircraft43 km · 40 minutes
Nonstop from MAD252 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
There is no roster and no shift on the Móstoles list. An assignment is a single trip: accept the offer, collect, drive 43 km to MAD, board, land, clear, hand over. The Gulf sector out of MAD is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. Then you go home or you wait for a return leg, and the desk books and pays for either.
Getting to the aircraft from Móstoles
The ground leg from Móstoles is 43 km to Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas, about 40 minutes. Where a second airport is within reach of Móstoles it is listed too, because the desk will use whichever one has the flight.
A drive of 40 minutes is comfortable for a same day departure as long as the call comes with a couple of hours in hand, which most do. Everything out of Móstoles runs through MAD, because nothing else is within a sensible drive. Its 252 nonstop destinations are the honest limit of what you can be offered here.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAD | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | 43 km | 40 minutes | 252 |
Móstoles is a city of 207,000 people in Madrid, 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 MAD reaches without a change
Scheduled reach from Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas: 252 nonstop destinations, 82 countries, 103 operating carriers. Frequencies below are average daily flights from the site’s own route data.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 26 departures a day | 6 operators: Iberia, Air Europa, Avianca |
| LPA | Gran Canaria Island | Gran Canaria Island Gran Canaria | about 22 departures a day | 6 operators: Iberia, Air Europa, Avianca |
| LIS | Lisbon | Lisbon Portela | about 22 departures a day | 6 operators: Iberia, Air Europa, Aeromexico |
| TFN | Tenerife Island | Tenerife Island Tenerife Norte | about 20 departures a day | 6 operators: Air Europa, Avianca, Qatar Airways |
| FCO | Rome | Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino | about 20 departures a day | 6 operators: Iberia, Air Europa, Ryanair |
| IBZ | Ibiza Town | Ibiza Town Ibiza | about 15 departures a day | 6 operators: Air Europa, Ryanair, Vueling |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 15 departures a day | 6 operators: Iberia, Air Europa, Korean Air |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 14 departures a day | 2 operators: Iberia, British Airways |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 13 departures a day | 6 operators: Iberia, Air Europa, Delta Air Lines |
| OPO | Porto | Porto Francisco de Sá Carneiro | about 13 departures a day | 6 operators: Air Europa, Etihad Airways, Azul |
Counting every airport a courier in Móstoles can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 252 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
Where the urgent traffic around Móstoles comes from is a matter of public record rather than of opinion. The sites below sit inside the MAD catchment and are named to explain the demand, not to suggest that any of them is a customer.
- Airbus, Getafe and Illescas. Rear fuselage, tail sections and composite structures. The Spanish sites sit on the same takt as the French and German ones. It sits on MAD, which is 40 minutes from Móstoles by road, and the sector is aerospace.
Why a courier in Móstoles is useful to the desk
Hand carry is a business of catchments, and Móstoles is inside one. Móstoles sits inside the catchment of Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas, 43 km out, which means a consignment collected in the city in the morning is airborne the same day rather than the next one.
The Emirates end of the lane looks like this from MAD. From Móstoles the Gulf is a single sector: MAD and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 7h 11m in the air over 5,650 km, and it means a consignment can leave Móstoles 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 Móstoles
Madrid17 km away, MAD in 24 minutesLas Rozas de Madrid19 km away, MAD in 34 minutesValdemoro22 km away, MAD in 38 minutesRivas-Vaciamadrid30 km away, MAD in 29 minutesAlcobendas31 km away, MAD in 19 minutesCollado-Villalba37 km away, MAD in 49 minutesAlcalá de Henares46 km away, MAD in 30 minutesToledo53 km away, MAD in 1 hour 12 minutesGuadalajara69 km away, MAD in 40 minutesTalavera de la Reina91 km away, MAD in 1 hour 41 minutesBurgos225 km away, BIO in 2 hours 3 minutesAlbacete227 km away, VLC in 2 hours 4 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 MAD, 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 40 minutes drive to MAD. 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 MAD, 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 Móstoles list
01How far is Móstoles from MAD?
40 minutes and 43 km on a measured route. Whether that is a comfortable drive depends on the hour, so the offer names the time you should leave Móstoles rather than only the departure time.
02What can I reach from Móstoles without a change of aircraft?
MAD serves 252 airports nonstop across 82 countries with 103 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Móstoles can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 252 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Móstoles to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Móstoles the Gulf is a single sector: MAD and DXB are joined nonstop, about 2 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 7h 11m in the air over 5,650 km, and it means a consignment can leave Móstoles 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 company is Emirati and the coordination happens in Dubai, but couriers live in places like Móstoles. The Móstoles list exists because somebody has to be near MAD when a consignment appears in Madrid.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
It is free to apply from Móstoles 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 offer, the routing out of MAD and the fee arrive together. You reply yes or no, and the yes is the agreement for that single trip out of MAD.
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