Assignments are offered, never assigned. The desk sends the routing, the timings and the fee for one specific trip out of ZRH, and you accept it or you do not. Living 1 hour 2 minutes from the terminal simply means you see more of them, because the offers go out in order of who can physically make the flight.
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On Board Courier, Zug
Courier assignments for people based in Zug, Zug. The drive to ZRH is 1 hour 2 minutes, the flight is booked and paid before you leave, and applying costs nothing.
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 inZug, Zug
Nearest gateZRH · Zurich
Drive to the aircraft56 km · 1 hour 2 minutes
Nonstop from ZRH223 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
You travel light and you travel as yourself. Passport, phone, the consignment and whatever you need for one or two nights away from Zug. The Gulf sector out of ZRH is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss. The drive from Zug to ZRH is 1 hour 2 minutes, and the desk builds the timings around it rather than around the timetable alone.
Getting to the aircraft from Zug
The airports a courier in Zug can actually use are listed below, nearest first by driving time. ZRH leads at 1 hour 2 minutes and 56 km.
1 hour 2 minutes is a drive you plan rather than dread. From Zug the desk names the hour you should leave, not only the hour the aircraft goes. The second option out of Zug is Bâle/Mulhouse Euro Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, 1 hour 32 minutes by road and 122 nonstop destinations. The desk picks whichever gate has the departure rather than whichever is nearer.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZRH | Zurich Kloten | 56 km | 1 hour 2 minutes | 223 |
| BSL | Bâle/Mulhouse Euro Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg | 116 km | 1 hour 32 minutes | 122 |
| FDH | Friedrichshafen | 190 km | 2 hours 22 minutes | 16 |
Zug is a city of 31,000 people in Zug, 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 ZRH reaches without a change
Nonstop reach decides how quickly a consignment leaves Zug. ZRH serves 223 airports directly in 72 countries, and these are the routes with the most departures.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | Frankfurt-am-Main | Frankfurt-am-Main | about 14 departures a day | 4 operators: SWISS, Condor, Air Dolomiti |
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 14 departures a day | 6 operators: easyJet, Condor, Eurowings |
| BER | Berlin | Berlin Brandenburg | about 12 departures a day | 3 operators: SWISS, easyJet, Eurowings |
| LHR | London | London Heathrow | about 12 departures a day | 2 operators: SWISS, British Airways |
| AMS | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Schiphol | about 11 departures a day | 2 operators: SWISS, KLM |
| VIE | Vienna | Vienna Schwechat | about 10 departures a day | 2 operators: Austrian Airlines |
| PRN | Prishtina | Prishtina Priština | about 10 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet |
| GVA | Geneva | Geneva Cointrin | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: SWISS |
| CDG | Paris | Paris Charles de Gaulle | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: SWISS, Air France |
| HAM | Hamburg | Hamburg | about 9 departures a day | 3 operators: SWISS, Eurowings |
Counting every airport a courier in Zug can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 249 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 plants and facilities below are public knowledge and sit within reach of ZRH. They are named to explain the pattern of urgent work near Zug and for no other reason.
- Novartis, Basel. Research and manufacturing at the group head office. Basel sits where three countries meet and uses three airports. It sits on ZRH, which is 1 hour 2 minutes from Zug by road, and the sector is pharma.
- Roche, Basel and Kaiseraugst. Pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Diagnostics move on shorter clocks than most freight can hold. It sits on ZRH, which is 1 hour 2 minutes from Zug by road, and the sector is pharma.
- Lonza, Visp and Basel. Contract manufacturing of biologics. Contract manufacturing runs to somebody else's deadline, which makes it tighter. It sits on ZRH, which is 1 hour 2 minutes from Zug by road, and the sector is pharma.
Why a courier in Zug is useful to the desk
The desk would rather use a courier who already lives in Zug than fly one in. It costs less, it is faster, and it removes an entire positioning flight into ZRH from the timeline. That is the whole commercial case for keeping names in Zug, 1 hour 2 minutes from ZRH.
How often Zug is called comes down in part to one timetable. From Zug the Gulf is a single sector: ZRH and AUH are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by Etihad Airways. That is roughly 6h 06m in the air over 4,750 km, and it means a consignment can leave Zug in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Switzerland list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Zug
Luzern21 km away, ZRH in 1 hour 13 minutesRapperswil24 km away, ZRH in 1 hourUster25 km away, ZRH in 39 minutesWinterthur40 km away, ZRH in 41 minutesSchaffhausen59 km away, ZRH in 55 minutesSankt Gallen70 km away, FDH in 1 hour 7 minutesThun83 km away, BSL in 1 hour 39 minutesBasel83 km away, BSL in 13 minutesBern85 km away, BSL in 1 hour 22 minutesChur85 km away, FDH in 1 hour 30 minutesBiel/Bienne96 km away, BSL in 1 hour 22 minutesFribourg111 km away, BSL in 1 hour 46 minutes
All 22 Switzerland cities are listed on the Switzerland 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 ZRH and the other airports listed above, between Switzerland 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 2 minutes drive to ZRH. 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 ZRH, 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 Zug list
01How far is Zug from ZRH?
A measured 56 km and about 1 hour 2 minutes from Zug to ZRH. The desk works back from the check in deadline, so the leaving time it gives you will look early and is meant to.
02What can I reach from Zug without a change of aircraft?
ZRH serves 223 airports nonstop across 72 countries with 63 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Zug can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 249 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Zug to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Zug the Gulf is a single sector: ZRH and AUH are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by Etihad Airways. That is roughly 6h 06m in the air over 4,750 km, and it means a consignment can leave Zug 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. Living 1 hour 2 minutes from ZRH is the qualification. If the desk only wanted people in Dubai it would not keep a Zug list at all.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
Applying from Zug is free and stays free. One payment exists in the whole process, the AED 199 Academy, and that amount is added back on top of the fee for your first completed assignment.
06How is my fee agreed?
The fee for a trip out of ZRH is not a rate card applied afterwards. It is a number for one named routing, sent to you in Zug before you accept anything.
Apply to fly out of ZRH
Join the Zug list and see the offers as they come. The desk works Zug through ZRH, and the fee is written down before you agree to anything.
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