Gebze is on the list because SAW is reachable and busy. 143 scheduled nonstop destinations and 16 operating carriers mean the desk is rarely stuck for a routing, and 25 minutes of road means you are rarely too far to take it. Those two facts together are the whole reason Gebze has a page of its own.
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On Board Courier, Gebze
Time critical hand carry assignments from Gebze. One consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature, 25 minutes between your front door and the check in desk at SAW.
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 inGebze, Kocaeli
Nearest gateSAW · Istanbul
Drive to the aircraft24 km · 25 minutes
Nonstop from SAW143 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
You will usually know the day before, sometimes only in the morning. The desk sends the routing out of SAW, the sealed consignment reaches you or you collect it, and the drive of 25 minutes is timed backwards from the check in deadline rather than the departure. The Gulf sector out of SAW is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss.
Getting to the aircraft from Gebze
Measured door to terminal, Gebze to SAW is 24 km and 25 minutes. That is the number the desk uses when it decides whether to call Gebze for a departure this evening.
A drive of 25 minutes puts Gebze in the group of cities the desk can call at short notice without doing arithmetic first. A backup gate changes what can be promised out of Gebze. From Gebze, Istanbul is 1 hour 35 minutes away and flies to 294 airports nonstop, so the desk has somewhere to move a consignment when the first flight goes.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAW | Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen | 24 km | 25 minutes | 143 |
| IST | Istanbul | 96 km | 1 hour 35 minutes | 294 |
Gebze is a city of 281,000 people in Kocaeli, and the clock there runs 1 hour behind the Emirates all year. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
What SAW reaches without a change
The relevant question about SAW is not how big it is but what it flies. 143 nonstop destinations across 53 countries, and the ones with real frequency are listed here.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYT | Antalya | Antalya | about 25 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| ADB | Izmir | Adnan Menderes | about 20 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| ESB | Ankara | Ankara Esenboğa | about 18 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| BJV | Bodrum | Bodrum Milas | about 17 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| DLM | Dalaman | Dalaman | about 16 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| ECN | Nicosia | Nicosia Ercan | about 14 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| TZX | Trabzon | Trabzon | about 14 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| COV | Adana | Adana Çukurova | about 12 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| STN | London | London Stansted | about 11 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
| DUS | Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | about 8 departures a day | 2 operators: Pegasus Airlines, AJet |
Counting every airport a courier in Gebze can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 313 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 Gebze
The site does not hold a public industrial file for the SAW catchment, so this page will not invent one. What it can say honestly is that Gebze generates the ordinary urgent traffic every working city generates: signed originals, spare parts, samples and small high value items that missed a cut off.
Why a courier in Gebze is useful to the desk
Most of what the desk moves out of Kocaeli is small, sealed and late. The constraint is never the size, it is finding a person near enough to SAW. Gebze is near enough: 25 minutes to SAW, on a board with 143 nonstop destinations.
A consignment moving between Gebze and the Gulf has a straightforward path. From Gebze the Gulf is a single sector: SAW and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by AJet, flydubai and Pegasus Airlines. That is roughly 3h 58m in the air over 2,950 km, and it means a consignment can leave Gebze in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the Türkiye list
Show the 8 closest, and how far each is from Gebze
Istanbul47 km away, SAW in 44 minutesBursa74 km away, SAW in 1 hour 35 minutesAdapazarı82 km away, SAW in 1 hour 26 minutesManisa298 km away, ADB in 55 minutesAnkara306 km away, ESB in 28 minutesIzmir330 km away, ADB in 21 minutesAntalya447 km away, AYT in 18 minutesAlanya523 km away, AYT in 1 hour 40 minutes
All 9 Türkiye cities are listed on the Türkiye 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 SAW and the other airports listed above, between Türkiye 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 25 minutes drive to SAW. 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 SAW, 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 Gebze list
01How far is Gebze from SAW?
About 25 minutes, 24 km by road. The desk has that number for every city on the list and uses it to decide who gets called for a departure out of SAW tonight.
02What can I reach from Gebze without a change of aircraft?
SAW serves 143 airports nonstop across 53 countries with 16 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Gebze can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 313 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Gebze to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Gebze the Gulf is a single sector: SAW and DXB are joined nonstop, about 3 departures a day, flown by AJet, flydubai and Pegasus Airlines. That is roughly 3h 58m in the air over 2,950 km, and it means a consignment can leave Gebze 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. Most assignments touch the Emirates because the desk is there, but couriers on this list live in Gebze and fly from SAW. Being in Gebze changes which offers you see, not whether you can be on the list.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying is free, screening is free, and being on the Gebze list is free. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and it comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier in Gebze ever makes to us.
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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