Hastings sits inside the catchment of a working airport. London Gatwick handles 203 nonstop destinations and 68 countries, and the drive from the centre is 1 hour 23 minutes. A courier who can be airside at LGW 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, Hastings
On board courier work out of Hastings. You fly as a passenger, you carry one consignment, and the airport the desk puts you through is London Gatwick, 1 hour 23 minutes 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 inHastings, England
Nearest gateLGW · London
Drive to the aircraft93 km · 1 hour 23 minutes
Nonstop from LGW203 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 Hastings. Invoice, declaration, consignee details and, where the goods need it, the permit, all prepared in Dubai and sent to you before you leave Hastings. The Gulf sector out of LGW 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 Hastings
These are the gates within reach of Hastings by car. The nearest, LGW, is 93 km away, about 1 hour 23 minutes, and each one is shown with what it reaches without a change of aircraft.
At 93 km the road is the longest part of the ground half. The desk timetables it explicitly from Hastings and treats an overnight near LGW as a normal cost rather than an exception. A courier in Hastings is not stuck with one board. LCY at 1 hour 38 minutes carries 38 nonstop destinations of its own, which is what stops a cancellation ending an assignment.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGW | London Gatwick | 93 km | 1 hour 23 minutes | 203 |
| LCY | London City | 113 km | 1 hour 38 minutes | 38 |
| LHR | London Heathrow | 143 km | 1 hour 50 minutes | 212 |
| STN | London Stansted | 154 km | 2 hours 14 minutes | 218 |
Hastings is a city of 93,000 people in England, and the clock there runs 3 hours behind the Emirates in summer and 4 in winter. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes. Only airports this site publishes a scheduled nonstop board for are listed, so a smaller field nearer Hastings may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What LGW reaches without a change
Below is what London Gatwick actually flies, taken from the same scheduled route datthe rest of the site uses: 203 nonstop destinations, 63 carriers, ordered by average daily flights.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGP | Málaga | Málaga | about 19 departures a day | 6 operators: easyJet, British Airways, Vueling |
| BCN | Barcelona | Barcelona | about 15 departures a day | 4 operators: easyJet, Vueling, LATAM |
| PMI | Palma De Mallorca | Palma De Mallorca | about 15 departures a day | 5 operators: easyJet, British Airways |
| FAO | Faro | Faro | about 14 departures a day | 5 operators: easyJet, British Airways, Wizz Air |
| ALC | Alicante | Alicante | about 12 departures a day | 6 operators: easyJet, British Airways, Ryanair |
| AYT | Antalya | Antalya | about 10 departures a day | 6 operators: easyJet, British Airways |
| DUB | Dublin | Dublin | about 10 departures a day | 1 operator: Ryanair |
| NCE | Nice | Nice -Côte d'Azur | about 9 departures a day | 3 operators: easyJet, British Airways |
| DLM | Dalaman | Dalaman | about 8 departures a day | 6 operators: easyJet, British Airways, Wizz Air |
| IBZ | Ibiza Town | Ibiza Town Ibiza | about 8 departures a day | 5 operators: easyJet, British Airways |
Counting every airport a courier in Hastings can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 391 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 Hastings
The site does not publish an industrial register for LGW, so this section stays short. Consignments out of Hastings are typically documents, spare parts, laboratory samples and small high value items.
Why a courier in Hastings 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. Hastings clears all three, at 1 hour 23 minutes from LGW and 203 destinations.
The Gulf connection, stated plainly rather than advertised. From Hastings the Gulf is a single sector: LGW and DXB are joined nonstop, about 5 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 56m in the air over 5,450 km, and it means a consignment can leave Hastings in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the United Kingdom list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Hastings
Eastbourne23 km away, LGW in 1 hour 1 minutesMaidstone46 km away, LGW in 53 minutesBrighton51 km away, LGW in 36 minutesGillingham59 km away, LCY in 49 minutesCrawley61 km away, LGW in 7 minutesWorthing67 km away, LGW in 43 minutesGrays71 km away, LCY in 30 minutesSouthend-on-Sea76 km away, LCY in 55 minutesBasildon80 km away, LCY in 39 minutesWoking95 km away, LHR in 27 minutesChelmsford98 km away, STN in 47 minutesHarlow107 km away, LCY in 35 minutes
All 102 United Kingdom cities are listed on the United Kingdom 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 LGW and the other airports listed above, between the United Kingdom 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 23 minutes drive to LGW. 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 LGW, 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 Hastings list
01How far is Hastings from LGW?
It is 1 hour 23 minutes by car, 93 km on the road. Traffic around Hastings is allowed for separately, and the parking or the transfer at LGW is paid by the desk.
02What can I reach from Hastings without a change of aircraft?
LGW serves 203 airports nonstop across 68 countries with 63 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Hastings can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 391 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Hastings to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Hastings the Gulf is a single sector: LGW and DXB are joined nonstop, about 5 departures a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 6h 56m in the air over 5,450 km, and it means a consignment can leave Hastings 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 LGW from Hastings.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Screening costs nothing and the Hastings 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 Hastings and is not adjusted afterwards. Waiting time and the return leg into Hastings are inside that figure rather than extra to it.
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