The desk buys certainty, and Amherst sells it in minutes. Boston General Edward Lawrence Logan is 155 km out and carries 54 operating carriers, so when something has to move the routing already exists and the only open question is whether a courier can get there. From Amherst the answer is 2 hours 12 minutes.
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On Board Courier, Amherst
Work for people in Amherst who can reach BOS inside 2 hours 12 minutes. The desk in Dubai books the flight, prepares the paperwork and pays for both.
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 inAmherst, Massachusetts
Nearest gateBOS · Boston
Drive to the aircraft155 km · 2 hours 12 minutes
Nonstop from BOS194 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
Apply for this position
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
Between the call and the handover a trip out of Amherst is mostly waiting: at the counter, at security, at the gate and at customs on arrival. The fee is calculated on all of it, including the 2 hours 12 minutes you spend driving to BOS. The Gulf sector out of BOS is nonstop, so there is no connection to miss.
Getting to the aircraft from Amherst
The road out of Amherst runs 155 km to Boston General Edward Lawrence Logan, about 2 hours 12 minutes without traffic. That number sets the notice a courier in Amherst needs and the departures BOS can offer them, so it comes first.
The 155 km between Amherst and BOS is the longest part of the ground half. It carries its own plan, its own leaving time out of Amherst and, where needed, a paid hotel by BOS. There is no second gate within reach of Amherst. Everything runs through BOS, and its 194 nonstop destinations are what the desk has to work with.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | Boston General Edward Lawrence Logan | 155 km | 2 hours 12 minutes | 194 |
Amherst is a city of 40,000 people in Massachusetts, and the clock there runs 8 hours behind the Emirates in summer and 9 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 Amherst may exist and still not appear in the table above.
What BOS reaches without a change
BOS is not a name on a map to this desk, it is a departure board. The network file the site publishes shows 194 airports served nonstop from BOS, across 37 countries, by 54 operating carriers.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD | Chicago | Chicago O'Hare | about 30 departures a day | 5 operators: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, American Airlines |
| DCA | Washington | Washington Ronald Reagan National | about 28 departures a day | 5 operators: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, American Airlines |
| ATL | Atlanta | Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson | about 19 departures a day | 4 operators: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Frontier Airlines |
| ACK | Nantucket | Nantucket Memorial | about 18 departures a day | 5 operators: JetBlue, American Airlines |
| LAX | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | about 17 departures a day | 4 operators: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, American Airlines |
| SFO | San Francisco | San Francisco | about 17 departures a day | 3 operators: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, United Airlines |
| JFK | New York | New York John F Kennedy | about 16 departures a day | 4 operators: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, American Airlines |
| PHL | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | about 16 departures a day | 3 operators: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, American Airlines |
| DEN | Denver | Denver | about 13 departures a day | 4 operators: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, United Airlines |
| BWI | Baltimore | Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall | about 12 departures a day | 3 operators: Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines |
Counting every airport a courier in Amherst can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 194 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
These sites explain the clock that runs on consignments out of Amherst. All of them are inside the BOS catchment, all of them are public record, and none of them is a customer of ours.
- Moderna, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Messenger RNA research and manufacturing. Kendall Square, twenty minutes from Logan. It sits on BOS, which is 2 hours 12 minutes from Amherst by road, and the sector is pharma.
Why a courier in Amherst is useful to the desk
The desk does not need Amherst to be important. It needs Amherst to be 2 hours 12 minutes from a gate with 194 nonstop destinations, which is a much easier thing to be and a far more useful one.
The connection between Amherst and the desk itself is a timetable entry. From Amherst the Gulf is a single sector: BOS and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 13h 11m in the air over 10,700 km, and it means a consignment can leave Amherst in the evening and be in the Gulf before the next working day starts.
The nearest other cities on the United States list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Amherst
Springfield30 km away, BOS in 1 hour 56 minutesWorcester60 km away, BOS in 1 hour 3 minutesLeominster65 km away, BOS in 1 hour 13 minutesHartford69 km away, BOS in 2 hours 8 minutesFramingham91 km away, BOS in 38 minutesWoonsocket92 km away, BOS in 1 hour 14 minutesMeriden95 km away, LGA in 2 hours 7 minutesWaterbury100 km away, LGA in 1 hour 57 minutesNorwich101 km away, BOS in 2 hours 9 minutesLowell103 km away, BOS in 45 minutesProvidence109 km away, BOS in 1 hour 12 minutesManchester112 km away, BOS in 1 hour 11 minutes
All 370 United States cities are listed on the United States 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 BOS, between the United States 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 2 hours 12 minutes drive to BOS. 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 BOS, 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 Amherst list
01How far is Amherst from BOS?
About 155 km and 2 hours 12 minutes from the centre of Amherst. The desk works to the check in deadline at BOS, which is earlier than the departure and is what your leaving time is built on.
02What can I reach from Amherst without a change of aircraft?
BOS serves 194 airports nonstop across 37 countries with 54 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Amherst can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 194 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Amherst to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Amherst the Gulf is a single sector: BOS and DXB are joined nonstop, about one departure a day, flown by Emirates. That is roughly 13h 11m in the air over 10,700 km, and it means a consignment can leave Amherst 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 Amherst and fly from BOS. Being in Amherst changes which offers you see, not whether you can be on the list.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Screening is free and a place on the Amherst list is free. The AED 199 Academy is the single payment in the whole process, and it is refunded in full on top of your first completed assignment fee out of BOS.
06How is my fee agreed?
Every offer out of BOS carries the routing, the timings and one number, and you accept it in writing or decline it. Nothing is deducted from the figure agreed for a trip out of BOS afterwards.
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