Caracas sits inside the catchment of a working airport. Caracas Simón Bolívar handles 14 nonstop destinations and 6 countries, and the drive from the centre is 31 minutes. A courier who can be airside at CCS 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, Caracas
On board courier work out of Caracas. You fly as a passenger, you carry one consignment, and the airport the desk puts you through is Caracas Simón Bolívar, 31 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 inCaracas, Distrito Federal
Nearest gateCCS · Caracas
Drive to the aircraft29 km · 31 minutes
Nonstop from CCS14 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 Caracas. Invoice, declaration, consignee details and, where the goods need it, the permit, all prepared in Dubai and sent to you before you leave Caracas. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of MAD, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. Your job at the counter is to be calm, to answer plainly and to keep the consignment in sight.
Getting to the aircraft from Caracas
These are the gates within reach of Caracas by car. The nearest, CCS, is 29 km away, about 31 minutes, and each one is shown with what it reaches without a change of aircraft.
At 29 km the road out of Caracas is predictable rather than trivial, so the offer carries a leaving time and the traffic is allowed for on top of it. CCS is the only airport within a sensible drive of Caracas, so every assignment from here runs through it. That makes its 14 nonstop destinations the practical limit of what you can be offered.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCS | Caracas Simón Bolívar | 29 km | 31 minutes | 14 |
Caracas is a city of 3 million people in Distrito Federal, and the clock there runs 8 hours 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 CCS reaches without a change
Below is what Caracas Simón Bolívar actually flies, taken from the same scheduled route datthe rest of the site uses: 14 nonstop destinations, 10 carriers, ordered by average daily flights.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMV | Isla Margarita | Isla Margarita Del Caribe Santiago Mariño | about 4 departures a day | 3 operators |
| BOG | Bogotá | Bogotá El Dorado | about 3 departures a day | 5 operators: Avianca, LATAM |
| BLA | Barcelona | Barcelona General Jose Antonio Anzoategui | about 2 departures a day | 3 operators |
| MAD | Madrid | Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas | about 2 departures a day | 3 operators: Air Europa, Iberia |
| MAR | Maracaibo | Maracaibo La Chinita | about one departure a day | 2 operators |
| PTY | Tocumen | Tocumen | about one departure a day | 1 operator: Copa Airlines |
| LRV | Gran Roque Island | Gran Roque Island Los Roques | about one departure a day | 1 operator |
| VIG | El Vigía | El Vigía Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso | about one departure a day | 1 operator |
| MIA | Miami | Miami | about one departure a day | 2 operators: American Airlines |
| PZO | Puerto Ordaz-Ciudad Guayana | Puerto Ordaz-Ciudad Guayana General Manuel Carlos Piar | about one departure a day | 2 operators |
Counting every airport a courier in Caracas can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 14 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 Caracas
No public industrial file exists here for Caracas, so none is claimed. Urgent hand carry demand in a city this size comes from deadlines, not from a single plant: a court filing, a machine that stopped, a batch that has to be tested.
Why a courier in Caracas 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. Caracas clears all three, at 31 minutes from CCS and 14 destinations.
Nothing flies CCS to the Emirates without a stop, so here is the honest version. From Caracas the best single change is Madrid (MAD), and MAD to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 2 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 17h 28m gate to gate, so an assignment between Caracas and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
The nearest other cities on the Venezuela list
Show the 7 closest, and how far each is from Caracas
All 8 Venezuela cities are listed on the Venezuela 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 CCS, between Venezuela 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 31 minutes drive to CCS. 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 CCS, 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 Caracas list
01How far is Caracas from CCS?
It is 31 minutes by car, 29 km on the road. Traffic around Caracas is allowed for separately, and the parking or the transfer at CCS is paid by the desk.
02What can I reach from Caracas without a change of aircraft?
CCS serves 14 airports nonstop across 6 countries with 10 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Caracas can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 14 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Caracas to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Caracas the best single change is Madrid (MAD), and MAD to DXB is flown by Emirates, about 2 departures a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 17h 28m gate to gate, so an assignment between Caracas and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
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 CCS from Caracas.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Screening costs nothing and the Caracas 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?
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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