Worldwide. Door to Door. 24/7/365.

Onboard Courier
Hand carry services

Your most time-critical shipment
on the next commercial flight.

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Global OBC network
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Stress-free OBC shipments

We solve your logistical nightmares

And supply chain emergencies.

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  • Quote in < 15min (all-in offer)
  • Excess baggage included
  • Import / export customs clearance in most markets
  • Monster shipments >3,000kg / 100+ baggage pieces
  • Importer of Records service available (in many locations)
  • Live updates in real-time
  • Emergency planning (3 steps ahead)
  • Thousands of successful missions
  • 1,500+ couriers globally
  • First mile / last mile (true door to door)
  • No hidden charges or upfront payment (existing clients)
  • Dangerous Goods IATA trained
  • 100% compliant
  • Pharmaceutical OBC

Why OBC ONE

Your Emergency is our Routine

Easy Plug & Play

Plug into a fully operational OBC department – without building one.

Maximum Reliability

Reliability comes from thousands of perfectly executed OBC shipments – globally and under pressure.

Dangerous Goods

Our operations team completed a dedicated OBC Dangerous Goods training, certified by IATA.

100% OBC Focus

We exclusively specialize in OBC/hand carry. Nothing else. No distractions.

How it works

On the way.
Within the hour.

Our couriers can be on the way within the hour. If you don’t have all the details yet, we can get started with just the pickup and delivery locations.

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All we need from you
  • Pickup location
  • Ready date & time
  • Delivery location
  • Boxes, weight & dimensions
  1. Planning & pickup

    Send request

    You receive an all-in quote < 15min

  2. Planning & pickup

    Job confirmed

    Once confirmed, we secure routings & courier(s)

  3. Planning & pickup

    Pick-up

    We pick up goods at shipper’s address (“first mile”)

  4. On the move

    Check-in

    Goods are checked in as personal luggage or taken on board as hand carry

  5. On the move

    Flight

    Courier and shipment are on board

  6. Customs & delivery

    Import / export

    We can do import and export clearance in most countries

  7. Customs & delivery

    Arrival

    We deliver the shipment asap after landing at consignee’s address (“last mile”)

Delivery done in record time.

Your next time-critical shipment starts here.

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Your next move starts with a person

Turn OBC into a
global capability.

Turn OBC/hand carry into a fully scalable, global capability.

Whether you’re starting or already executing daily shipments.

Jonathan Kolb
Founder / CEO

Jonathan Kolb

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Testimonials

Hear from
our customers.

01of 06
Easy contact, very quick response time, good communication, flexibility, availability, thinking in advance, being two steps ahead, emergency exit approach. If we have a problem, you call me and already have 3 options ready. You are coming to me with a solution. This is the next level.
Head of Quality and Partner ManagementTime Critical Automotive Forwarder
Weekly OBC transports from China to Europe: Offered within 15 minutes and delivered completely without incidents.
Time Critical Desk ManagerTop 10 Freight Forwarder
We are able to provide more competitive solutions to our customers. And increase our response time and success rate on imports significantly. Even for import jobs from China or USA, we can perform quotations to customers. In the past it took us at least 45 min to get a quote since not all of our agents operated 24/7. Now it is a maximum of 30min with you.
Managing DirectorClient
It would be a lot harder without you. You guys are more experienced than us, with short connection time, you know the airports better, your experience is what helps me to save time and to quote faster. Saves time to focus on NFO. Operations is easier, I don’t need to buy airplane tickets all the time.
Country ManagerTop 10 Freight Forwarder
Thank you very much! Great job. We are impressed by the timely information at every step. OBC ONE really wants to excel and is hungry for the business. Full of passion, not bored.
Head of OperationsTime Critical Automotive Forwarder
We were trying to get solutions and we thought it might be easy that someone just hops on the plane and does obc. But it turns out it’s not so easy: different countries, different rules, and different people.
Head of Air FreightTop 10 Forwarder

Industries

Where every
minute matters.

Which industries benefit most from OBC/hand carry?

“These guys find a solution for EVERYTHING”

Jonathan Kolb, founder and CEO of OBC ONE
Jonathan KolbFounder & CEO · OBC ONE

About us

We make the
impossible possible.

Even in the most critical cases.

Hi, I’m Jonathan and I flew ~3 million kilometers over 6 years as an onboard courier (OBC). What have I learned from this?

When an OBC is dispatched, it’s always urgent and everything is at stake. I know better than anyone that everything has to run perfectly with OBC shipments. That’s why we have specialized exclusively in OBC, so that our customers (freight forwarders, time-critical desks) can outsource these premium shipments to us and still (or precisely because of this) sleep well.

“If push came to shove, I would want exactly my team and no one else at my side.”

We are thoroughbred OBCs who make the impossible possible even in the most critical cases. That’s what I stand for!

I look forward to talking to you in person!
Jonathan

Train your ops + sales team

Free OBC workshop
for Operations & Sales

3 steps to offering OBC with confidence:

  1. How to determine if a shipment is suitable for OBC/hand carry
  2. How to avoid common OBC risks and mistakes
  3. How to proactively sell OBC as a service + stop missing out on revenue
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