Bizarre Airfare Deals & New Flights to Bocas

When you begin to plan your vacation to Panama, you should consider looking around at the different airports within a reasonable area of where you need to depart from and return to on your trip. A good example is travel from Texas to Panama. Continental Airlines has several non-stops each day traveling in and out of Houston, Texas. Certain times of the year, you can get a better price flying out of San Antonio rather than from Houston. For example, if you fly from Houston at the end of October to Panama round trip the airfare is $660 per person. If you fly from San Antonio it is $457 per person. Why a $200 difference when you are taking an additional flight and then getting on the same flight to make it to Panama? I can't tell you. My best understanding is that they have more competition out of San Antonio. The flights from Austin are about the same price as the flights from Houston and in some instances they are more expensive.

On a separate note, Aeroperlas has begun flying from Tocumen International Airport to Bocas. There are two flights a day from Tocumen International Airport over to Albrook Airport and then on to Bocas. The flights are the same price as the flights from Albrook to Bocas and it takes a step out of the transportation process because you do not have to arrange for ground transportation to get from the international airport to the domestic airport in Panama City. The flight leaves Albrook for Bocas around 3:00 pm each afternoon. Each morning the flight leaves Bocas for Panama around 8:40 am to then be transferred over via airplane to Tocumen by 11:00 am. You cannot book these flights on sites like Travelocity just yet, but we expect it to be available to you in the next few months. You can book these flights from Aeroperlas on www.aeroperlas.com

Travel to and from Bocas del Toro and Panama is getting just a bit easier. Why don't you check it out for yourself? And you might find a less-expensive fare if you poke around a little bit.