Originally Posted by
paterwdb
Asking for a little feedback since I'm ignorant of Panama travel much.
I need to book a flight from Panama City to David, where I'll catch a car service and boat to Isla Palenque.
I don't want to do early morning so I'd be on a Copa flight from PTY which doesn't land until 1700, and then we still need the car and boat transfer to the island. I can do that, but Air Panama has an option from PAC-DAV which lands a couple hours earlier (and a back up flight about the same time as the Copa one). I've read a ton of mixed reviews on the reliability and overall shadiness of Air Panama, and am wondering if that would be a risky move and I should just stick with Copa and travel out to PTY for the flight. Any thoughts?
For the return we're just doing a private helicopter from the island right to PTY, so it's only a one-way issue.
This depend where you are located. If you are arriving in PTY and go to DAV the best way is use Copa. The limitation of Copa is the the flight offers. Have one flight per day in the morning and in the afternoon only 4 per week.
If you are located in Panama city before this trip maybe will be good travel with Air Panama, because use a different airport and is so close from Panama City. Other things about Air Panama is the luggage allowance include in the rate.
Someone love travel with air panama and others love travel with Copa. Depend of each person, for example my mother-in-law doesn't like Air Panama because they are smaller planes but my dad like because arriving to Albrook airport.