Questions related to Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen or Tocumen International Airport (IATA: PTY) about 17 km northeast of the centre of Panama City, Panama.
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Bus options from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to downtown Panama City
Various sources claim that it's impossible to get a Metrobus card for the bus from Tocumen to Panama City. However, these sources are old enough to mention the Red Devil buses.
What is the current situation? How can one get a Metrobus card and thus…
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Stay at the airport for my 8-hour layover in Tocumen, or spend a few hours in Panama City?
On my way to Asunción, I will have an 8-hour layover at Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen in Panama from 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon.
If there's a lounge at the airport, I can probably just settle in and work for a day, but my sanity…
user82
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Will I be allowed to leave the air terminal in Tocumen Airport for 2 hours?
On my way to Guatemala city from Amsterdam, I will have a 4 1/2 Hrs. layover in Tocumen Airport (Panama City). I have a friend living now in this city whom I haven't seen for years so we are considering on meeting for 1 or 2 hours in the airport…
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Are there luggage storage lockers inside Panama City Airport, Panama?
Are there lockers to store luggage inside Panama City Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen, PTY)?
I can't find information about any but there is one rather old forum post that says there is. Other Google hits for lockers in PTY don't yield…
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Is airside transit available at Tocumen airport, Panama?
My partner needs to transit in Panama on his way to meet me and my family in Barbados for a holiday.
He will be travelling Havana > Panama > Barbados with Copa Airlines on a single PNR. His connection time in Panama will be less than 3 hours on both…
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What is the cheapest way to get from Tocumen airport to Albrook bus station?
I'm landing in PTY airport at 17:00 and I want to catch the night bus to Almirante (Bocas del Toro) around 20:00. If there is a delay I know I'll need a taxi, but if not I think I have time to go to Albrook bus station on bus or similar. What's the…
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Transit in PTY on separate tickets, what happens when you miss the flight?
We're allowed to transit via PTY up to 12 hours air side (without entering Panama). Say we missed our connecting flight and the next connecting flight is in a week. We don't have any checked in luggage.
In this case, we can just cancel the trip and…
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Connecting flight between Lufthansa and Copa Airlines in Panama with separate tickets
I booked tickets from Cairo to the Port of Spain with a layover in Panama, with one itinerary with two separate tickets Lufthansa and Copa Airlines.
Now I am wondering if I need to collect my luggage in Panama and re-check it in again in Copa…
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Are there in 2023 still luggage storage lockers inside Panama City Airport, Panama?
I am trying to find out what the luggage storage options are at Panama City Airport (PTY) in Panama. Searching leads me to this question, which is exactly what I am looking for but it is 6 years old and the link and e-mail referenced in the answer…
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Do I have to go through customs for a layover in Panama City, Panama?
If I fly from the US to Dominican Republic but I have a layover in Panama City, Panama, do I have to go through customs or just stay in the terminal and then board the flight to Dominican Republic? I figured I'd have to go through customs in both…
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Tocumen international airport (PTY) international connection time
I have the following route below. Can someone tell me if 1.2 hours is enough for taking the connecting flight in Panama? This will be international to international (arriving from GRU and departing to NAS).
From my research, it seems this is a tiny…
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