Message for U.S. Citizens: U.S. Embassy Panama City, Panama (July 29, 2020)
Location: Panama
Event: Planned Commercial Humanitarian Flights
The Embassy has identified one approved, upcoming humanitarian flight with seats available. Any traveler with the appropriate passport/visa to permit entry into the United States is eligible to purchase a ticket. Travelers should carefully plan their onward travel as hotel options may be limited. Once in the United States, all domestic travel arrangements are the sole responsibility of the traveler.
The upcoming humanitarian flights are:
- July 31 United Airlines flight UA1033 to Houston, TX, departing Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport at 12:30 p.m.
Copa Airlines confirmed that they will offer seats on multiple flights that transit through Panama. United also plans to have regular flights to Houston during the pandemic. For additional information about approved or pending flights and to make reservations, visit the respective websites of the airlines, Copa or United, or call them directly. Flights that appear to be sold out may have openings due to cancellations. Continue checking directly with the airlines for any openings.
The Embassy encourages interested U.S. citizens and legal residents to purchase early and forward your purchase confirmation email to the Embassy immediately at PanamaCityUSCitizen@state.gov so that we can assist you with the issuance of salvoconducto passes. You may also email this address if you are unable to make the currently scheduled flights but would like to be informed about the next humanitarian flight. Please be aware that future flights are not guaranteed, and those who choose not to depart on these flights should prepare to remain in Panama indefinitely.
Consult the Embassy’s website (https://pa.usembassy.gov/) for additional information on the situation in Panama and the Department of State’s COVID-19 crisis page on travel.state.gov for the latest information.
Assistance:
U.S. Embassy Panama City, Panama
Building 783, Demetrio Basilio Lakas Avenue
Clayton, Panama
+507 317-5000
Panama-ACS@state.gov
https://pa.usembassy.gov/
State Department – Consular Affairs
+1 (888)407-4747 or +1 (202)501-4444
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