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    Layover timings to and from U.S.

    in Help Desk / Concierge Services (“I need ...”)

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    23 hours ago, Whskyman said:

    Great info to know and yes, per the COPA website, they are beginning the 2 flights per day (each way).

    And, IF you read my previous posting correctly ...  I said "at the current time"..... so saying "Not true!" was incorrect.

     

    It's not every day and they have been operating the 2nd flight for 3 days per week (Tue, Fri and Sat, I believe) for a few weeks now.  

    Layover timings to and from U.S.

    in Help Desk / Concierge Services (“I need ...”)

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    16 hours ago, Whskyman said:

    Hello:

    At the current time, COPA is only operating one (1) flight per day each way --- one to Panama City (9:40 a.m.) and one from Panama City (7:37 a.m.).

    For the current time, most in-bound flights to Panama require that you spend the night in a hotel in PC and catch the next day, morning flight.

    ** As of today **  ALWAYS subject to change (especially by February).

    https://www.copaair.com/en/web/pa

     

    Brian

    Not true!  Google Flights shows 2 flights from PTY tomorrow.

    Layover timings to and from U.S.

    in Help Desk / Concierge Services (“I need ...”)

    Posted · Edited by Joyful

    1:52 is easily doable, providing your flight from the US isn't more than 30 mins late.  We have done a 1:10 layover a few times before.  However, just to be sure, check how many other international flights arrive around the same time as yours to try to determine how long the lines might be at immigration and customs.  Once you have exited customs, the walk to the tiny domestic terminal (no lines at security) is less than 5 minutes.  Just make sure your documents are in order, including https://www.panamadigital.gob.pa/RegistroPacoViajero

    Again, for the return, 1:20 is doable. 

    48V Golf Cart Batteries and Charger for Sale

    in Vehicles (Automobiles, Motorcycles, Trucks, Bicycles, etc.) and Related Goods and Services

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    6 x 8V Trojan T-875 deep cycle 170Ah lead-acid batteries complete with connector cables and hold-down brackets.  Religiously maintained.
    Bought the batteries new 3.5 years ago for $1320.00
    The charger is a PowerDrive3 15A charger, model 26580 with connector for Club Car Precedent.  Price new: $250-$300
    The batteries are still good for 18 holes around Lucero.  Multi-meter shows 50V at full charge.

    Price for everything $250.00

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    US Embassy Alert - Reduced Movement Restrictions

    in US Consulate Panama

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    COMMUNICATION #200 • SEPTEMBER 11TH

    The Official Gazette today published Decree 1078, by means of which the restrictions on mobility of people established by reason of the pandemic are lifted.

    The rule establishes that from September 2020 the curfew will be in force at the new 11:00 p.m. at 5:00 a.m. from Monday to Saturday.

    The curfew for the provinces of Bocas del Toro, Colón and Chiriquí remains in force from Monday to Thursday from 7:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. and on Fridays from 7:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. of Monday.

    The total quarantine is maintained on Sundays in the provinces of Panama and Panama Oeste. The mobility restriction by sex is lifted and the safe-conduct to circulate is without effect, except those issued for the benefit of companies that require to work between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

    The same decree in its article 5 provides that the sanitary fences and control posts established by the Executive Branch remain in force.

    The established checkpoints will be authorized to verify through the P.A.C.O. and tools such as the "Pele Police" if the person is awaiting the results of an examination for COVID-19 or if they are in the quarantine stage for having suffered from the disease.

    In this case, the units of the National Police, with the support of the Ministry of Health, could transfer the person to a hospital center or hotel hospital to complete their quarantine period.

    Epidemiological report

    In the world, 19,041,645 people have been recovered, while a total of 28,219,714 accumulated positive COVID-19 cases and 910,460 deaths are added for a fatality percentage of 3.2%.

    For today, Friday, September 11, in Panama there are 72,858 recovered patients, 615 new positive cases, for a cumulative total of 100,330. To date, 5,007 tests were applied, for a positivity percentage of 12.3% and 13 new deaths have been registered, totaling 2,140 accumulated and a fatality of%.

    Active cases total 25,332. In home isolation, 24,031 people are reported, of which 23,566 are at home and 465 in hotels. There are 1,301 hospitalized and 1,132 of them are in the ward and 169 in the ICU.

    All official information regarding the pandemic in Panama and the actions of the National Government are communicated through the official MINSA accounts on the main social networks and on its website (www.minsa.gob.pa and www.yomeinformopma.org). are available at the 169 call center and WhatsApp number 69972539.

    Panama, September 11, 2020

    Cost of national flag on tallest building raises eyebrows

    in Miscellaneous Topics re Panama

    Posted

    We were lucky enough to stay in the Burj Khalifa for 3 nights last year around about this time, it is amazing! Tho' you have to go outside and stand well back to appreciate the wonderful light displays, and the accompanying music. They also have great evening fountain displays in the man-made lake in front of the building, with lights and music.  I bet the Panamanian flag looked stunning! If you watch this, do it full screen.

     

    Uber in Panama City, and Expanding to David

    in Public Transportation (Bus, Taxi, Airlines and Airports, Metro Subway, Metro Bus, Uber, Ferries and Water Taxis, etc.)

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    We took 2 Uber rides in Panama City yesterday.  The first was ~4 km and took 25 minutes (rush hour) and cost $4:18.  The second was ~3.2 km and took 12 minutes and cost $2.53.  I'm sure that, as gringos, we'd have been charged much more if we'd taken a yellow taxi.

    These prices are ridiculously low, and we cannot see how the drivers make any money.

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    Tocumen Airport - Terminal 2

    in Public Transportation (Bus, Taxi, Airlines and Airports, Metro Subway, Metro Bus, Uber, Ferries and Water Taxis, etc.)

    Posted

    21 hours ago, Keith Woolford said:

    Are airport gates and lounges dedicated to certain flights? Why can't these facilities be shared?

    I'm sure there are other flights that only come and go twice a day.

    I don't know if gates are dedicated to particular flights.  For Tocumen, it's possible Copa has a specific block of gates assigned to them, but how is this relevant to the international vs. domestic terminal discussion?

    At Tocumen the departure lounge has all the duty free shops, which are not supposed to be available for domestic travelers (strictly enforced in Canada), and access to the lounge is only available through passport control.  The logistics of allowing domestic travelers access to the same lounge (bypassing passport control) would promote violation of border control procedures (it's the duty of airports to ensure international travelers have valid passports and visas for their destination country and it would be  easy for an international traveler to also buy a cheap domestic ticket, and get a boarding pass, to avoid passport control).

    There are many international non-Copa flights that only come and go once a day.  The point is that there are dozens of them and they are all international, and can therefore use the international airport's facilities as designed.  Again, it's 4 domestic flights a day vs. probably 300+ international that simply cannot justify the expense of a domestic terminal more user friendly than the current one.

    Tocumen Airport - Terminal 2

    in Public Transportation (Bus, Taxi, Airlines and Airports, Metro Subway, Metro Bus, Uber, Ferries and Water Taxis, etc.)

    Posted

    Tocumen processes approx. 15 million passengers each year.  Of those, only  215,000 are domestic (less than 1.5%).  There are 2 domestic flights in each day and 2 departures - the Copa DAV-PTY flights that you use.  All other domestic flights use Allbrook Airport.

    Until a few years ago, Tocumen was solely an international airport, until Copa started the DAV route.

    According to https://www.bts.dot.gov/newsroom/2018-traffic-data-us-airlines-and-foreign-airlines-us-flights in the US, domestic passengers account for more than 75% of all passengers.

    The expense of creating a separate domestic departure lounge and arrivals hall with their own jetways that bypass the immigration and customs areas in an airport that was designed as international only would be huge.  So, don't expect the current domestic arrangement to change anytime soon, unless Copa decides to add a bunch more domestic routes. 

    We are thankful that we no longer have to make the painful connection between Allbrook and Tocumen to travel to/from David.

    Lunch at Isabella's

    in Restaurants, Food / Groceries, Recipes, Food Supply Channels, Health Inspections / Suspensions, etc.

    Posted

    Had a great quality sandwich and salad at Isabella's yesterday.  Very nice bright, clean, minimalist addition to the long list of Boquete's restaurants.

    https://www.google.com.pa/maps/place/Isabella's+Bakery+%26+More/@8.7745448,-82.4339898,1216m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8fa5ed277c31767d:0x1326eb4aeaddc573!8m2!3d8.7745395!4d-82.4318011?hl=en

     

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