Flight only to La Palma or an All-inclusive Package

If you are thinking of flying to La Palma, direct flights come up trumps for speed and convenience and are often the cheapest option too. But of course that's not always possible, especially as the direct flights from Manchester to La Palma go on pause at the end of April until they re-commence in Autumn.
Although you can still fly direct to La Palma from London Gatwick, Madrid, Netherlands, Germany and, intermittently, from France and Belgium too.

La Palma airport (airport code SPC)

 If you are not flying direct to La Palma, then probably the best indirect route from the UK is via Tenerife.

Just be aware though that there are two airports in Tenerife - international flights use the Reina Sofia airport in the south while the inter-island flights use the Los Rodeos airport in the north. You can find out more information on how to get from A to B on our website page Flights/Travel.

Flying from La Palma to Tenerife

As many people know there used to be two flight companies offering flights between the Canary Islands - Binter and Islas Airways. Unfortunately, Islas Airways ceased offering flights although theoretically they were going to make a comeback. That hasn't happened so far.
But now, there is a new airline, Canary Fly, with flights between the Canary Islands. You can check out their website here.
For those who are looking for an all-inclusive holiday to La Palma, then head on over to Thomsons website who have various options around the island. There you'll see that apart from all-inclusive, they also offer half-board and self-catering holidays. The price for flight and hotel only starts at £356 per person.

Hope you'll find an option to suit you and you'll soon be on holiday in La Palma!

Flight options to La Palma

Through reading our blogs on La Palma, I hope by now that you have an idea where I'm coming from - or at least I hope you soon will. To give you a few clues (well, the relevant ones anyway), I'm passionate about La Palma - its majestic beauty, its tranquillity, its quirkiness and its amazing ability to surprise. And that's probably why I'm also passionate about finding you guys cheap travel to the Canaries and doing everything I can to encourage you to come and see this great island yourself.
Low-cost flights to La Palma is probably one of the better ways.

 Let me start (again) with flights to Santa Cruz de La Palma, airport code SPC. I was reading a Tenerife forum thread recently in which a poster asked, 'Is it possible to get direct flights to La Palma?' Ooh, this is going to be great, I thought. This is a chance for somebody to enlighten the poster about the direct flights from Gatwick and Manchester to the island. Yes, you guessed it but I have to admit I really was dumbfounded when the reply came, 'No, you can't get direct flights, you'll have to fly via Tenerife or go by ferry.'
I was of course by now hopping up and down in my seat. What! There have been direct flights between the UK and La Palma for eleven years that I personally now about. So please, come one, let's fly the flag and let a few more people know about it.
Let me explain a little more though because there is something else which those looking for direct flights to La Palma might need to know about, especially if searching a site such as Skyscanner, a personal favourite of mine. During the summer months, Thomsons do not always offer direct flights from Manchester although the flights from Gatwick continue. And that means, if you search for flights between Manchester and La Palma, you'll come up with a big fat zero. But that's not to say that there aren't direct flights from Gatwick!
However, if flying from Gatwick to La Palma isn't convenient for you then definitely consider flying via Tenerife or Madrid airport. Not only can you choose what day of the week to fly, especially when flying via Tenerife, but you can often pick up cheap flights that way and even, if you're crafty, fit in a mini-holiday at either end of your holiday on La Palma.
Personally, I usually travel via either Tenerife or Gran Canaria which tends to fit in better with my chosen destination airport in the UK which, these days is either Edinburgh, Glasgow or Manchester.
Hey look, this is me flying to Tenerife from La Palma in January this year!

All in all, we like to think we know a bit about travelling from the UK to the western islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma in particular, so don't hesitate to ask for advice or information. That also extends to finding accommodation on the Canary Islands - watch out for our hotel and apartment reviews coming soon.
And above all, we hope that you too get to enjoy a holiday visiting the magical Islas Canarias!

Flying Directly

Great news - the direct Manchester to La Palma flights with Thomsons are back on again!

After a summer with Thomsons offering direct flights to La Palma from only Gatwick, with some jubilation I see the Manchester ones have made a come back.  And it looks like it wasn't just me that  was pleased to see them as it certainly created a flurry of enquiries from people looking for accommodation on La Palma - and I'm not surprised with the prices they are offering.

For example for one week from the 25th November to the 2nd December, the price is £114.00 return.  That is a brilliant price!  Great to team it up with a week in the rural north of La Palma in a traditional Canarian house or bag a beach break with a self-catering apartment overlooking the sea in Tazacorte. 

On behalf of owners, we've got some fabulous apartments for rent on La Palma at the Puerto de Tazacorte. You can check them out here.

And if the Thomson itinerary doesn't suit, you can of course find flights to La Palma via Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Germany, Holland or Belgium seven days a week. 

Happy Holidays!