Cheap flights to Central America
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Featured countries in Central America:
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
PanamaFurther details about finding flights to Central America :
(Please see our separate guide for flights to Mexico).
Direct flights
There are no regular direct flights from the UK to any destination in Central America.
Regional flights and connections
There are two main choices for finding connecting flights to Central America - transfer through a North American hub, or transfer through mainland Europe. In terms of convenience, KLM offer the widest range of UK regional departures, with regular flights from Amsterdam to San Jose in Costa Rica. Other European airlines like Air France and Lufthansa, also offer limited direct flights to Central America.
Naturally, the European airline which offers the widest choice of flights to Central America is the Spanish national carrier Iberia. Unfortunately, since the demise of BA Connect, it is now impossible to make through transfers via Madrid, unless you are starting your journey in London. Whilst there are increasing numbers of low cost flights to Madrid from airlines like Easyjet and Ryanair, as well is additional connections to Central America on other Spanish carriers, you are always taking a risk by building your own connections. If you really do make do it yourself connections, then your cheapest option might well be to take a charter flight to Mexico, and then journey onwards from there, but this option really isn't one that we would advise for anyone who is time conscious.
Because of the relatively poor range of flight connections to Central America from Europe, many passengers end up travelling through the USA, Canada or Mexico instead. If you don't have easy access to London airports, then Continental and Delta offer a good choice of regional flight connections via New York Newark and Atlanta respectively.
Charter flights
Although there are plenty of charter flights to resorts like Cancun in Mexico, Central America, has not yet really caught on with the UK charter flights market.
