Condor, Eurowings, Lufthansa and Marabou Airlines offer direct flights from various German airports. The offer varies from season to season. Availability and prices fluctuate, so the earlier you book, the more choice you have and the cheaper it is. The flights are also marketed via various providers. Flights can be booked either directly with the airline or via one of the traditional tour operators such as Thomas Cook or Schauinsland Reisen.

The number of direct flights from Germany to La Palma is very limited. Sometimes they don’t fit in with vacation times or individual vacation planning. Iberia offers a little more flexibility here with a daily connection from Madrid to La Palma. However, this means a change of trains in Madrid and therefore a longer journey. The connections with a travel time of 6.5 to 8 hours are interesting. Those with +1, i.e. with an onward flight the next day, are not recommended from our point of view. The same applies here: The earlier you book, the more choice you have and the cheaper it is. Another option is Vueling. The airline offers flights from Barcelona to La Palma in cooperation with Iberia. But not every day.

If you are not under too much time pressure or are affected by flight cancellations at short notice and cannot find alternative flight options quickly, you should check whether traveling via Tenerife or Gran Canaria is an option. There are significantly more flight connections to both islands.

On Tenerife, airplanes from Germany land at Tenerife South Airport. The best way to continue your journey is with Binter Canarias, Canaryfly or Air Europa from Tenerife/North. However, a transfer time of 3-4 hours should be taken into account.

A direct bus service connects the two airports several times a day. If the departure times are inconvenient, you can also take the public bus via Santa Cruz de Tenerife. But beware! In the case of separately booked flights, there is no entitlement to transportation if, for example, you miss your connection due to flight time changes or other events.

There is no need to change airports from Gran Canaria. Sufficient transfer time should also be planned here due to possible flight time changes.

From Tenerife/South you can also take the ferry to La Palma. The ferry port of Los Christianos is about a twenty-minute cab ride from Tenerife South Airport. The ferries usually leave from around 6 – 7 pm, so that you arrive on La Palma at around 9 – 10 pm. On La Palma, the ferry departs at around 6 a.m., so depending on the flight connection, you will need to plan a corresponding stay on Tenerife. Exact departure times can be found on the ferry companies’ websites. Fred Olsen offers a fast ferry that takes about 150 minutes from Tenerife to La Palma.

Ferry connections Fred Olsen:

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There are currently flights from Manchester with TUI Fly, Copenhagen with Bravo Tours, Amsterdam with Transavia, Billund with Avion Express and Zurich with Edelweiss.

A detour via Zurich or Amsterdam could also be considered as an alternative travel option.