The Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

ATBC 2008 - How to fly to Suriname

ATBC

EARLY BOOKING IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED !!!

All proposed routes are informative and subject to change -

Contact your travel agent

 

From Africa

From North and Central Africa, you might better fly to Nairobi, Paris or Londres, then Paramaribo via Amsterdam (24-45 hours depending on origin)

From Southern Africa, you might either fly to Europe, or to to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and then to Paramaribo.

From Asia - Australasia

Fly to Amsterdam (via Frankfort or Paris) then to Paramaribo (ca 24-51 hours depending on origin)

From Europe

Fly to Amsterdam and/or Paris then to Paramaribo (ca 10 hours trip)

Flight 1         
Departure : 10:00 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Schiphol           
Arrival : 15:00 Paramaribo, Suriname - Zanderij International           
Carrier : Surinam Airways PY993                
Plane : Boeing 747 All Series Passenger                

Suriname airways and KLM

From Paris to Paramaribo 

Flight 1   
Departure :  7:20 Paris, France - Charles De Gaulle, terminal 2F   
Arrival :  8:40 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Schiphol   

Change of plane needed. Time between flights = 1h20min

Flight 2
Departure : 10:00 Amsterdam, Pays-Bas - Schiphol   
Arrival : 15:00 Paramaribo, Suriname - Zanderij International   
 

Other possible route:

Paris to Paramaribo via Cayenne (transit to Parbo has been postponed until February 2007) (twice a week, i.e. Tuesday and Thursday) (ca 10-11 hours trip) (Information) 

From North-America

It is highy recommended to fly to Port-of-Spain (POS), Trinidad, (or to Bridgetown, Barbados) and then to Paramaribo

Check all flights to/from POS and carriers at Port-of-Spain Airport

Suriname Airways

Caribean Airlines-BWIA

From New York to Paramaribo (recommended)

Flight 1     
Departure : 11:50 New York, USA - JF Kennedy International, terminal 8
Arrival : 14:50 Miami, USA - Miami International

Change of plane needed. Time between flights = 2h15min        

Flight 2     
Departure : 16:45 Miami, USA - Miami International           
Arrival : 20:15 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain           
                   
Change of plane needed. Time between flights = 1h55min     

Flight 3
Departure : 22:30 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain
Arrival : 01:00 + 1 Day Paramaribo, Suriname - Zanderij International
           

Other possible routes :

New York-Miami to Curacao and Paramaribo (ca. 12-13 hours trip)

New York-Atlanta to Port-of-Spain and to Paramaribo (ca. 12-13 hours trip)

From Miami via Aruba

From Miami via Port-au-Prince (Haiti) and Point-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), Fort de France (Martinique),  Cayenne (Guyane) and Paramaribo. (starting November 2007) (Information)

From Central-America

It is recommended to fly to Miami (or Houston), or POS, and then to Paramaribo 

From Mexico 

Flight 1
Departure : 10:45 Mexico Ville, Mexique - Mexico City - Aéroport Intl Juarez
Arrival : 14:45 Miami, Etats-Unis - Miami International

Change of plane needed. Time between flight = 2h00min           
                     
Flight 2                 
Departure : 16:45  Miami, USA - Miami International            
Arrival : 20:15 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain    

Change of plane needed. Time between flight = 2h15min           

Flight 3          
Departure : 22:30 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain

Arrival : 01:00 +1 Day Paramaribo, Suriname - Zanderij International
 

From Panama     

Flight 1           
Departure : 11:24 Panama Ville, Panama - Tocumen International
Arrival : 15:07 San Juan, Porto-Rico - Luis Munoz Marin, terminal B

Change of plane needed. Time between flight = 1h48min

Flight 2

Departure : 22:30 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain
Arrival : 01:00 +1 Day Paramaribo, Suriname - Zanderij International
 

Another possibility is to fly to French Caribean island, then to Cayenne,  and to  Paramaribo.  (to be confirmed)

From the Caribbean islands

From Bridgetown (Barbados) and Paramaribo

Flight 1
Departure : 19:05 Bridgetown, La Barbade - Grantley Adams International
Arrival : 20:00 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain

Change of plane needed. Time between flights = 2h30min

Departure : 22:30 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain    Arrival : 01:00 + 1 day Paramaribo, Suriname - Zanderij International

From South-America (examples given)

From Colombia

Departure : 6:30    Bogota, Colombie - Eldorado, terminal 1
Arrival : 11:10    Miami, USA - Miami International

Change of plane needed. Time between flights = 5h35min        
           
Departure : 16:45 Miami, USA - Miami International
Arrival : 20:15 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain

Change of plane needed. Time between flights = 2h15min        

Departure : 22:30 Port Of Spain, Trinité et Tobago - Port Of Spain
Arrival : 01:00 +1 Day Paramaribo, Suriname - Zanderij International

From Brazil

Departure : 22:45 Belem, Brésil - Val De Cans
Arrival : 00:30 +1 Day Paramaribo, Suriname -Zanderij International

From Venezuela

Departure :  7:50 Caracas, Vénézuela - Simon Bolivar
Arrival :  9:55 Aruba, Aruba - Reina Beatrix ; Remark : including 1 stop 
       
Change of plane needed. Time between flights = 1h05min       
        
Departure : 11:00 Aruba, Aruba - Reina Beatrix
Arrival : 15:30 Paramaribo, Suriname - Zanderij International Remark : 1 stop.