The airlines claim there is a need to improve air traffic management at Tocumen airport, because “it is useless to have a new terminal if the planes cannot land.”

Panama is at risk of losing competitiveness to other air hubs, such as Bogotá, if it does not take measures to reduce air congestion at Panama City’s international airport, where 3 to 7 minutes delays are reported on flights, due to the fact that the number of air channels is not sufficient for the number of frequencies that operate there.

“… “There will not be much use in having a new passenger terminal, nor in Copa Airlines buying more planes if there is no way to land or take off from Tocumen,” said airline CEO Pedro Heilbron.

Prensa.com reports that in order to solve the problem, the Civil Aeronautics Authority (AAC), “… is finishing writing the specifications to hire a consultant to modify Panamanian air routes.”

Source: Prensa.com