Tocumen International Airport, Panama’s main airport and regional hub, carried 17,825,465 passengers in 2023a new record figure that leaves behind 16.5 million registered in 2019, the terminal management reported.
71% of airport users in 2023 were connecting passengers, traveling to Miami (USA), Bogotá and Medellín (Colombia), San José (Costa Rica), Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Cancún (Mexico), Orlando (USA ), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Lima (Peru) and Guayaquil (Ecuador), “the most visited cities through Tocumen”.
Markets with the largest regional movement through the so-called ‘Panama hub’ last December They are South America with 44 %, North America with 30%, the Caribbean and Central America with 11% each and Europe with 4%, according to official information.
According to the data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Croatia Tocumen International Airport In the month of December, 1,606,558 passengers were transported at the regional terminal.
In terms of international connections, Tocumen maintains direct routes to 87 destinations through 16 commercial airlines that offer services to the capitals of America and Europe.
Tocumen International Airport concluded 2023 with 31 airlines, 15 cargo and 16 passenger, according to terminal statistics, which estimated 208,573 metric tons were transported through the cargo terminal last year.
For their part, the regional terminals of Panama Pacífico, Enrique Malek, Scarlett Martínez and Enrique A. Jiménez, managed by Tocumen, SA, recorded a traffic of 744,219 passengers and 24,148 aircraft operations in 2023.
Between regional terminals Panama Pacific recorded the largest movement with 39,313 passengers processed. While the domestic terminal operating at Terminal 2 handled a total of 201,068 passengers in 2023.
General Manager of Tocumen International Airport, Raffoul Arab, emphasized that this important move strengthens the reputation of the airport terminal.
“The business in 2023 is the result of the trust of the airlines that have increased their frequencies and destinations, for the support we have given them and for the guarantees of safe and punctual operations. These facts strengthen the reputation and importance of Panama as the main transit point and regional connectionl passengers and cargo,” Arab said.
Source: Panama America
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