Panama opens Tocumen airport's 2nd terminal
Tocumen international airport, the main air gateway into Panama, opened a second terminal on Monday.
The 116,000m2 terminal, opened by President Juan Carlos Varela, features 20 plane parking lots and eight remote ones, as well as CODE E aprons that allow for larger aircrafts.
The new facility has capacity to handle 9mn passengers a year.
With the new terminal, total plane parking lots increase to 54 plus 12 remote ones.
Construction of the terminal began in 2013 as part of a larger airport expansion.
The president, during his speech, also mentioned some roadblocks that slowed the expansion.
Troubled Brazilian company Odebrecht was in charge of completing the US$917mn expansion, up from the originally estimated US$801mn.
Scheduled to be completed last year, the deadline for the project was pushed back due to a workers’ union strike, among other factors. The terminal was partially opened in January for World Youth Day, a major Catholic event that took place in the Panamanian capital.
The first five boarding gates began fully operating last Friday, having already served some 6,000 passengers, according to the airport’s operator Tocumen S.A.
The entire airport handled some 16mn passengers last year. Due to the expansion, that figure is expected to increase to 25mn passengers by 2023.
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