For domestic flights, Panama officially has more than 100 airports, making it the country with more private runways per square mile than any other country in the world. These circumstances forced the aeronautical authorities of the time to consider expanding the airport. The airport is the home base of Copa Airlines and is a regional hub to and from the Caribbean, South, North and Central America. In addition, it has routes to some European cities, as well as cargo flights to Qatar, a country in Asia.
The MiBus is the bus service that transports tourists and passengers from the airport to the city and vice versa. An airbase in Panama City, Albrook International Airport is the second largest airport in Panama and home to the country's second largest airline, AirPanama. The airport offers daily flights to all major towns and cities in Panama, including 2 or 3 daily flights to David (Chiriqui) with AirPanama. The renovation of the old Tocumen International Airport (originally built in 194 to be used only as a cargo terminal) was the last step in the Tocumen International Airport modernization project. Tocumen International Airport is one of the few airports in the region that has two runways capable of servicing the largest commercial aircraft operating in the current situation.
The new branch of line 2 of the Panama metro system reaches Tocumen International Airport (AITSA, PTY) with a terminal station and an intermediate station at ITSE and Inaforh. It included the construction of a new terminal, hundreds of parking spaces, the diversion of the Tocumen River and four new direct access lanes to the airport. This website is an informational guide and is not sponsored, endorsed, associated or affiliated with the Official Administrative Authority of Tocumen International Airport. The next step of the modernization project was the purchase of new equipment to provide service and support to common areas of the airport.
Gelbert is the name of Panama City's domestic airport (not to be confused with Tocumen International Airport). Tocumen Royal Saloon, The Panama Lounge of Global Lounge Network and Copa Club, are the airport's VIP lounges, located in Terminal 1.Get detailed information about the schedules of airlines that operate specific flight routes or search for alternative airports nearby. The name of the airport was changed in 1981 by the military government to Omar Torrijos International Airport, in honor of the Panamanian leader who died on July 31, 1981, at the age of 52, in a plane crash in Cerro Marta, Coclesito, in very poor conditions.
