Monday, September 24, 2012

Construction Progress at Tocument International Airport

Panama America News:

President inspects construction progress at the Tocumen International Airport

23 | 09 | 2012 By Editor / Web
After the completion of the construction of the North Pier, Tocumen International Airport will start construction of the new Central and South Terminal.
President inspects construction progress at the Tocumen International Airport The first phase of the expansion of the airport (North Pier). Photo / Taken from the website of the Tocumen International Airport
In order to monitor progress in the work being carried out at the Tocumen International Airport, the President of the Republic, Ricardo Martinelli made ​​an inspection. Following the completion of the construction of the North Pier, Tocumen International Airport will start construction of the new Central and South Terminal. 's new South Terminal comprises approximately 75 million square feet of construction, will include new areas of immigration and customs, a control tower, a third runway, direct access to the Corredor Sur, check areas departing passengers, parking lots, commercial areas and 20 bridges approaches that will process up to 15 to 20 million passengers a year. With this work will expand its annual volume of passenger care 6-10000000. Six million passengers transited the Tocumen Airport in 2011. So far this year are served daily in Tocumen average about 19 ​​thousand passengers, up 22% compared to the same period last year. The tour took place yesterday, Saturday, September 22 at various areas used by passengers, where the president was struck by the customs and immigration authorities to expedite care, "which put more staff and equipment," said Martinelli. The airport terminal has flights to over 65 destinations in 30 countries in America, of which are major users.

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