City of Panama.- He Tocumen International Airport processed 1,503,860 passengers last November, reaching a total of 16.2 million passengers processed so far this year 2023.
Raffoul Arab, General Manager of the Tocumen International Airport, said that in the first 11 months of 2023 we have practically equaled the historical passenger record of 2019. “Everything indicates that at the end of December we will register a new annual record of more than 17 million. of passengers.”
According to data provided by the Statistics Department of the Tocumen International Airport, the markets with the greatest regional movement in November were South America with 46%, followed by North America with 27%, the Caribbean 12%, while Central America contributed 11%. , and European markets contributed a 4% share.
31 airlines operate at the Tocumen International Airport, 15 cargo airlines and 17 passenger airlines.
Destinations and markets
Regarding international connections, in the month of November Tocumen maintains direct routes to 87 destinations, through 17 commercial airlines that offer services to the main cities of America and Europe.
The November results indicate that of the total number of passengers who used the Tocumen terminal, 73% were connecting passengers. In addition, 12,236 aircraft movements were managed.
Regional terminals and cargo
As for the cargo terminal, 20,666 metric tons of merchandise were moved during the month of November.
For their part, the Panama Pacífico, Enrique Malek, Scarlett Martínez and Enrique A. Jiménez regional terminals, managed by Tocumen, SA, registered traffic of 66,408 passengers and 2,918 aircraft operations in November.
Among the regional terminals, Panama Pacifico registered the highest movement with 34,753 passengers processed. While the domestic terminal that operates in Terminal 2 processed 20,534 passengers.