{"id":128201,"date":"2022-06-17T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=128201"},"modified":"2022-06-17T22:13:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T22:13:51","slug":"tocumen-airport-increases-passenger-traffic-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/06\/tocumen-airport-increases-passenger-traffic-in-may.html","title":{"rendered":"Panama: Tocumen Airport Increases Passenger Traffic in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Panama City&#8217;s <strong>Tocumen International Airport<\/strong> recorded 1,304,604 passengers during the month of May, which represents 703,326 more travelers compared to the same month in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through May, the level of passengers was significant, so Tocumen S. A. expects the flow of travelers through its terminals to recover faster than previously expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/06\/tocumen-airport-terminal-2-to-officially-begin-operations.html\">Panama: Tocumen Airport Terminal 2 to officially begin operations on June 22.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are observing that the pace of recovery is accelerating, although the industry is still cautious, due to an environment marked by the pandemic, in addition to the wars and their impact on oil prices,&#8221; said Raffoul Arab, General Manager of Tocumen International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The full opening of Terminal 2 is another element that will bring strength to our regional and global competitive position,&#8221; noted Arab.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Destinations and markets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of international connections, in May Tocumen increased direct routes to 78 destinations, through 20 commercial airlines that offer services to the main cities in the Americas and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport indicated that of the total passengers that used the Tocumen terminal, 76% were connecting passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/06\/u-s-eliminates-covid-test-requirement-to-enter-country.html\">U.S. eliminates COVID test requirement to enter the country.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to data provided by the Statistics Department of Tocumen International Airport, the markets with the best regional performance in May were South America with 46%, followed by North America with 29%, the Caribbean 11%, while Central America contributed 9%, and the European markets contributed 5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the month of May 2022, there were 11,223 aircraft arrivals and departures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regional terminals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domestic traffic at the regional terminals managed by Tocumen International Airport registered 16,923 passengers and 1,610 aircraft operations in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the economic reactivation plan led by President Laurentino Cortizo, on June 22, 2002, the new Tocumen Terminal 2 will be fully operational and then the Panama Pacifico Terminal will be reopened for low-cost airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-26d82c7e     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"462\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/birth-of-a-global-aviation-giant-united-airlines-ceo-proposes-potential-merger-with-american-airlines.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scott-Kirby.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scott-Kirby.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scott-Kirby-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scott-Kirby-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Scott-Kirby-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/04\/birth-of-a-global-aviation-giant-united-airlines-ceo-proposes-potential-merger-with-american-airlines.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Birth of a Global Aviation Giant? 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