The Civil Aviation Authority will hire an international company to develop a new map of air routes, which will be implemented in 2019.
Monday, March 13, 2017
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA by its initials in Spanish) plans to hire an international company with experience in the field to validate a new route map that the institution plans to develop.
Alfredo Fonseca Mora, director of the AAC, told Laestrella.com.pa that they "... have a proposal on the reordering of the routes, which will be validated with an international company which is an expert on the subject. Therefore, he said, international companies who are interested in the project will be invited and a contract will be awarded.'We have not yet decided whether it will be done through a public tender or direct contracting'."
The selected company must validate the proposed flight routes prepared by the CAA or design a new one.
"...The new flight route map should be ready next year because it is expected there will be an increase in flights to Panama for the World Youth Day, which will be held from January 22 to 27, 2019."
Because the budget of the Civil Aeronautical Authority was cut, Panama decided to cancel the tender for the study, redesign and optimization of airspace.
Representatives of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reported that they took the decision after the Cabinet Council ordered spending cuts as part of the contingency plan.
After twice postponing the deadline for receipt of offers for the redesign and optimization of Panamanian airspace, now the new date to deliver the proposals is July 4.
After the hiring process was suspended for 45 days, on June 6 the resolution issued by the Directorate of Public Procurement was published, in which it was decided to "lift the suspension of the act convened by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)."
The Civil Aeronautics Authority is working on a request for proposals document to put out to tender, before the end of the year, the redesign of Panama's airspace.
The director of the Civil Aeronautics Authority explained that the entire redesign process will take at least four years, and will require a "multi-million dollar" investment.
The airline Cayman Airways Limited has a permanent operating permit for flights between Panama and the Cayman Islands, but only during the summer season.
According to Ivan Vergara, director of Air Transport at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the company will fly to Panama between June and September.
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