Panama: Aeronautical Workshop at Colon Airport

A proposal has been made to build a maintenance workshop for commercial aircraft in an area of ​​8 hectares in the Enrique Jimenez airport, with an investment of $35 million.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The project was proposed to Tocumen SA by a foreign company, and the proposal has already been presented to the Board of Directors of Tocumen, and "the proponent is expected to close the financing stage in order to make progress 'as soon as possible'".

"... The company, which could be associated with a local one for the project, plans to invest $35 million in a hangar where it will repair and maintain a variety of aircraft, from helicopters to Boeing 757 (200-295 passenger capacity). "

Prensa.com reports that "... The high possibility of realizing this deal does not mean that others are being discarded, such as creating an academy for pilots with a nearby hotel, or developing a loading zone, which could be used to sell mainly to Caribbean countries.
According to Tocumen, several businesses have already shown interest in these business models in recent months. "

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