In terms of how modern the infrastructure for air transport is, Panama leads the field, followed distantly by Costa Rica.
"None of the airports in Central America comes close to knocking Tocumen off its number one position in the ranking by Skytrax, nor the ranking by the World Economic Forum. The latter measures the quality of infrastructure for air travel in the country , where Panama climbed from 38th place in 2007 to last year reach the prestigious position of sixth place," reported Elsalvador.com.
Major airports are not only business magnets, but also regional economic accelerators, which act as catalysts and promoters, for miles around, of urban development and business.
While in the rest of the world the development of the city-airports, or aerotropolii, has been remarkable , in Latin America there are only two places that qualify to be called as such: Belo Horizonte International in Brazil, and Tocumen International airport in Panama.
Spanair is negotiating with Panama to establish frequencies with Tocumen International Airport for their passengers to connect from there to other countries in the isthmus.
After Air Europa abandoned its intentions to fly from Spain to Panama, the only airline with that connection is Iberia.
Now the Spanish airline Spanair is looking for an airport to act as a center for passengers making connections with flights to other Central American countries.