Terminal 2, whose opening is scheduled for next year, promises to improve conditions at the Panamanian airport, making it competitive with other hubs in Latin America.
The new Terminal 2, which is 92% complete, will have capacity to serve aircraft in 20 contact doors and 8 remote locations, taxiways, parking platform and aircraft circulation, adding up to pavement surface measuring more than 250,000 square meters.
A US company has submitted an environmental impact study to build an international airport in Limón, Costa Rica, which will have a 4-kilometer runway, an 18,000 square meter passenger terminal and a 30,000 square meter warehouse.
In 2018, $13 million will be invested in improvements at the airports of Puerto Jiménez, Palmar Sur, Upala, Guápiles, Pérez Zeledón and Barra de Tortuguero.
Among the works that will be carried out in the airports are the resurfacing of runways, improvements in the infrastructure at the airport terminals, installation of perimeter fences, among other things.
The new Metropolitan International Airport could start operating in 2027 with an estimated traffic of 7.8 million passengers, and an estimated $1.9 billion initial investment.
The government has presented the results of the siting study, basic design and master plan for the new airport, to be located in Orotina.
Work will begin in January 2017 at the Daniel Oduber airport in Guanacaste making possible a 20% increase in capacity at the terminal.
From a statement issued by the Government of Costa Rica:
In the early days of January 2017 redevelopment works will start at Daniel Oduber International Airport, which will be completed in November of that year.Using an investment of $10.3 million, the new facility will have the capacity to receive passengers until 2023, confirmed César Jaramillo, general manager of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (CORIPORT), the concessionaire in charge of the administration of the terminal company.
The British company Mott McDonald will have twelve months to complete the site study, basic design and master plan for the new airport, which will be located in Orotina.
In countries where airlines work closely with airport authorities and governments, the sector's development has been remarkable, as is the case of Panama.
Air connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is expensive: there are 130 different taxes on airfare, costs which are charged to companies, individual travelers, the aviation industry and tourism in general.
The concessionaire of the terminal has announced the expansion of boarding gates, the luggage reception area, commercial spaces, and the addition of shops and offices.
Coriport announced it will invest $10 million in the expansion work, which will start from the second quarter of the year in different areas in the airport.
In Costa Rica ten companies from Spain, France, the USA and the UK presented their proposals for the feasibility study to build an airport in Orotina.
The Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MOPT) reported that they are currently in the process of reviewing the bids. If the process goes smoothly, "... the order to start could be given in April this year."
The Costa Rican company Meco will be responsible for the renovation and upgrading of the pavement on the main runway at Tocumen International Airport, under contract for $12 million.
Constructora Meco won the contract to renovate and upgrade the pavement on the main track at Tocumen International Airport, Panama, worth close to $12 million, according to a statement issued by terminal's management, reported Nacion.com.
An award has bee made to a Costa Rican company for four projects for the expansion and construction of airports worth over $125 million.
Meco, which already has 75% of its operations outside of the Costa Rican territory, is one of the construction companies in Costa Rica which in the face of shortage of projects in the country, has sought out opportunities beyond the borders.
The tourism minister has ruled out the possibility of building a new airport, arguing that the current one has sufficient capacity and there is a more urgent need for improving and expanding the one in Liberia.
Remodeling the Daniel Oduber Airport in Guanacaste is the option which the tourism minister, Wilhelm von Breymann has proposed, since the construction of a new terminal is not a priority and would involve a long process of preparing feasibility studies.
From August 28th to September 2nd, 500 airport executives will be gathering together in Panama City in the world assembly of the International Airports Council.
During the convention the main challenges of the sector will be assessed from the perspective of the constants regulations they face. Also to be discussed is the global trend towards privatization of the airport terminals.
Two new boarding gates and one thousand square meters of commercial areas are to be built with an investment of $20 million at the main airport in Costa Rica.
3000 meters of construction will be added to the fourth stage of the airport that consists of "... In two boarding gates with their respective connecting sleeves which will be located east of the main building." While the second part of the project involves the construction of 1,000 meters dedicated to commercial areas.
The enlargement of Quepos airport will cost $5 million and will allow the operation of aircraft that have capacity for 70 passengers.
With an investment of $5 million expansion has begun on La Managua airport in Quepos. The expansion, which is the responsibility of the Civil Aviation Technical Council, will allow for the arrival of larger aircraft. The airport currently receives up to 20 aircraft a day which have capacity for 16 passengers, but with improvements it will be able to receive aircraft carrying up to 70 occupants.