Panama requires specialized cleaning and sanitation services for Terminal 1, 2 and Cargo Terminal, annex buildings and surrounding areas of Tocumen International Airport for a 36-month period.
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"In Panama, the cleaning of the facilities of the Tocumen International Airport SA is tendered.
Almost a year after the regulation for the commercial use of drones entered into force in the country, there are only four companies registered with the General Directorate of Civil Aviation.
Since February 14th, 2018, companies using drones for commercial purposes in Costa Rica must pay $1,874 to obtain the exploitation certificate. So far, few companies in this business have initiated the permit process.
In Panama, a tender has been launched for the study, redesign, implementation and training of the adaptation and optimization of national airspace.
After a bidding process was declared void weeks ago, due to the fact that the five bids submitted did not comply with the strict compliance requirements in the tender documents, the Civil Aviation Authority has now republished the tender.
The tender to redesign Panamanian airspace for $8 million that has already been delayed twice, has now been suspended, as none of the proposals presented met the requirements.
The deadline for receipt of offers for the study, redesign, implementation and training, for the adaptation and optimization of Panamanian airspace had been postponed twice, remaining suspended for 45 days between the first and second date for reception of offers.
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)."
Aeroman has announced that it will be investing $45 million in the construction of the sixth aircraft maintenance and repair hangar at the Monseñor Romero airport in El Salvador.
Authorities at Aeroman said that the hangar, which will be located on the west side of the air terminal, will be larger than hangar 5, inaugurated in 2015, and will have capacity to accommodate larger aircraft.
For the second time the date for reception of offers has been postponed in the tender for the study, redesign, implementation and training to adapt and optimize Panamanian airspace.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Panama has postponed, until April 10, the date for delivery of proposals for the assessment of the current status of the capacity of Air Traffic Management and definition in a comprehensive manner of a process of infrastructure modernization and Air Traffic Management capacity to a state that reflects the best standards of safety, efficiency and best practices.
Aero Expo Panama Pacifico will take place at Panama Pacifico Airport from March 21 to 22, 2018, and will bring together aeronautical companies from all over Latin America.
Aero Expo Panama will feature a static presentation of various executive aircraft and expert speakers on the subject who will give seminars on topics of great importance to executives in aviation companies, such as management of the costs of aircraft operations.
Starting from February 14, companies that use drones for commercial purposes in Costa Rica must pay $1,874 to obtain a certificate of operations.
The regulation set by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) was published on June 8, 2017 in the newspaper La Gaceta, and states that "...Operations with remotely piloted aircraft systems, intended for aerial services for the commercialization of products or services obtained through remuneration, may only be carried out by natural or legal persons who have a certificate of exploitation ... ".
The Civil Aeronautics Authority of Panama is putting out to tender the study, redesign, implementation and training of the adaptation and optimization of the national airspace.
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"The Civil Aviation Authority of Panama needs to exhaustively evaluate the current status of its Air Traffic Management capacity and define in a comprehensive manner a process that will modernize its infrastructure and Air Traffic Management capacity to a state that reflects the best safety standards, efficiency and best practices, according to current regulations and environmental responsibility.
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.
HondaJet may be planning to set up an aircraft maintenance center at Panama Pacifico airport to provide maintenance services to the aircraft it sells in the region.
The Honda Aeronautical Maintenance Center could be built on the premises of the Panama Pacifico International Airport, and would be the only center in the region authorized to carry out inspections of HondaJet aircraft.
The current concessionaire of the air terminal has presented an application for an extension of the concession contract, and subsequently to assume works on expansion of the airport.
The company Coriport submitted an application in January to extend the concession contract it has held since 2010 for the operation of the international airport of Liberia in Guanacaste.If the proposal succeeds, the company will take on"... the renovation of the runway, construction of the taxiway for the aircraft to prepare for take-off, spaces for aircraft parking and new drains, among other things."
A bill that is being discussed in Congress prohibits drones operating in controlled airspaces and at a height of greater than 122 meters.
The reform to the Aeronautics Law also proposes "... prohibiting the use of drones more than 43 meters above ground level under controlled airspace or within a radius of five kilometers of a runway or a kilometer in length from a helicopter. "
The new regulation establishes that companies that use drones for commercial purposes must have a certificate of exploitation, whose cost could be around $1,500.
The regulation published by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) was published on June 8 in the newspaper La Gaceta, and will come into effect on August 13 this year.