Story ID: 019TouchingbasesAINDec14EditedByAY_NM
Central America Gains a New Service Provider
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Panama Jet Center is expected to begin operations early this month.
Word Count: 110
Panama Jet Center, a new FBO at Panama’s Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport, was expected to begin operations early this month. The facility will offer customs/immigration clearance and the only temperature/humidity-controlled hangar in the region. It will also offer overflight and landing permits for domestic and international flights. Panama Jet Center’s parent group, Heliflight Aviation, has been providing aviation services for many years and bills itself as the only legal charter provider in Panama, with a fleet of 19 aircraft. Panama’s economy has boomed in recent times, and with the prosperity has come a dramatic increase in corporate flights to 7,000 per year and rising.