Doing business in Panama - The Hub of the Americas

I am an expat who lives and works in Panama City, so people often ask me the advantages of living and doing business here.

There are of course many advantages to Panama. We have all heard of offshore banking, IBC, corporations, and so on. Panama is a country of business, dominated by the channel. But the best thing for me to do business in Panama is the easy, comfortable and convenient way is to get in and out of here!

In recent years, the national airline of Panama, Copa Airlines, has developed the Panama Tocumen International Airport in the 'Hub of the Americas' so called. Opertating the new fleet in the region, Copa offers 126 comfortable direct flights daily to 40 destinations covering all of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Meanwhile Copa SkyTeam partners Air France-KLM has just started direct flights from Amsterdam to Copa food services, complementing the existing Iberia flights from Madrid.

Advantages of "The Hub of the Americas" in Panama City Tocumen International Airport include:

* Excellent strategic location in the center of the Americas.

* Politically stable country with a thriving economy and world's largest Canal

* Favorable climate allows the airport to remain open 24 hours a day, all year round.

* The links immediately without going through immigration and customs.

* The best duty-free shopping in the region

* Two runways

* Free access to wireless Internet (WiFi)

* Raising the level of the sea allows planes to take off with full passenger and luggage capacity.

Another advantage that I love like a frequent flyer with the Copa has access to the VIP lounge of Club President. It 's just so I get the card for this, because one thing the Tocumen airport low scores is the catering. There is only one bar / restaurant available airside at the airport, and during peak hours there are always outside the lines and the staff are overworked resulting in poor service. Luckily I can sneak away to the room! However, apart from this, I recommend the Tocumen airport if you come here to do business in Panama, or just looking for quick and convenient connecting flights within the region. Panama is an ideal base not only for the life business, banking and expat, but also for travel in Central and South America .......