By PanamaRealtor - PanamaRealtor | Published: May 6, 2008

The Tocumen airport of the Panamanian capital is ready to undertake construction work that will enable to increase its current operation capacity by 38 percent, revealed sources of this sector on Sunday.

The biggest Panamanian air terminal has already finished an expansion program that involved an investment of 90 million dollars

The second step of enlargement will begin by the middle of 2008 and will allow 44 planes to operate simultaneously, revealed sources from the airport's administration.

Tocumen airport expects a passenger yearly growth of 15 percent.