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The airline industry is an activity that has been growing significantly in the country, representing 14% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).    The Civil Aeronautics Authority of Panama (AAC, for its acronym in Spanish) is the state agency in charge of overseeing the aviation sector.  The majority of international airports are under the administration of Tocumen, S.A., with the exception of the Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport which is administered by AAC. Likewise, the ACC is the entity responsible for administrating the national airport network.     

Tocumen International Airport has the greatest passenger and cargo movement nationally with an average of 400 flights a day.   A major limitation within the national aviation is the need to adjust the Panamanian airspace to absorb the increase of flight operations.  

Among the improvements planned to date by Tocumen S.A., are:

• Expansion of Terminal 2 of Tocumen International Airport;
• General Master Plan of Development of the Panama Pacifico International Airport;
• New passenger terminal at the Panama Pacifico International Airport;
• Platform improvements at the Enrique Malek International Airport in David, Chiriquí.

For more contact information on government bodies and air enterprises, please see the following links:

4.1 Government Contact List

4.5 Airport Companies Contact List

List of National Airports

Procedure for Foreign Registered Aircraft

Application for a Panamanian registration must be presented in compliance to regulations established by the Civil Aeronautics Authority of Panama. The ACC’s  Department of Airworthiness will determine if the aircraft is suitable to be registered in the country. The Department of Airworthiness then remits the Registration & Certification to the Directorate of Air Security, which upon confirmation of information provided by the applicant, shall proceed to assign the aircraft its tail number or aircraft registration.

To obtain the right to register an aircraft in the Aviation Administrative Register, the applicant must first meet a series of requirements which will entitle it the right to obtain a Provisional Aircraft Certificate of Registration with a validity of up to thirty (30) days extendable. The applicant can have up to three (3) Provisional Aircraft Certificates of Registration each with a validity of thirty (30) days, under the condition that in order to opt for the second provisional aircraft certificate of registration, you must have paid and retrieved the appraisal and have presented proof of the Purchase Sale Deed at the Public Registry, for its due registration.

Once the applicant has perfected the procedure for the acquisition of the aircraft that obtained the Provisional Aircraft Certificate of Registration, what proceeds then is the official registration of the same in the Public Registry to hence tend the Permanent Aircraft Certificate of Registration.

Documents required for Aircraft Registration for private service:

1. Fill out the application form Registration for private service aircraft (AAC/MAT/0303)
2. Fill out the Aircraft Appraisal Application form (AT/MAT/0313)
3. Evidence In-Good-Standing of the Proprietor of the Aircraft issued by the ACC
4. Evidence In-Good-Standing of the aircraft with its previous registration, issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Panama
5. File notarized power granted by the proprietor or operator along with an application memorial
6. Cancellation of previous registration, or confirmation of non-registration of the aircraft directly from the country of origin to the AAC of Panama.
7. Evidence notarized copy of the purchase deed or the bill of sale authenticated by the Consul of Panama and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (if found in a foreign language, it must be translated)
8. Evidence certificate from the Public Registry about the existence of the corporation and Legal Representative, in original.
9. Evidence notarized copy of Citizenship I.D. Card or Passport of the proprietor or legal representative.
10. Copy of Registration payment receipt (B/. 50.00 up to 6 entries, from 7 to 50 entries B/. 100.00 and from 51 or more entries B/. 250.00).
11. Copy of payment receipt for the Provisional Aircraft Registration Certificate (B/. 25.00).
12. Copy of payment receipt for the Permanent Aircraft Registration Certificate (B/. 100.00).

Subsequently of the aircraft registration (provisional or permanent as may be the case) the following documentation must be presented:

1. In-Good-Standing from the AAC pertinent to the aircraft’s prior registration;
2. Certificate of Airworthiness for export;
3. Copy of appraisal payment receipt;
4. Copy of aircraft insurance policy;
5. Notarized copy of the deed of property registered in the Public Registry;
6. The request must be addressed to the General Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Panama.

The Aircraft Registration Department will finalize the granting of the Permanent Aircraft Registration Certificate. Once the compliance to procedures of Aircraft Registration for Private Air Service has been confirmed, assignment and appraisal will follow with the corresponding verifications:

1. That the previous foreign registration (in case it ever existed) has been cancelled or that it is not registered in another State;
2. That the aircraft meets the requirements of airworthiness;
3. That in its corresponding file lays a copy of the Property Deed;
4. and that this deed has been registered in the Public Registry.