(PRnoticiaspanama) Ecuador's TAME airline with 48 years of history, a leader in the Ecuadorian market and flag carrier, continuing development and growth and the desire to contribute to the integration of peoples, is pleased to announce that from the first December 2010, will start regular flights on routes Panama Quito - Quito and Guayaquil - Panama - Guayaquil. is the … [Read more...]
Panama travelers from Canada up 50%
(NewsroomPanama) Canadians are visiting Panama in increasing numbers. In the first nine months of 2010 numbers were up by 50 percent to 38,000 compared with the same period last year. The percentage increase was exceeded only by travelers from Spain (up 60 percent) to 25,000).Visitors from the US were up 14 percent. There was a decline in visitors from Mexico, … [Read more...]
U.S.-Panama Business Council to lobby Washington on Nov. 18-19 to approve Free Trade Agreement
(Insidetrade) A U.S.-Panama business group is planning a new push to lobby the Obama administration and Congress to secure the approval of the long-stalled U.S.-Panama free trade agreement, according to a Panamanian private-sector source. The U.S.-Panama Business Council will hold meetings in Washington on Nov. 18-19 with U.S. lawmakers, State Department officials and … [Read more...]
Panama wholesale prices rise 3.7 percent
(prensa.com) The wholesale price index (WPI) in Panama increased by 3.7 percent in September 2010, as compared to the same month in 2009. This, according to a report released yesterday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) of the Comptroller General of the Republic. As per the results evaluated, there was a price increase in the three sectors that … [Read more...]
Panama’s Copa Holdings reports 48 percent increase in third-quarter profit
(Reuters) Copa Holdings, the parent company of Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines, reported a on Thursday, benefiting from a bigger fleet and more flights. New York-listed Copa (CPA.N) reported net income of $63.9 million, or $1.45 per share, in the quarter, up from $43.1 million, or 98 cents per share, in the same period of 2009. "Total revenues grew 11.8 percent to $362 … [Read more...]