Panama Transit
Transit is the bread and butter of the small state of Panama and the canal its main source of income. Service accounts for 80% of Panama’s GDP. The canal and the ports of Colon and Panama City are the backbone of the economy. Transit also takes place in the air! The state carrier, Copa Airlines is certainly the most profitable and reliable Latin American airline (low bar!). Tocumen airport is the biggest international hub of the subcontinent, it connects Latin American and Caribbean countries to the main cities of North America. I flew Copa to New York City as the airlines offers a free stop-over in Panama City. Panama is also a busy land transit point between the miserable South and the bountiful United States of America. In 2022, an estimated 250,000 illegal migrants crossed Panama to reach the US border. Most Panamanians try to ignore the infamous and deadly Dari é n Gap which straddles Colombian and Panama, the route taken by t...