Direct flights bring Europe tourists to Panama
DIRECT FLIGHTS from Europe to Panama attracted 68,000 tourists between January and April this year says The Panama Tourism Authority (ATP).
Passengers arrived on flights by Iberia, KLM, Air France and Lufthansa airlines.
According to ATP statistics Iberia transported 19,795 passengers, representing 29 percent of the total number of passengers coming from Europe; while KLM transported 19,000 passengers (27.9 percent), Air France transported 18,774 passengers (27.5 percent) while Lufthansa, which started operations in March moved 10,600 passengers (15.5 percent).
The figure does not include Turkish Airlines, which started flights to Istanbul, Turkey, in May.