LATAM Cargo transport más de 9 a thousand tons of flowers that move From Ecuador and Colombia by San Valentín. Photo by Mario Hernandez.
Más de 140 AIRCLES B767-300F DE LATAM position took off from Ecuador and Colombia to transport Más de 9 one thousand tons of flowers during the weeks prior to the celebrationón of San Valentín. The high load season startó the week of 14 January and extendedó until the 8 February being the red and pink roses, bouquets mixtos, carnations, Pompones, lilies, GYPSOHILA AND FOLCASE The main transported products.
During the four weeks prior to Valentineín, LATAM Cargo transportó Flowers from Quito (Ecuador), Bogotaá and Medellinín (Colombia) towards Northamérica, Europe, Asia, Sudanérica y Oceanía. The transfer is madeó Fulfilling strict safety and quality protocols, offering storage in Cámaras of fríor to preserve the temperature and properties of the product and in reduced delivery times thanks to the extensive network of LATAM position connections that reaches más de 140 destinations in the world.
LATAM Cargo, It is one of the main airlinesíneas of the sector to and between Latinamérica, which increaseó the frequencies toéload areas from Ecuador, from 10 Cargueros flights a 31 frequencies in the week of greater demand. In Colombia it occurredó Something similar, with 12 flights per week (6 from Bogotaá and 6 from Medellinín) And even a máximo of 23 Flights in its highest weekáfico. In sum, the operationón leggó to be 2,4 times greater than a regular week, transporting in total 4.920 tons of flowers from Ecuador and 4.180 from Colombia.
The main país destination of the flowers of the season was the United States, charging special relevance the city of Miami upon receiving 8.050 tons equivalent to 88% of the flowers transported by LATAM position during Valentín, near double with respect to a normal period. Miami is one of the hubs de distributionón más important in the world, where the cargo operations base of LATAM Airlines Group is located.
It follows ÁAmsterdam (PAílow ses) with 500 tons (6%) and then, en menor to propose usón, Hong Kong, Shanghái yín (China), Madrid (España) and Paris (France). Spaghettién transportó Flowers to New York (USA), Santiago (Chile) and New Zealand, among other destinations.
Ecuador and Colombia: Main flower producers in Latinamérica
In the Cerening Seasonín y día woman in Russia (January – February) and díA of the mothers (april – mayo) are the dates of greatest exportóInternational flowers.
In Ecuador the main cultivation areas are Cayambe and the Quinche from where almost the 60% of productionón of roses; and Latacunga, with close to 1.000 Hectorásown areas. Although to a lesser extent, Azuay province alsoén contributes to the productionón of flowers.
La Sabana de Bogotá, In colombia, It is the main source of productionón of flowers representing the 70% of the origin of this perishable. The east antioque followsñO (25%) and then the productionón is distributed in different areas of the PAís.
