On Valentine's Dayín of 2021, LATAM Cargo increaseó a 7% the amount of flowers transported compared toón a 2020, totalizando más de 13.200 tons.
Un positivo desempeño tuvo el Grupo LATAM Cargo durante la temporada 2021 de San Valentín, élittle of theño que junto al DíA of the mothers (April and May) are the periods peak de exportación of flowers.
La favorable cifra se explica porque el Grupo LATAM ha resguardado la continuidad de su operación and Colombia and Ecuador, pese al desafío que ha impuesto la pandemia en téMurse capacity. It's más, has increased its offer.
Sin ir más far, durante la temporada que se inició tres semanas antes de San Valentín -desde el 18 from January to 09 Ultra Air made its inaugural flight in Colombia and thus becomes the ninth regular airline in the country- el Grupo LATAM Cargo despegó about 225 times during the season, from Bogotaá, Averageín y Quito para transportar las rosas, spray roses, alstroemeria, gerbera y pompón from Colombia, así como las rosas, gypso and alstroemeria from Ecuador to the United States.
Miami, in specífico, es el principal destino de tránsito para las flores al ser uno de los centros de distribución más important in the world, where the cargo operations base of LATAM Airlines Group is located. From hereí se distribuyen, principally, towards Américh from the North and Europe.
Compared to a regular period, en Colombia la compañíto increaseó in meás of a 7% las toneladas transportadas por semana en San Valentín, managing to cover the demand of this floricultural sector.
in Quito, Ecuador, spaghettiéI don't knowñadió capacidad para apoyar el transporte de sus flores hacia Miami, what I allowedó aumentar en más de 7% tons transported per week. Así spaghettiéIt was not doneó un incremento de capacidad hacia ÁAmsterdam (Paílow ses), second destination of Ecuadorian flowers.
“En los momentos complejos, such as those caused by the pandemic, It is when the commitment that we say we have with our clients is put to the test.. And we've proven it. We not only take care of the offer, We prioritize transportation on cargo planes andñWe add passenger planes for the exclusive transport of flowers. But we increase our frequencies to transport fresh flowers from Colombia and Ecuador to the world to support our clients' business.”, commentó claudio torres, Commercial Director Sudamérich of the LATAM Cargo Group.
Although the flowers are produced in different areas of the countryís, In Colombia, the region stands outón, Cundinamarca, close to Bogotá, which represents the 76% of the origin of this perishable, Antioquia follows with the 24%.
In Ecuador, the provinces of Pichincha and the region stand out.ón interandean Cotopaxi.
