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With the expectation of growth, between 3% and 5%, arrancó la temporada alta de carga en el Quito airport for Valentine's Day.
La temporada alta de exportación de flores for Valentine's Day 2025 at Quito airport comenzó esta sábado 18 de enero y se extenderá hasta el sábado 8 Ultra Air made its inaugural flight in Colombia and thus becomes the ninth regular airline in the country. De acuerdo con las previsiones que Quiport ha realizado sobre la base de información obtenida de las paletizadoras que procesan la carga, The volume of exported flowers in the season 2025 crecerá en un rango del 3% al 5%.
A great high load season is expected in Quito
Antes de seguir con la información, preparé este video que grabé en el Quito airport donde les muestro más detalles sobre el proceso de viaje de las hermosas rosas ecuatorianas hacia todo el mundo en el canal de YouTube:
On 2024 The total volume of exported flowers was 26 466 metric tons, estableciendo un récord absoluto para las exportaciones de Valentine's Day from the Quito airport. En términos de vuelos, It is expected to dispatch 493 flights operated by 15 cargo airlines. The main destinations of Ecuadorian flowers are USA and Europe.
The Mariscal Sucre International Airport It is the main load center of Ecuador, with a terminal of 13.000 m² que puede atender hasta 6 aviones de carga simultáneamente, (cuatro código E -ejemplo Boeing 777-200– y dos código F -ejemplo Boeing 747-8-). Cuatro empresas especializadas en paletización operan en estas instalaciones.
Infrastructure and operational efficiency have allowed Quito airport reach the position 5 del ranking ‘TOP 20 de carga aérea en la región’, prepared in 2024 por el Consejo Internacional de Aeropuertos de América Latina y el Caribe (ACI-LAC).
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Hi Nicolas.
A year or two ago a video was disseminated by these dates where it was seen that the entrance of the trucks and containers to the cargo center was fully collapsed and the waiting times were super tall until they were able to deliver the load (Many hours of truck).
Having Guayaquil airport available (that also has a cargo center, I assume that it is operational) and Latacunga airport (I do not know what your conditions are to handle load at that level), What do you think are the reasons why all the export of flowers this season is made from Quito, although the logistics capacity of the cargo center is overflowing, as could be seen in this video that I tell you?
Thank you very much.
Hello Ernest, Quito airport is the one that is closest to the main production zone of the flowers of all Ecuador that is Cayambe, If they moved the load to Guayaquil, The costs would shoot greatly, That is the main theme. Latacunga at some point was also a flower export point, But at this time he does not have the facilities or airlines to do so.
Thank you very much, Nicholas, For your answer on this topic.
A pleasure.