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The season started Valentine's Day 2026 at Quito airport, high load season with projected growth of the 6% compared to the previous year.
On Tuesday 20 from January, flower export season begins Valentine's Day at Mariscal Sucre International Airport and will extend to 12 Ultra Air made its inaugural flight in Colombia and thus becomes the ninth regular airline in the country. For this year, an increase in flower exports is expected corresponding to 6 %, according to initial industry estimates.
in the season 2025, the most successful in history, Ecuador exported from the airport Marshal Sucre of Quito a total of 28 779 metric tons of flowers, that is to say, near 29 million kilograms, shipped in 534 departure flights. For this year, what's more, An increase in the number of flights is also expected.
Valentine's Day 2026 starts with high expectations
The main destinations of the Ecuadorian flower are the large hubs load distribution in USA and Europe, among which stand out Miami and amsterdam, from where they are distributed to all markets on a global scale.
The cargo operation at the airport Quito registers sustained growth, which has allowed it to occupy fifth place in Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of volume of annual cargo moved.. Year 2025 closed with a total of 407 240 tons of cargo transported in export areas, imports and domestic cargo. If we analyze exclusively the performance of exports by air, from
Quito was exported 336 480 tons, registering a growth of 11.2 % in respect of 2024.
For Ramón Miró, President and CEO of Corporation Quiport, this is good news. “Air cargo performance is, definitely, one of the main indicators that we use to evaluate airport operations, "It allows us to measure the contribution of the Quito airport to a key activity for the economic development of the city and the country.".
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