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Quito airport breaks record in flower exports Mother's Day and rises to fourth place in air cargo in Latin America.
Flower exports for Mother's Day from Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport on 2026 they grew up in a 16 % regarding the season 2025, consolidating to this date as the second most important exporter of flowers by air, after the season Valentine's Day.
According to the information collected by Corporación Quiport, between 16 of April and 6 of May -21 days- an approximate volume of 24 800 metric tons of flowers, figure that exceeds 21 300 metric tons exported from Quito airport in 2025.
Record for Mother's Day
The peak day for flower exports of the Mother's Day season in 2026 was the 29 of April, with a shipment of 1641 metric tons, a 4.1 % more than the peak day of the season 2025.
The volume exported on Mother's Day is a 15% lower than the volume of exports of Valentine's Day, However, This relationship is better than that recorded in 2025, in which the volume of Valentine's Day exceeded by one 25 % to Mother's Day, which means that the gap between both dates is decreasing.
For Ramón Miró, President and CEO of Corporación Quiport, The growth of the Mother's Day season is an example of the growth of cargo activity at the airport. Quito. "From 2022, Quito airport has been surpassing its historical records year after year, which is positioning Quito as one of the most important air cargo centers in Latin America and the Caribbean, promoting exports and contributing to the development and economic growth of the city and the country”, pointed out Ramón Miró.
Indeed, the Quito airport rose from fifth to fourth place in the air cargo ranking of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the most recent report from the International Airport Council of Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC, for its acronym in English), published on wednesday 6 of May.
The Quito airport, managed and operated by Corporación Quiport, It is located only under the El Dorado airports in Bogotá, Colombia, San Pablo Guarulhos, Brazil and Felipe Ángeles from Mexico City, Mexico, and surpasses Arturo Merino Benitez airport from Santiago, Chile, and to other important airports in the region.
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