Valentine's Day: How do Ecuadorian flowers travel to the world??

In every season of San Valentín We are wondering, ¿cóhow Ecuadorian flowers travel from Quito to the world?

Possibly, the roses, gypso and ecuadorian alstroemerias of the más coveted in the world and eye, it's not yesóit in San Valentín, that demand is high all the timeñO.

For the quality, color and care in productionón, the ecuadorian flowers have become a global benchmark and their exportón continues to grow, increasingly reaching m marketsás distant from the middle of the world.

Post written by Nicolás Larenas, photos by Diogo da ConceiçãO y NL

¿CóHow Ecuadorian flowers travel from Quito to the World?

the question is very interesting, spaghettién curious to meet and tell all of you. Thanks to the collaborationón of Quiport we can have all the details of this process.

First, We must indicate that everything is born in the large and colorful flower farms that are located in Cayambe., Cargo, Latacunga and other areas of the Ecuadorian mountains with más de 79 registered farms.

from these places (that many areán open to visit) and after a long and very careful process begins the journey of the different flowers that are produced according toún the client, market or demand.

From the farms to the airport

First, on trucks specially suited for this job, where the objective is to maintain the chain of fríor what a startó in the flower cellarsícolas, they carry the flowers from the different farms with destination: the Quito airport.

¿Becauseé the airport in Tababela takes this privilege? Your fenceíto the areas of greatest productionón, your log centerístic, palletizers and infrastructure of the international cargo terminal make it the natural center of departure near the 90% export cargoótotal n of país.

Arrival at the airport

After the journey by land of a few hours, themselvesún the distance from the starting point, the trucks arrive at the Mariscal Sucre Airport and line up at the different unloading ports.

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In high season, as is Valentine's Dayín or the día of the woman in Russia, and go to the Quito Airport you canán see the parking lots of the loading zone hundreds of trucks full of flowers waiting their turn to ship the merchandiseía.

security filters

Just like you as passengers, all the load, including the Ecuadorian flowers that travel for Valentine's Dayín, pass through security filters with X-rays, where each package is checked in búlack of artíasses foreign to what was declared in the guía.

The boxes are arranged according toún every grandfatherón

These are the scanners, spaghettiéThere is no anti-narco controlóticos.

Afterés del scanner

Spaghettién it is checked that the weight and sizeño del envíthe one of flowers (and all kinds of cargo) coincide with what was previously declared by the exporter.

To pallets and containers

Afterés of the reviewón corresponding by security of operations toéreas, the boxes begin to be accommodated one by one on the pallets or containers.

In each case, settle downán themselvesún the type of avión, weight and available space.

Room fríO (sí it fríO)

The shipping processíor of the flowers is still in the cold roomíO, where the weight and shape adjustments of the «torres» of boxes that are formed, that alsoén they change asún the type of aircraft.

This room lowers its temperature to 2 degrees centídegrees and the load is left ready to leave for the platform, but until this happens, the temperature is maintained and ensuredí that the chain of fríor don't break, guaranteeingí the freshness and quality of the flower.

Let's take into account that, flights are susceptible to delays, so the pallets will not come oután to platform until the flight landing is confirmed.

Exit to platform

With the confirmationóflight number, begins the transfer process to the respective parking position of the aircraftówhat isé in charge of carrying the load.

Stratélogically they are placed around the aircraftón to ensure that the movement process is the least and más fápossible to reduce the ground times of the planes.

Almost there, the flowers go up to the planeón

Once the avión arrived is unloaded of its cargo, begins the lengthy process of uploading the new merchandiseíinside the aircraft.

A team of at least six people supervise this process with operators above the aircraft.ón and others below, assuredámaking sure everything goes well within strict security protocols.

in a time of 30 a 50 minutes, themselvesún the quantity of cargo and aircraftón, the process of uploading the load is finished and everything isá ready for flowers to travel as far as the Middle East, Asia and much más.

¡ready to take off!

While the flowers and other types of cargo that alsoén export Ecuador, the airínea and its staff on the ground are working against the clock to have the aircraftón ready to take off in the shortest possible time.

In this period alsoén is loaded with combustible to the aircraftún your destiny, weight and balance checked, track is analyzed, meteorological conditionsía y se envíto the flight plan.

Con la authorizationón of the control tower, Ecuadorian flowers areán ready to take off to bring joy and love to millions of people around the world during the day.ía más roomáattic of theñO.

If you want to know más details of the production processón flower before arriving at the airport, We have this new video on the YouTube Channel:

¡Happy Valentine's Dayín!