LATAM Group with LATAM Cargo historic season closesórich of San Valentín when transporting near 25.000 tons of flowers from Ecuador and Colombia.
The group LATAM, through its freight transport subsidiariesérea, cerró a hist seasonórich of San Valentín leading the transport of flowers in the regionón with about 25.000 tons exported in sólo 21 dísince Ecuador and Colombia product of the festival. With this, the group LATAM increaseó in a 36% what was mobilized in 2023 for the same date.
Récord of tons of flowers from Ecuador and Colombia
Given the high demand for flowers triggered by the celebrationón de is día, the load unit of the LATAM group increaseó significantly the offer of frequencies coming from these countriesíses. In consecuense, the tons of flowers regularly transported to North Americaérich and Europe increased by 36%. The total exported corresponds to 575 millions of flower stems, equivalent to one flower for each inhabitant of USA, Colombia, Ecuador and France Combined.
In the so-called season of San Valentín, included between the 18 of January and the 7 Ultra Air made its inaugural flight in Colombia and thus becomes the ninth regular airline in the country, the company's cargo subsidiariesñíthey performed 418 takeoffs from Quito, Bogotaá and Medellinín, to bring this local product to USA and Europe, doubling regular frequencies from Ecuador and Colombia.
«To face this demanding season, two additional freighters were incorporated that allowed accompanimentñar customer growth and meet their need for capacity, achieving an increase in 36% in flower transport, according to theñprevious one. This achievement was possible thanks to a close collaborationón with clients, airport suppliers and equipment, así What care and infrastructure required for perishables. Together, was achievedó a successful season”, comments Claudio Torres Faini, Sudam International Commercial Directorérich in LATAM Cargo Chile.
Mónica Fistrovic, CEO of LATAM Airlines Ecuador se sumó to congratulations to the team in charge of the season: “Thanks to all the teams that have accompanied usñI love to reach this great milestone for us. The growth has been overwhelming. We have managed to transfer from Ecuador más de 11 a thousand tons of flowers during the Valentine's seasonín. To have a context of this growth, on 2023 we operate 133 frequencies. It is añor we have activated 203 frequencies for the transfer of Ecuadorian flowers. An increase of 52,6% of frequencies máI know that in San Valentín of 2023”.
The group LATAM añadió two cargo planes temporarily added to its fleet, providing greater capacity and flexibility to its cargo customers Ecuador and Colombia in this high season. further, at úlast añor large investments were made in the hub Miami, the main stationóarrival number of this product, to modernize cargo holds in fríO, which currently represent around 9,000m2 of available surface.
by the side of Ecuador, the group increasedó significantly the capacity offered for this season, con más de 200 frequencies that allowed them to export close to 12.000 tons of flowers to the main global markets, almost doubling what was mobilized in 2023.
In the case of Colombia, were más de 13.000 tons of flowers like roses, carnations and chrysanthemums, that left from the departments of Antioquia and Cundinamarca in más de 220 flights, which translates into a growth of 19% with respect to San Valentín 2023.
