9 February 2026

Valentine’s Rush: Charters from Quito and Bogotá take off

ValentinesDay is just around the corner, and the annual surge in flower exports is already underway for a few weeks now. It is especially visible at key flower hubs Quito and Bogotá for example, where charter flights have reached nearly half of all outbound cargo capacity. Overall capacity is also up year-on-year, at +16% last week.