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LATAM Cargo closes Mother’s Day by transporting close to 20,000 tons of flowers during the season

With positive results and a 21% growth compared to the previous year, LATAM Cargo closes the Mother’s Day season, the period between April 17th and May 7th, transporting around 20,000 tons of flowers from Ecuador and Colombia, to celebrate all mothers on their day.

Mother’s Day is one of the most important dates for the air cargo industry together with Valentine’s Day due to the high demand for flowers, which is why the cargo subsidiary prepared to offer its clients more than 115 weekly frequencies, increasing by 120% compared to the regular operation to North America, allowing it to supply the necessary capacity to provide North America and Europe with flowers such as roses, carnations and chrysanthemums, on this holiday.

LATAM Cargo also increased by 23% the flight frequencies offered to its customers for this date, compared to the same season in 2022. This expansion in its air operations in part allowed for increased flower delivery, providing customers with greater capacity.

Colombia and Ecuador continue to be the main flower exporting countries, which allow millions of mothers to enjoy the freshness of this product on their day every year. In the case of Colombia, more than 12,000 tons of flowers were transported from Bogotá and Medellín, a figure that reflects a 14% increase over the previous year’s season. On the other hand, in the case of Ecuador, the number of flights increased by 32% compared to the same holiday in 2022, which allowed the transportation of more than 7,800 tons of flowers to destinations such as Miami, Los Angeles and Amsterdam.

LATAM adds its 17th cargo aircraft, a converted Boeing 767-300F

LATAM Airlines Cargo (Chile) Boeing 767-316F ER WL N534LA (msn 32572) (Avión Solidario) MIA (Antony J. Best). Image: 960268.

LATAM group delivered the news on its operation for the coming weeks, highlighting the following routes:

  • São Paulo/Guarulhos – Passo Fundo, operated by LATAM Airlines Brazil, with daily flights starting on March 28.
  • Bogota and Riohacha, operated by LATAM Airlines Colombia, with daily flights starting on March 28.

At the same time, LATAM Cargo received its 17th aircraft. It is a Boeing 767-300 converted from the passenger fleet and will reinforce its global fleet.

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Operational statistics for February 2023

In February 2023, passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger-kilometers – RPK) grew 28.6% compared to the same period in 2022, and operations measured in ASK (available seat-kilometers) increased 25.3%. This implied that the load factor increased 2.1 percentage points, reaching 81.9%.

In cargo, the load factor was 52.8%, which corresponds to a decrease of 8.7 percentage points in relation to February 2022.

The following table summarizes the operational statistics for the month and the accumulated to date for the main business units in LATAM:

Top Copyright Photo: LATAM Airlines Cargo (Chile) Boeing 767-316F ER WL N534LA (msn 32572) (Avión Solidario) MIA (Antony J. Best). Image: 960268.

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