Avianca Cargo has further consolidated its position as the number one carrier of flowers from Colombia to the United States, delivering its strongest Valentine’s Day performance in the past five years. During the 2026 Valentine’s Day season, the airline transported more than 19,000 tonnes of flowers from Colombia and Ecuador, achieving 6 percent year-on-year growth amid peak seasonal demand.
The performance was supported by a significant expansion in capacity and operational scale. Leveraging a joint fleet of nine dedicated freighter aircraft, complemented by increased passenger bellyhold capacity, Avianca Cargo doubled its cargo capacity from Colombia and tripled capacity from Ecuador, ensuring consistent lift to serve key US entry points, including Miami and Los Angeles.
Over the course of the peak season, the carrier operated close to 320 cargo flights, maintaining service reliability across one of the most time-critical supply chains in global air cargo. As part of its broader network and partnership strategy, Avianca Cargo operated 80 flights in collaboration with Amazon Air Cargo, reinforcing an alliance designed to provide scalability, operational resilience and access to critical capacity during high-demand periods.
To support the increase in volumes, Avianca Cargo invested in targeted infrastructure upgrades, digitalisation initiatives, and a workforce expansion of more than 30 percent, strengthening execution across handling, monitoring and quality control processes. These measures enabled the airline to deliver on its value proposition of speed, consistency and product integrity for floriculture exporters.
The 2026 Valentine’s Day operation was further strengthened through a coordinated joint freighter strategy with Avianca Cargo Mexico, allowing the airline to optimise aircraft utilisation and enhance network flexibility across the Americas. This integrated approach played a central role in maintaining reliable connectivity between South American production markets and the US consumer market.
“For the 2026 Valentine’s Day season, we reinforced our operation to deliver the capacity, reliability and consistency our customers expect during the industry’s most critical peak,” said Diogo Elias, CEO of Avianca Cargo. “By doubling our cargo capacity, operating a joint freighter fleet across the Americas and reinforcing key lanes to the United States, we ensured efficient market access while maintaining the highest quality standards.
“This result reflects the commitment of our teams and the strength of our partnerships across the floriculture supply chain.”
With floriculture remaining one of the most demanding segments of air cargo logistics, Avianca Cargo’s latest performance underscores its long-term strategy to invest in capacity, partnerships and operational excellence, reinforcing its role as a strategic logistics partner for exporters in Colombia and Ecuador, two of the world’s most important flower-producing markets.
