Carriers Martinair and Tampa Cargo transported thousands of flower boxes for this year’s Valentine’s Day Holidays in the U.S. and Europe.

During the peak period of January 22 thru February 7, Martinair and Tampa Cargo jointly moved 7,500 tons of flowers to the U.S. and Europe. Martinair operations in Africa accounted for an additional 1,800 tons of cut flowers. Combined that is a record 9,300 tons or 111 million stems of flowers being transported to satisfy the ever growing demand by consumers of fresh cut flowers on this day dedicated to love and friendship.

Martinair and Tampa Cargo specialize in the transport of fresh cut flowers by providing state of the art cool-chain logistics using a combination of vacuum cooling, refrigerated trucks and warehouse coolers at their facilities in Bogotá, Medellin, Quito, Lima, Miami, Nairobi and Amsterdam. With this type of infrastructure the airlines are able to provide the highest quality flowers to the auction houses, wholesalers, retailers and consumers around the world.

Together Martinair and Tampa Cargo are creating greater synergies which lend them to providing better quality and more efficient service, while still providing the value added services our customers have come to expect.

Editor Notes:

Martinair
Martinair is a full-service Passenger and Cargo airline that provides scheduled and chartered flights globally with an emphasis on service. For more information, please contact Martinair at 561-391-6165 or 1-800-627-8462 for Passenger Reservations, including arrival and departure information.

Tampa Cargo
Tampa Cargo is a cargo airline specializing in the transportation of cargo from South America to the U.S. Currently has 4 B767-200 SFER and 1 DC8-71F. The airline offers scheduled air freight services from its offices in Miami, Bogota, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Caracas, Quito, Lima, México DF., Santiago and Sao Paulo.