Air freight
Lufthansa Cargo transports 10 million roses for Valentine's Day
In order to meet the special import demand around Valentine's Day, Lufthansa Cargo transported a total of around 10 million roses on the Quito - Frankfurt, Bogota - Frankfurt and Nairobi - Frankfurt routes this year.
The import takes place over a period of around three weeks. Kenya, Bolivia and Ecuador offer ideal climatic growing conditions all year round and the best growing conditions - the roses usually start their journey in one of these three countries. The essential factor here is fast and careful transportation, which requires a constant
temperature of two to four degrees Celsius must be maintained throughout the entire logistics chain.
must be maintained throughout the entire logistics chain. The roses are harvested several times a day on the flower farms in Africa and South America. The roses are then immediately placed in water and cooled. After sorting and packing, the flowers are sent directly to the airport and into the hold of the cargo planes.
cargo plane. After landing in Frankfurt am Main, the roses are
the roses continue their journey throughout Europe within a few hours - mainly to other
mainly to other German cities, but also to neighboring countries such as Austria and Switzerland.
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