The sweet smell of red roses and an up surge in e-commerce in African countries adore the air cargo in Africa
Common cargo volumes declining all over the places across the world. In the global markets, the start of regular national and worldwide ‘special events’ – such as soon coming Valentine’s Day, Mothers’ Day and in Russia, the Women’s Day – gives a boost to air cargo in the temperature-controlled freight services. The cargo deliveries of Roses from the wild rose fields in Africa delivered across the globe.
What giants believe?
Big players of the Air cargo industry said that the red roses demand across the globe remained at its peak in 2016. Where Carnations, pompoms and chrysanthemums remained at the top with more than 50 percent increase in demand.
The initial figures of the IAG Cargo Show, that cut flower for the American destinations, an increase of flat 50 percent has been recorded compare to the last season.
The Upswing in air cargo
This upswing moreover shows a much broader trend: improved e-commerce capabilities which at the moment are enabling patrons, peculiarly in the developed countries where ecommerce is more reliable and widely used like the United States, to buy their flowers from farmers without any middle man, for the most part, the farmers are in East Africa.
How ecommerce help?
Buying instantly and direct from farmers or the florists can help them order exactly. The IAG cargo officials said that they have their cargo hubs at London Heathrow which deals cargo to Africa and other one is in Madrid, Spain.
Both are very well organised and managed for handling and managing flower cargo across the globe. Handling of these perishable goods, guaranteeing that they are kept fresh and delivered in time with full bloom. The traditional rose is probably the most popular flower shipped on Cargo flights, with ninety five per cent of them crimsons and carnations.
With the rush sought after, it is no wonder that February has ended up a principal month for Kenyan and South American flower growers as the height-season interval for cut-flower transportation in most cases starts within the final two weeks of January and ends after February.
Lufthansa Cargo on the other hand is transporting not less than 1,500 tonnes of blooming roses this year, almost equal to forty million roses or the fully loaded sixteen MD-11 freighter flights.
The German cargo handler consistently provides special approvals to its regular flights to handle more rose cargo in February with additional services from Quito and Nairobi to Frankfurt to meet the high demand on Valentine’s Day next year.
