Mother’s Day flower exports double trips for freight firms

Flower firm workers in Naivasha in 2015. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenyan air freight companies have reported a doubling in flower exports in the past week, and doubled flights to Europe, due to Mother’s Day, which will be commemorated on March 11 this year in the UK.

Global industry experts describe the weeks leading up to Mother’s Day as the biggest of the year for florists, as consumers buy fresh flowers to gift to the matriarch of the household.

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