ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for March 2009 Down 8.7% Year Over Year

Monday, April 06, 2009 9:20 AM

MEXICO CITY, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for March 2009 decreased by 8.7% when compared to March 2008.

This announcement reflects comparisons between March 1 through March 31, 2009 and March 1 through March 31, 2008. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. It is important to consider that Easter and Holy weeks during 2008 were in March while in 2009 those will be in April.

                                    Domestic
    Airport                 March*           March        % Change
                             2008             2009
    Cancun                308,252          223,396          (27.5)
    Cozumel                 8,776            6,427          (26.8)
    Huatulco               24,749           27,819           12.4
    Merida                115,807           84,235          (27.3)
    Minatitlan             12,314           13,318            8.2
    Oaxaca                 46,657           45,906           (1.6)
    Tapachula              21,737           19,387          (10.8)
    Veracruz               75,136           70,705           (5.9)
    Villahermosa           86,685           64,601          (25.5)
    Total Domestic        700,113          555,794          (20.6)

                                   International
    Airport                        March*             March       % Change
                                    2008              2009
    Cancun                     1,082,077         1,080,176           (0.2)
    Cozumel                       65,085            53,346          (18.0)
    Huatulco                      14,532            12,526          (13.8)
    Merida                        14,173             9,273          (34.6)
    Minatitlan                       347               357            2.9
    Oaxaca                         4,250             5,730           34.8
    Tapachula                        444               321          (27.7)
    Veracruz                       6,013             5,393          (10.3)
    Villahermosa                   4,835             3,856          (20.2)
    Total International        1,191,756         1,170,978           (1.7)

                                      Total
    Airport                 March*           March        % Change
                             2008             2009
    Cancun              1,390,329        1,303,572           (6.2)
    Cozumel                73,861           59,773          (19.1)
    Huatulco               39,281           40,345            2.7
    Merida                129,980           93,508          (28.1)
    Minatitlan             12,661           13,675            8.0
    Oaxaca                 50,907           51,636            1.4
    Tapachula              22,181           19,708          (11.1)
    Veracruz               81,149           76,098           (6.2)
    Villahermosa           91,520           68,457          (25.2)
    ASUR Total          1,891,869        1,726,772           (8.7)

    *Note: Easter and Holy weeks during 2008 were in March while in 2009 those will be in April.

About ASUR:

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is a Mexican airport operator with concessions to operate, maintain and develop the airports of Cancun, Merida, Cozumel, Villahermosa, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Huatulco, Tapachula and Minatitlan in the southeast of Mexico. The Company is listed both on the Mexican Bolsa, where it trades under the symbol ASUR, and on the NYSE in the U.S., where it trades under the symbol ASR. One ADS represents ten (10) series B shares.

SOURCE Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V.

(Source: PR Newswire )

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