ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for May 2009 Down 50.7% Year Over Year

Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:20 AM

MEXICO CITY, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for May 2009 decreased by 50.7% when compared to May 2008.

This announcement reflects comparisons between May 1 through May 31, 2009 and 2008. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.

                                     Domestic
    Airport              May              May
                         2008             2009         % Change
    Cancun             313,500          202,719          (35.3)
    Cozumel              8,991            1,424          (84.2)
    Huatulco            20,422           20,733            1.5
    Merida             109,406           58,948          (46.1)
    Minatitlan          13,241            9,122          (31.1)
    Oaxaca              41,456           26,187          (36.8)
    Tapachula           21,429           14,053          (34.4)
    Veracruz            81,172           46,114          (43.2)
    Villahermosa        81,935           48,473          (40.8)
    Total Domestic     691,552          427,773          (38.1)

                                     International
    Airport                   May               May
                              2008              2009         % Change
    Cancun                  751,785           279,073          (62.9)
    Cozumel                  39,572            19,739          (50.1)
    Huatulco                  1,224               910          (25.7)
    Merida                    8,162             4,308          (47.2)
    Minatitlan                  416               140          (66.3)
    Oaxaca                    3,315             3,189           (3.8)
    Tapachula                   256               255           (0.4)
    Veracruz                  5,587             3,697          (33.8)
    Villahermosa              4,421             2,836          (35.9)
    Total International     814,738           314,147          (61.4)

                                    Total
    Airport                May              May        % Change
                          2008             2009
    Cancun           1,065,285          481,792          (54.8)
    Cozumel             48,563           21,163          (56.4)
    Huatulco            21,646           21,643           (0.0)
    Merida             117,568           63,256          (46.2)
    Minatitlan          13,657            9,262          (32.2)
    Oaxaca              44,771           29,376          (34.4)
    Tapachula           21,685           14,308          (34.0)
    Veracruz            86,759           49,811          (42.6)
    Villahermosa        86,356           51,309          (40.6)
    ASUR Total       1,506,290          741,920          (50.7)

Yesterday the Secretary of Communications and Transportation suspended air traffic operations of Consorcio Aviaxsa, S.A. de C.V., which over the last twelve months represented 5.0% of ASUR's total passenger traffic.

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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