ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for August 2010 Up 8.9% Year over Year

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

Sep 02, 2010, 09:20 ET

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for August 2010 increased by 8.9% when compared to August 2009.

This announcement reflects comparisons between August 1 through August 31, 2010 and 2009. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.


Domestic
Airport	August 2009	August 2010	*% Change*
Cancun	341,873	362,780	6.1%
Cozumel	6,184	2,950	-52.3%
Huatulco	31,275	30,291	-3.1%
Merida	81,962	91,636	11.8%
Minatitlan	12,808	8,079	-36.9%
Oaxaca	40,625	34,606	-14.8%
Tapachula	12,514	18,267	46.0%
Veracruz	67,663	68,668	1.5%
Villahermosa	60,338	54,524	-9.6%
Total Domestic	655,242	671,801	2.5%


International
Airport	August 2009	August 2010	*% Change*
Cancun	600,859	706,869	17.6%
Cozumel	32,505	27,270	-16.1%
Huatulco	1,258	1,509	20.0%
Merida	9,902	10,594	7.0%
Minatitlan	365	327	-10.4%
Oaxaca	7,628	6,103	-20.0%
Tapachula	423	466	10.2%
Veracruz	6,648	6,975	4.9%
Villahermosa	4,857	4,942	1.8%
Total International	664,445	765,055	15.1%


Total
Airport	August 2009	August 2010	*% Change*
Cancun	942,732	1,069,649	13.5%
Cozumel	38,689	30,220	-21.9%
Huatulco	32,533	31,800	-2.3%
Merida	91,864	102,230	11.3%
Minatitlan	13,173	8,406	-36.2%
Oaxaca	48,253	40,709	-15.6%
Tapachula	12,937	18,733	44.8%
Veracruz	74,311	75,643	1.8%
Villahermosa	65,195	59,466	-8.8%
ASUR Total	1,319,687	1,436,856	8.9%

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.

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