Monterrey, Mexico, February 8, 2012-Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (NASDAQ: OMAB; BMV: OMA), reports that terminal passenger traffic at its 13 airports increased 5.5% in January 2012, as compared to January 2011. Domestic traffic increased 9.2%, and international traffic decreased 8.1%.

Of total December traffic, 96.5% was commercial aviation and 3.5% was general aviation.

Domestic traffic increased in all thirteen airports in January, with the most noteworthy increases in Tampico (+39.6%), Monterrey (+3.1%), Reynosa (+60.9%), Torreón (+34.9%), Culiacán (+6.5%), Ciudad Juárez (+9.9%), Chihuahua (+9.5%), and Durango (+30.4%). In Tampico, Monterrey, Reynosa, Torreón, Ciudad Juárez, and Chihuahua, traffic increased on the Mexico City routes. In Culiacán, traffic increased on the Mexico City and Tijuana routes. In Durango, general aviation traffic increased, as did traffic on the Mexico City route. In January Aeroméxico Connect began flying the Monterrey-Puebla route.

International traffic increased most significantly in Monterrey (+11.3%) and Zacatecas (+121.4%). In Monterrey, traffic benefited from the increase in passengers on the routes to San Antonio, Panama, and Chicago. In Zacatecas, there was an increase in traffic on the new Chicago route and to Los Angeles. The largest decreases were recorded in Acapulco (-60.2%), Mazatlán (-18.7%), and Zihuatanejo (-18.0%). The reductions in Acapulco took place on the Houston and Dallas routes. In Mazatlán, the reductions occurred on the routes to Houston, Phoenix, and Denver. In Zihuatanejo, the reduction was on the Houston route.

The total number of flight operations (takeoffs and landings) in January 2012 increased 1.0% as compared to the prior year period. Domestic flights increased 1.4%, and international flights decreased 1.5%.

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About OMA
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA, operates 13 international airports in nine states of central and northern Mexico. OMA's airports serve Monterrey, Mexico's third largest metropolitan area, the tourist destinations of Acapulco, Mazatlán, and Zihuatanejo, and nine other regional centers and border cities. OMA also operates a hotel and commercial areas inside Terminal 2 of the Mexico City airport. OMA employs over 1,000 persons in order to offer passengers and clients, airport and commercial services in facilities that comply with all applicable international safety, security standards, and ISO 9001:2008. OMA's strategic shareholder members are ICA, Mexico's largest engineering, procurement, and construction company, and Aéroports de Paris Management, subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris, the second largest European airports operator. OMA is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange (OMA) and on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (OMAB).