MEXICO CITY, Oct. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, today announced that total passenger traffic for September 2015 increased by 15.0% when compared to September 2014.

This announcement reflects comparisons between September 1 through September 30, 2015 and 2014. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.



                             Domestic

    Airport        September          September         % Change

                                2014               2015

    Cancun                   420,387            467,009          11.1%

    Cozumel                    7,002              8,464          20.9%

    Huatulco                  26,968             36,348          34.8%

    Merida                   105,149            118,375          12.6%

    Minatitlan                18,672             20,487           9.7%

    Oaxaca                    36,820             46,074          25.1%

    Tapachula                 12,356             20,259          64.0%

    Veracruz                  82,318             89,347           8.5%

    Villahermosa              86,316             92,963           7.7%
    ------------              ------             ------            ---

    Total Domestic           795,988            899,326          13.0%
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                               International

    Airport             September            September         % Change

                                      2014                2015

    Cancun                         640,429             758,775           18.5%

    Cozumel                         10,934              11,137            1.9%

    Huatulco                           750                 652          -13.1%

    Merida                           7,111               7,506            5.6%

    Minatitlan                         691                 777           12.4%

    Oaxaca                           2,871               3,388           18.0%

    Tapachula                          735                 589          -19.9%

    Veracruz                         6,762               6,497           -3.9%

    Villahermosa                     4,879               3,896          -20.1%
    ------------                     -----               -----           -----

    Total International            675,162             793,217           17.5%
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                              Total

    Airport      September           September           % Change

                                2014                2015

    Cancun                 1,060,816           1,225,784          15.6%

    Cozumel                   17,936              19,601           9.3%

    Huatulco                  27,718              37,000          33.5%

    Merida                   112,260             125,881          12.1%

    Minatitlan                19,363              21,264           9.8%

    Oaxaca                    39,691              49,462          24.6%

    Tapachula                 13,091              20,848          59.3%

    Veracruz                  89,080              95,844           7.6%

    Villahermosa              91,195              96,859           6.2%
    ------------              ------              ------            ---

    ASUR Total             1,471,150           1,692,543          15.0%
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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, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 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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SOURCE Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V.