GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL SURESTE, S. A. B. DE C. V. MEXICO CITY, March 2, 2016 /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 Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, today announced that total passenger traffic for February 2016 increased by 8.4% when compared to February 2015.
This announcement reflects comparisons between February 1 through February 29, 2016 and February 1 through February 28, 2015. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. Please note that 2016 figures reflect an extra day of operation (February 29).
Domestic
Airport February February % Change
2015 2016
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Cancún 332,201 374,396 12.7%
Cozumel 5,685 7,804 37.3%
Huatulco 34,446 34,818 1.1%
Mérida 104,536 120,551 15.3%
Minatitlán 17,483 17,247 (1.3)%
Oaxaca 40,951 49,226 20.2%
Tapachula 15,807 21,618 36.8%
Veracruz 84,155 83,043 (1.3)%
Villahermosa 84,031 82,316 (2.0)%
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Total Domestic 719,295 791,019 10.0%
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International
Airport February February % Change
2015 2016
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Cancún 1,200,236 1,294,959 7.9%
Cozumel 48,504 45,998 (5.2)%
Huatulco 21,602 24,883 15.2%
Mérida 9,233 11,644 26.1%
Minatitlán 562 705 25.4%
Oaxaca 4,927 5,322 8.0%
Tapachula 719 729 1.4%
Veracruz 5,603 5,690 1.6%
Villahermosa 3,598 3,320 (7.7)%
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Total International 1,294,984 1,393,250 7.6%
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Total
Airport February February % Change
2015 2016
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Cancún 1,532,437 1,669,355 8.9%
Cozumel 54,189 53,802 (0.7)%
Huatulco 56,048 59,701 6.5%
Mérida 113,769 132,195 16.2%
Minatitlán 18,045 17,952 (0.5)%
Oaxaca 45,878 54,548 18.9%
Tapachula 16,526 22,347 35.2%
Veracruz 89,758 88,733 (1.1)%
Villahermosa 87,629 85,636 (2.3)%
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ASUR Total 2,014,279 2,184,269 8.4%
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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 Muñoz Marín 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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