MEXICO CITY, Feb. 4, 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 January 2016 increased by 8.0 % when compared to January 2015.

This announcement reflects comparisons between January 1 through January 31, 2016 and 2015. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. 



                           Domestic

    Airport        January          January         % Change

                              2015             2016

    Cancún                 420,972          479,272           13.8%

    Cozumel                  8,081           11,416           41.3%

    Huatulco                40,307           41,285            2.4%

    Mérida                 113,278          133,269           17.6%

    Minatitlán              17,841           17,729          (0.6)%

    Oaxaca                  43,717           54,117           23.8%

    Tapachula               17,922           23,296           30.0%

    Veracruz                86,150           90,899            5.5%

    Villahermosa            91,750           92,557            0.9%
    ------------            ------           ------             ---

    Total Domestic         840,018          943,840           12.4%
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                                International

    Airport             January               January           % Change

                                       2015                2016

    Cancún                        1,283,991           1,357,674            5.7%

    Cozumel                          46,190              41,958          (9.2)%

    Huatulco                         22,116              25,646           16.0%

    Mérida                            9,374              11,781           25.7%

    Minatitlán                          792                 981           23.9%

    Oaxaca                            6,817               6,653          (2.4)%

    Tapachula                         1,070               1,165            8.9%

    Veracruz                          7,073               6,467          (8.6)%

    Villahermosa                      4,753               4,440          (6.6)%
    ------------                      -----               -----           -----

    Total International           1,382,176           1,456,765            5.4%
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                             Total

    Airport      January           January           % Change

                              2015              2016

    Cancún               1,704,963         1,836,946            7.7%

    Cozumel                 54,271            53,374          (1.7)%

    Huatulco                62,423            66,931            7.2%

    Mérida                 122,652           145,050           18.3%

    Minatitlán              18,633            18,710            0.4%

    Oaxaca                  50,534            60,770           20.3%

    Tapachula               18,992            24,461           28.8%

    Veracruz                93,223            97,366            4.4%

    Villahermosa            96,503            96,997            0.5%
    ------------            ------            ------             ---

    ASUR Total           2,222,194         2,400,605            8.0%
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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 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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