MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3, 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 July 2016 increased by 9.6% when compared to July 2015.

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



                          Domestic

    Airport        July            July           % Change

                             2015            2016

    Cancún                714,113         781,549             9.4%

    Cozumel                10,185          15,289            50.1%

    Huatulco               53,806          64,307            19.5%

    Mérida                148,083         171,233            15.6%

    Minatitlán             21,946          19,627          (10.6)%

    Oaxaca                 61,676          65,917             6.9%

    Tapachula              24,239          26,076             7.6%

    Veracruz              113,149         124,383             9.9%

    Villahermosa          115,374         109,859           (4.8)%
    ------------          -------         -------            -----

    Total Domestic      1,262,571       1,378,240             9.2%
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                             International

    Airport             July               July           % Change

                                    2015             2016

    Cancún                     1,222,180        1,355,924            10.9%

    Cozumel                       48,546           40,941          (15.7)%

    Huatulco                       1,653            1,982            19.9%

    Mérida                        12,429           18,734            50.7%

    Minatitlán                     1,131            2,350           107.8%

    Oaxaca                         7,176            5,381          (25.0)%

    Tapachula                      1,152            1,121           (2.7)%

    Veracruz                       9,284            7,982          (14.0)%

    Villahermosa                   5,199            4,655          (10.5)%
    ------------                   -----            -----           ------

    Total International        1,308,750        1,439,070            10.0%
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                         Total

    Airport      July           July           % Change

                           2015           2016

    Cancún            1,936,293      2,137,473           10.4%

    Cozumel              58,731         56,230          (4.3)%

    Huatulco             55,459         66,289           19.5%

    Mérida              160,512        189,967           18.4%

    Minatitlán           23,077         21,977          (4.8)%

    Oaxaca               68,852         71,298            3.6%

    Tapachula            25,391         27,197            7.1%

    Veracruz            122,433        132,365            8.1%

    Villahermosa        120,573        114,514          (5.0)%
    ------------        -------        -------           -----

    ASUR Total        2,571,321      2,817,310            9.6%
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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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