MEXICO CITY, April 5, 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 March 2016 increased by 10.2% when compared to March 2015.

This announcement reflects comparisons between March 1 through March 31, 2016 and 2015. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. During 2015, the impact of Holy Week on passenger traffic began on March 27, while in 2016 it began on March 18.



                           Domestic


    Airport        March            March           % Change

                            2015               2016
    ---                     ----               ----

    Cancún               417,993            509,970           22.0%

    Cozumel                7,552             13,377           77.1%

    Huatulco              41,481             45,220            9.0%

    Mérida               121,672            144,290           18.6%

    Minatitlán            19,917             19,194          (3.6)%

    Oaxaca                47,763             58,397           22.3%

    Tapachula             20,344             24,426           20.1%

    Veracruz              93,585             99,223            6.0%

    Villahermosa         101,995             99,721          (2.2)%
    ------------         -------             ------           -----

    Total Domestic       872,302          1,013,818           16.2%
    --------------       -------          ---------            ----




                                      International


    Airport                     March               March           % Change

                                             2015              2016
    ---                                      ----              ----

    Cancún                              1,383,395         1,482,605             7.2%

    Cozumel                                59,872            56,766           (5.2)%

    Huatulco                               21,405            21,689             1.3%

    Mérida                                 10,639            15,175            42.6%

    Minatitlán                                767               899            17.2%

    Oaxaca                                  5,597             5,545           (0.9)%

    Tapachula                                 930               870           (6.5)%

    Veracruz                                6,564             5,892          (10.2)%

    Villahermosa                            4,671             4,003          (14.3)%
    ------------                            -----             -----           ------

            Total International         1,493,840         1,593,444             6.7%
            -------------------         ---------         ---------              ---





                          Total


    Airport      March           March           % Change

                            2015            2016
    ---                     ----            ----

    Cancún             1,801,388       1,992,575           10.6%

    Cozumel               67,424          70,143            4.0%

    Huatulco              62,886          66,909            6.4%

    Mérida               132,311         159,465           20.5%

    Minatitlán            20,684          20,093          (2.9)%

    Oaxaca                53,360          63,942           19.8%

    Tapachula             21,274          25,296           18.9%

    Veracruz             100,149         105,115            5.0%

    Villahermosa         106,666         103,724          (2.8)%
    ------------         -------         -------           -----

    ASUR Total         2,366,142       2,607,262           10.2%
    ----------         ---------       ---------            ----

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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