MEXICO CITY, June 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 May 2016 increased by 5.7 % when compared to May 2015.

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



                         Domestic

    Airport        May            May           % Change

                          2015             2016

    Cancún             516,114          566,070             9.7

    Cozumel              8,693           10,652            22.5

    Huatulco            42,878           46,421             8.3

    Mérida             127,680          139,401             9.2

    Minatitlán          21,475           19,314          (10.1)

    Oaxaca              46,562           55,683            19.6

    Tapachula           20,938           23,638            12.9

    Veracruz           105,149          106,582             1.4

    Villahermosa       101,922           97,146           (4.7)
    ------------       -------           ------            ----

    Total Domestic     991,411        1,064,907             7.4
    --------------     -------        ---------             ---



                            International

    Airport             May               May           % Change

                                   2015            2016

    Cancún                    1,100,031       1,155,113             5.0

    Cozumel                      33,067          26,995          (18.4)

    Huatulco                      1,719           1,563           (9.1)

    Mérida                        8,338          10,389            24.6

    Minatitlán                      892             814           (8.7)

    Oaxaca                        4,873           4,309          (11.6)

    Tapachula                     1,019             778          (23.7)

    Veracruz                      7,123           6,317          (11.3)

    Villahermosa                  4,068           3,501          (13.9)
    ------------                  -----           -----           -----

    Total International       1,161,130       1,209,779             4.2
    -------------------       ---------       ---------             ---



                        Total

    Airport      May           May           % Change

                          2015          2016

    Cancún           1,616,145     1,721,183             6.5

    Cozumel             41,760        37,647           (9.8)

    Huatulco            44,597        47,984             7.6

    Mérida             136,018       149,790            10.1

    Minatitlán          22,367        20,128          (10.0)

    Oaxaca              51,435        59,992            16.6

    Tapachula           21,957        24,416            11.2

    Veracruz           112,272       112,899             0.6

    Villahermosa       105,990       100,647           (5.0)
    ------------       -------       -------            ----

    ASUR Total       2,152,541     2,274,686             5.7
    ----------       ---------     ---------             ---

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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