MEXICO CITY, Nov. 4, 2015 /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 Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, today announced that total passenger traffic for October 2015 increased by 12.2% when compared to October 2014.

This announcement reflects comparisons between October 1 through October 31, 2015 and 2014. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.



                           Domestic

    Airport        October          October         % Change

                              2014             2015

    Cancun                 432,199          484,607          12.1%

    Cozumel                  7,141           10,801          51.3%

    Huatulco                34,689           37,412           7.8%

    Merida                 116,644          138,835          19.0%

    Minatitlan              20,325           21,477           5.7%

    Oaxaca                  44,878           51,188          14.1%

    Tapachula               13,557           22,360          64.9%

    Veracruz                93,865           95,915           2.2%

    Villahermosa            94,804          101,217           6.8%
    ------------            ------          -------            ---

    Total Domestic         858,102          963,812          12.3%
    --------------         -------          -------           ----



                              International

    Airport             October             October         % Change

                                     2014              2015

    Cancun                        759,675           856,591            12.8%

    Cozumel                        15,301            17,205            12.4%

    Huatulco                        1,793               972          (45.8)%

    Merida                          7,955             7,842           (1.4)%

    Minatitlan                        686               930            35.6%

    Oaxaca                          3,139             3,029           (3.5)%

    Tapachula                         898               727          (19.0)%

    Veracruz                        6,552             6,033           (7.9)%

    Villahermosa                    4,770             4,187          (12.2)%
    ------------                    -----             -----           ------

    Total International           800,769           897,516            12.1%
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                            Total

    Airport      October           October           % Change

                              2014              2015

    Cancun               1,191,874         1,341,198          12.5%

    Cozumel                 22,442            28,006          24.8%

    Huatulco                36,482            38,384           5.2%

    Merida                 124,599           146,677          17.7%

    Minatitlan              21,011            22,407           6.6%

    Oaxaca                  48,017            54,217          12.9%

    Tapachula               14,455            23,087          59.7%

    Veracruz               100,417           101,948           1.5%

    Villahermosa            99,574           105,404           5.9%
    ------------            ------           -------            ---

    ASUR Total           1,658,871         1,861,328          12.2%
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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 Munoz Marin 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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SOURCE Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V.