MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6, 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 August 2016 increased by 5.0% when compared to August 2015.

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



                              Domestic

    Airport        August              August           % Change
                               2015                2016
    ---                        ----                ----

    Cancún                  658,465             716,270             8.8%

    Cozumel                   8,925              14,319            60.4%

    Huatulco                 54,584              43,179          (20.9)%

    Mérida                  138,208             158,224            14.5%

    Minatitlán               21,686              19,077          (12.0)%

    Oaxaca                   53,886              59,224             9.9%

    Tapachula                23,048              24,375             5.8%

    Veracruz                106,837             117,635            10.1%

    Villahermosa            107,220             105,536           (1.6)%
    ------------            -------             -------            -----

    Total Domestic        1,172,859           1,257,839             7.2%
    --------------        ---------           ---------              ---




                               International

    Airport             August               August           % Change
                                    2015                 2016
    ---                             ----                 ----

    Cancún                     1,126,652            1,163,267             3.2%

    Cozumel                       30,893               27,420          (11.2)%

    Huatulco                       1,234                1,334             8.1%

    Mérida                        11,324               16,367            44.5%

    Minatitlán                     1,020                  782          (23.3)%

    Oaxaca                         7,601                5,954          (21.7)%

    Tapachula                      1,023                1,075             5.1%

    Veracruz                       8,503                6,828          (19.7)%

    Villahermosa                   5,453                3,617          (33.7)%
    ------------                   -----                -----           ------

    Total International        1,193,703            1,226,644             2.8%
    -------------------        ---------            ---------              ---




                              Total

    Airport      August             August           % Change
                             2015               2016
    ---                      ----               ----

    Cancún              1,785,117          1,879,537             5.3%

    Cozumel                39,818             41,739             4.8%

    Huatulco               55,818             44,513          (20.3)%

    Mérida                149,532            174,591            16.8%

    Minatitlán             22,706             19,859          (12.5)%

    Oaxaca                 61,487             65,178             6.0%

    Tapachula              24,071             25,450             5.7%

    Veracruz              115,340            124,463             7.9%

    Villahermosa          112,673            109,153           (3.1)%
    ------------          -------            -------            -----

    ASUR Total          2,366,562          2,484,483             5.0%
    ----------          ---------          ---------              ---

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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