GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL SURESTE, S. A. B. DE C. V. MEXICO CITY, March 2, 2017 /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 February 2017 increased by 8.6% when compared to February 2016.
This announcement reflects comparisons between February 1 through February 28, 2017 and February 1 through February 29, 2016. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. Please note that 2016 figures reflect an extra day of operation (February 29).
Domestic
Airport February February % Change
2016 2017
Cancún 374,396 453,437 21.1%
Cozumel 7,804 7,887 1.1%
Huatulco 34,818 39,842 14.4%
Mérida 120,551 140,776 16.8%
Minatitlán 17,247 15,752 (8.7)%
Oaxaca 49,226 52,240 6.1%
Tapachula 21,618 21,515 (0.5)%
Veracruz 83,043 88,679 6.8%
Villahermosa 82,316 92,027 11.8%
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Total Domestic 791,019 912,155 15.3%
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International
Airport February February % Change
2016 2017
Cancún 1,294,959 1,358,164 4.9%
Cozumel 45,998 44,848 (2.5)%
Huatulco 24,883 27,555 10.7%
Mérida 11,644 14,987 28.7%
Minatitlán 705 545 (22.7)%
Oaxaca 5,322 5,292 (0.6)%
Tapachula 729 959 31.6%
Veracruz 5,690 4,396 (22.7)%
Villahermosa 3,320 2,508 (24.5)%
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Total International 1,393,250 1,459,254 4.7%
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Total
Airport February February % Change
2016 2017
Cancún 1,669,355 1,811,601 8.5%
Cozumel 53,802 52,735 (2.0)%
Huatulco 59,701 67,397 12.9%
Mérida 132,195 155,763 17.8%
Minatitlán 17,952 16,297 (9.2)%
Oaxaca 54,548 57,532 5.5%
Tapachula 22,347 22,474 0.6%
Veracruz 88,733 93,075 4.9%
Villahermosa 85,636 94,535 10.4%
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ASUR Total 2,184,269 2,371,409 8.6%
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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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