MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7, 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 January 2017 increased by 12.8% when compared to January 2016.

This announcement reflects comparisons between January 1 through January 31, 2017 and 2016. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.



                             Domestic

    Airport        January            January           % Change

                              2016                 2017

    Cancún                 479,272              590,057           23.1%

    Cozumel                 11,416               10,938          (4.2)%

    Huatulco                41,285               51,107           23.8%

    Mérida                 133,269              158,292           18.8%

    Minatitlán              17,729               16,067          (9.4)%

    Oaxaca                  54,117               61,478           13.6%

    Tapachula               23,296               27,572           18.4%

    Veracruz                90,899              101,480           11.6%

    Villahermosa            92,557              104,877           13.3%
    ------------            ------              -------            ----

    Total Domestic         943,840            1,121,868           18.9%
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                               International

    Airport             January              January           % Change

                                      2016                2017

    Cancún                       1,357,674           1,480,695             9.1%

    Cozumel                         41,958              41,386           (1.4)%

    Huatulco                        25,646              29,148            13.7%

    Mérida                          11,781              16,309            38.4%

    Minatitlán                         981                 754          (23.1)%

    Oaxaca                           6,653               7,610            14.4%

    Tapachula                        1,165               1,611            38.3%

    Veracruz                         6,467               6,029           (6.8)%

    Villahermosa                     4,440               3,469          (21.9)%
    ------------                     -----               -----           ------

    Total International          1,456,765           1,587,011             8.9%
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                            Total

    Airport      January           January           % Change

                              2016              2017

    Cancún               1,836,946         2,070,752            12.7%

    Cozumel                 53,374            52,324           (2.0)%

    Huatulco                66,931            80,255            19.9%

    Mérida                 145,050           174,601            20.4%

    Minatitlán              18,710            16,821          (10.1)%

    Oaxaca                  60,770            69,088            13.7%

    Tapachula               24,461            29,183            19.3%

    Veracruz                97,366           107,509            10.4%

    Villahermosa            96,997           108,346            11.7%
    ------------            ------           -------             ----

    ASUR Total           2,400,605         2,708,879            12.8%
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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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