MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4, 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 September 2016 increased by 12.1% when compared to September 2015.

This announcement reflects comparisons between September 1 through September 30, 2016 and 2015. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.




                               Domestic

    Airport             September            September           % Change
                                        2015                2016

    Cancún                           467,009             561,951            20.3%

    Cozumel                            8,464              11,725            38.5%

    Huatulco                          36,348              38,635             6.3%

    Mérida                           118,375             141,899            19.9%

    Minatitlán                        20,487              17,227          (15.9)%

    Oaxaca                            46,074              49,661             7.8%

    Tapachula                         20,259              22,586            11.5%

    Veracruz                          89,347             100,178            12.1%

    Villahermosa                      92,963              95,864             3.1%
    ------------                      ------              ------              ---

    Total Domestic                   899,326           1,039,726            15.6%
    --------------                   -------           ---------             ----


                           International

    Airport             September            September           % Change
                                        2015                2016

    Cancún                           758,775             821,604             8.3%

    Cozumel                           11,137              11,017           (1.1)%

    Huatulco                             652                 852            30.7%

    Mérida                             7,506              11,329            50.9%

    Minatitlán                           777                 590          (24.1)%

    Oaxaca                             3,388               3,037          (10.4)%

    Tapachula                            589                 877            48.9%

    Veracruz                           6,497               5,692          (12.4)%

    Villahermosa                       3,896               3,022          (22.4)%
    ------------                       -----               -----           ------

    Total International              793,217             858,020             8.2%
    -------------------              -------             -------              ---


                               Total

    Airport             September            September           % Change
                                        2015                2016

    Cancún                         1,225,784           1,383,555            12.9%

    Cozumel                           19,601              22,742            16.0%

    Huatulco                          37,000              39,487             6.7%

    Mérida                           125,881             153,228            21.7%

    Minatitlán                        21,264              17,817          (16.2)%

    Oaxaca                            49,462              52,698             6.5%

    Tapachula                         20,848              23,463            12.5%

    Veracruz                          95,844             105,870            10.5%

    Villahermosa                      96,859              98,886             2.1%
    ------------                      ------              ------              ---

    ASUR Total                     1,692,543           1,897,746            12.1%
    ----------                     ---------           ---------             ----

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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