MEXICO CITY, May 6, 2014 /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, Puerto Rico, today announced that total passenger traffic for April 2014 increased by 11.3% when compared to April 2013.

This announcement reflects comparisons between April 1 through April 30, 2014 and 2013. During 2013, Holy Week fell in March while in 2014 it fell in April. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.



                                Domestic

                  Airport April          April         % Change

                                   2013           2014

    Cancun                      377,926        447,259          18.3

    Cozumel                       6,659          7,437          11.7

    Huatulco                     30,339         35,355          16.5

    Merida                       93,570        108,542          16.0

    Minatitlan                   12,004         18,092          50.7

    Oaxaca                       34,584         36,007           4.1

    Tapachula                    11,437         12,262           7.2

    Veracruz                     75,451         86,256          14.3

    Villahermosa                 78,320         83,589           6.7
    ------------                 ------         ------           ---

    Total Domestic              720,290        834,799          15.9
    --------------              -------        -------          ----



                                International

                  Airport April               April           % Change

                                      2013               2014

    Cancun                         990,958          1,068,184           7.8

    Cozumel                         34,851             39,982          14.7

    Huatulco                         8,829              9,462           7.2

    Merida                           9,020             10,003          10.9

    Minatitlan                         681                665          (2.3)

    Oaxaca                           4,299              4,704           9.4

    Tapachula                          714              1,100          54.1

    Veracruz                         7,199              7,275           1.1

    Villahermosa                     4,142              5,432          31.1
    ------------                     -----              -----          ----

    Total International          1,060,693          1,146,807           8.1
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                                   Total

                 Airport April           April           % Change

                                    2013            2014

    Cancun                     1,368,884       1,515,443          10.7

    Cozumel                       41,510          47,419          14.2

    Huatulco                      39,168          44,817          14.4

    Merida                       102,590         118,545          15.6

    Minatitlan                    12,685          18,757          47.9

    Oaxaca                        38,883          40,711           4.7

    Tapachula                     12,151          13,362          10.0

    Veracruz                      82,650          93,531          13.2

    Villahermosa                  82,462          89,021           8.0
    ------------                  ------          ------           ---

    ASUR Total                 1,780,983       1,981,606          11.3
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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.

SOURCE Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V.