MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3, 2015 /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 2015 increased by 15.0% when compared to August 2014.

This announcement reflects comparisons between August 1 through August 31, 2015 and 2014. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. 



                            Domestic

    Airport        August            August           % Change

                               2014              2015
    ---                        ----              ----

    Cancún                  609,544           658,465           8.0

    Cozumel                   7,657             8,925          16.6

    Huatulco                 38,558            54,584          41.6

    Mérida                  113,619           138,208          21.6

    Minatitlán               19,404            21,686          11.8

    Oaxaca                   44,486            53,886          21.1

    Tapachula                12,856            23,048          79.3

    Veracruz                 97,074           106,837          10.1

    Villahermosa             92,500           107,220          15.9
    ------------             ------           -------          ----

    Total Domestic        1,035,698         1,172,859          13.2
    --------------        ---------         ---------          ----




                               International

    Airport             August               August           % Change

                                      2014               2015
    ---                               ----               ----

    Cancún                         956,493          1,126,652            17.8

    Cozumel                         30,841             30,893             0.2

    Huatulco                         1,916              1,234          (35.6)

    Mérida                          10,934             11,324             3.6

    Minatitlán                         862              1,020            18.3

    Oaxaca                           6,259              7,601            21.4

    Tapachula                        1,207              1,023          (15.2)

    Veracruz                         8,186              8,503             3.9

    Villahermosa                     6,254              5,453          (12.8)
    ------------                     -----              -----           -----

    Total International          1,022,952          1,193,703            16.7
    -------------------          ---------          ---------            ----





                           Total

    Airport      August           August           % Change

                             2014             2015
    ---                      ----             ----

    Cancún              1,566,037        1,785,117          14.0

    Cozumel                38,498           39,818           3.4

    Huatulco               40,474           55,818          37.9

    Mérida                124,553          149,532          20.1

    Minatitlán             20,266           22,706          12.0

    Oaxaca                 50,745           61,487          21.2

    Tapachula              14,063           24,071          71.2

    Veracruz              105,260          115,340           9.6

    Villahermosa           98,754          112,673          14.1
    ------------           ------          -------          ----

    ASUR Total          2,058,650        2,366,562          15.0
    ----------          ---------        ---------          ----

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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