MEXICO CITY, April 3, 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 March 2014 increased by 2.8% when compared to March 2013.
This announcement reflects comparisons between March 1 through March 31, 2014 and 2013. During 2013, Holy Week fell in March while in 2014 it will fall in April. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.
Domestic Airport March March % Change 2013 2014 --- ---- ---- Cancun 377,617 348,463 (7.7) Cozumel 7,097 5,266 (25.8) Huatulco 33,567 29,601 (11.8) Merida 97,239 104,021 7.0 Minatitlan 11,054 19,185 73.6 Oaxaca 35,377 36,790 4.0 Tapachula 12,128 14,014 15.6 Veracruz 75,311 80,614 7.0 Villahermosa 77,050 79,638 3.4 ------------ ------ ------ --- Total Domestic 726,440 717,592 (1.2) -------------- ------- ------- ----
International Airport March March % Change 2013 2014 --- ---- ---- Cancun 1,215,715 1,274,979 4.9 Cozumel 59,487 64,453 8.3 Huatulco 17,130 19,499 13.8 Merida 12,143 11,387 (6.2) Minatitlan 586 662 13.0 Oaxaca 5,010 5,318 6.1 Tapachula 585 1,051 79.7 Veracruz 7,714 7,145 (7.4) Villahermosa 4,433 5,103 15.1 ------------ ----- ----- ---- Total International 1,322,803 1,389,597 5.0 ------------------- --------- --------- ---
Total Airport March March % Change 2013 2014 --- ---- ---- Cancun 1,593,332 1,623,442 1.9 Cozumel 66,584 69,719 4.7 Huatulco 50,697 49,100 (3.2) Merida 109,382 115,408 5.5 Minatitlan 11,640 19,847 70.5 Oaxaca 40,387 42,108 4.3 Tapachula 12,713 15,065 18.5 Veracruz 83,025 87,759 5.7 Villahermosa 81,483 84,741 4.0 ------------ ------ ------ --- ASUR Total 2,049,243 2,107,189 2.8 ---------- --------- --------- ---
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.
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