MEXICO CITY, June 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 Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, today announced that total passenger traffic for May 2015 increased by 12.9% when compared to May 2014.

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



                         Domestic


    Airport        May            May         % Change

                          2014           2015

    Cancun             481,707        516,114           7.1

    Cozumel              7,091          8,693          22.6

    Huatulco            33,683         42,878          27.3

    Merida             109,153        127,680          17.0

    Minatitlan          19,701         21,475           9.0

    Oaxaca              37,027         46,562          25.8

    Tapachula           11,428         20,938          83.2

    Veracruz            99,950        105,149           5.2

    Villahermosa        84,891        101,922          20.1
    ------------        ------        -------          ----

    Total Domestic     884,631        991,411          12.1
    --------------     -------        -------          ----



                            International


    Airport             May               May           % Change

                                 2014              2015

    Cancun                    960,431         1,100,031            14.5

    Cozumel                    31,870            33,067             3.8

    Huatulco                    2,250             1,719          (23.6)

    Merida                      7,979             8,338             4.5

    Minatitlan                    791               892            12.8

    Oaxaca                      4,348             4,873            12.1

    Tapachula                     927             1,019             9.9

    Veracruz                    7,585             7,123           (6.1)

    Villahermosa                5,485             4,068          (25.8)
    ------------                -----             -----           -----

    Total International     1,021,666         1,161,130            13.7
    -------------------     ---------         ---------            ----



                        Total


    Airport      May           May           % Change

                          2014          2015

    Cancun           1,442,138     1,616,145          12.1

    Cozumel             38,961        41,760           7.2

    Huatulco            35,933        44,597          24.1

    Merida             117,132       136,018          16.1

    Minatitlan          20,492        22,367           9.1

    Oaxaca              41,375        51,435          24.3

    Tapachula           12,355        21,957          77.7

    Veracruz           107,535       112,272           4.4

    Villahermosa        90,376       105,990          17.3
    ------------        ------       -------          ----

    ASUR Total       1,906,297     2,152,541          12.9
    ----------       ---------     ---------          ----

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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