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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for April 2008 Up 5.3% Year over Year

MEXICO CITY, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for April 2008 increased by 5.3% when compared to April 2007.

    All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between April 1
through April 30, 2007 and 2008. Transit and general aviation passengers are
excluded.


                                    Domestic
                                April            April
    Airport                      2007             2008               % Change
    Cancun                     263,471          259,090                 (1.7)
    Cozumel                      5,653            6,739                 19.2
    Huatulco                    26,731           18,660                (30.2)
    Merida                      91,243          100,981                 10.7
    Minatitlan                  15,522           14,147                 (8.9)
    Oaxaca                      39,622           42,899                  8.3
    Tapachula                   17,349           18,813                  8.4
    Veracruz                    75,521           78,062                  3.4
    Villahermosa                63,903           78,931                 23.5
    Total Domestic             599,015          618,322                  3.2


                                  International
                                April           April
    Airport                      2007            2008                % Change
    Cancun                      813,375         879,969                  8.2
    Cozumel                      45,234          44,055                 (2.6)
    Huatulco                      6,497           5,122                (21.2)
    Merida                       12,013           8,979                (25.3)
    Minatitlan                      356             327                 (8.1)
    Oaxaca                        3,454           3,044                (11.9)
    Tapachula                       456             341                (25.2)
    Veracruz                      5,759           5,306                 (7.9)
    Villahermosa                  3,980           3,740                 (6.0)
    Total International         891,124         950,883                  6.7


                                      Total
                                April            April
    Airport                      2007             2008               % Change
    Cancun                   1,076,846        1,139,059                  5.8
    Cozumel                     50,887           50,794                 (0.2)
    Huatulco                    33,228           23,782                (28.4)
    Merida                     103,256          109,960                  6.5
    Minatitlan                  15,878           14,474                 (8.8)
    Oaxaca                      43,076           45,943                  6.7
    Tapachula                   17,805           19,154                  7.6
    Veracruz                    81,280           83,368                  2.6
    Villahermosa                67,883           82,671                 21.8
    ASUR Total               1,490,139        1,569,205                  5.3

It is important to consider that Easter and Holy weeks during 2007 were in April while in 2008 those were in March.

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. 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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