Aviation Today :: ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for December 2009 Down 4.1% Year Over Year

PR Newswire

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 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 December 2009 decreased by 4.1% when compared to December 2008.

All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between December 1 through December 31, 2008 and 2009. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.


Domestic
Airport	December 2008		December 2009	*% Change*
Cancun	277,469	285,746		3.0
Cozumel	6,100	4,502		(26.2)
Huatulco	31,574	29,609		(6.2)
Merida	90,418	95,980		6.2
Minatitlan	12,528	11,816		(5.7)
Oaxaca	52,393	39,351		(24.9)
Tapachula	21,339	19,274		(9.7)
Veracruz	75,380	65,836		(12.7)
Villahermosa	67,652	60,561		(10.5)
Total Domestic	634,853	612,675		(3.5)


International
Airport	December 2008	December 2009		*% Change*
Cancun	810,842		767,853		(5.3)
Cozumel	28,764		32,202		12.0
Huatulco	8,087		6,918		(14.5)
Merida	8,619		9,008		4.5
Minatitlan	305		444		45.6
Oaxaca	5,238		5,369		2.5
Tapachula	284		250		(12.0)
Veracruz	5,629		5,738		1.9
Villahermosa	4,543		4,810		5.9
Total International	872,311		832,592		(4.6)


Total
Airport	December 2008		December 2009	*% Change*
Cancun	1,088,311	1,053,599		(3.2)
Cozumel	34,864	36,704		5.3
Huatulco	39,661	36,527		(7.9)
Merida	99,037	104,988		6.0
Minatitlan	12,833	12,260		(4.5)
Oaxaca	57,631	44,720		(22.4)
Tapachula	21,623	19,524		(9.7)
Veracruz	81,009	71,574		(11.6)
Villahermosa	72,195	65,371		(9.5)
ASUR Total	1,507,164	1,445,267		(4.1)

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.