ASUR Appoints Chairman of the Board to Act as Interim CEO

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR); (BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Fernando Chico Pardo, current Chairman of the Board of Directors, to the position of ASUR's Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Mr. Chico Pardo owns 51% of ITA (Inversiones y Tecnicas Aeroportuarias)(1) which owns ASUR's BB-series shares representing 15% of ASUR's capital stock. In addition, he also holds 2.5% of the company's B-series shares. Mr. Chico Pardo is the founder and president of Promecap, S.C. and serves as a board member of various organizations including The United Nations Pension Fund, The Quantum Group of Funds, Grupo Posadas de Mexico, Grupo Financiero Inbursa and Grupo Carso.

The Board of Directors wishes to express its gratitude to Mr. Kjeld Binger for his outstanding integrity and professionalism during his three years as the Company's CEO.

    (1) ITA provides management and consulting services and transfers industry
        know-how and technology to ASUR in exchange for a technical assistance
        fee.  The remaining 49% of ITA is held by Copenhagen Airports.

    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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