ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for August 2008 Up 12.9% Year Over Year

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

September 8, 2008

thomas

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Grupo Aeroportuario del
Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that
total passenger traffic for August 2008 increased by 12.9% when compared to
August 2007.

All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between August 1
through August 31, 2007 and 2008. Transit and general aviation passengers are
excluded.

Domestic
August           August
Airport                      2007             2008               % Change
Cancun                     298,486          332,419                 11.4
Cozumel                      6,286            8,766                 39.5
Huatulco                    29,048           30,791                  6.0
Merida                      99,661           92,050                 (7.6)
Minatitlan                  15,728           12,618                (19.8)
Oaxaca                      41,702           48,236                 15.7
Tapachula                   17,712           19,301                  9.0
Veracruz                    81,232           76,218                 (6.2)
Villahermosa                73,768           73,961                  0.3
Total Domestic             663,623          694,360                  4.6

International
August           August
Airport                      2007             2008               % Change
Cancun                     608,541          753,287                 23.8
Cozumel                     32,741           33,994                  3.8
Huatulco                     2,680            1,556                (41.9)
Merida                      14,280           11,678                (18.2)
Minatitlan                     556              411                (26.1)
Oaxaca                       5,266            5,557                  5.5
Tapachula                      439              353                (19.6)
Veracruz                     6,652            6,929                  4.2
Villahermosa                 4,626            4,726                  2.2
Total International        675,781          818,491                 21.1

Total
August           August
Airport                      2007             2008               % Change
Cancun                     907,027        1,085,706                 19.7
Cozumel                     39,027           42,760                  9.6
Huatulco                    31,728           32,347                  2.0
Merida                     113,941          103,728                 (9.0)
Minatitlan                  16,284           13,029                (20.0)
Oaxaca                      46,968           53,793                 14.5
Tapachula                   18,151           19,654                  8.3
Veracruz                    87,884           83,147                 (5.4)
Villahermosa                78,394           78,687                  0.4
ASUR Total               1,339,404        1,512,851                 12.9

It is important to note that during the month of August 2007 Hurricane
Dean hit the Yucatan Peninsula, affecting passenger traffic for Cancun,
Cozumel and Merida airports and resulting in 176 cancelled flights.

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.

SOURCE Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V.

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