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ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for November 2008 Up 3.1% Year over Year

Posted on: Thursday, 4 December 2008, 08:20 CST

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for November 2008 increased by 3.1% when compared to November 2007.

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

Domestic Airport November November % Change 2007 2008 Cancun 259,902 236,942 (8.8) Cozumel 6,152 4,520 (26.5) Huatulco 22,734 23,530 3.5 Merida 121,088 92,272 (23.8) Minatitlan 17,267 12,675 (26.6) Oaxaca 44,853 51,540 14.9 Tapachula 16,008 19,444 21.5 Veracruz 82,218 74,853 (9.0) Villahermosa 60,335 71,263 18.1 Total Domestic 630,557 587,039 (6.9)

International Airport November November % Change 2007 2008 Cancun 600,658 686,213 14.2 Cozumel 21,277 22,179 4.2 Huatulco 4,492 3,191 (29.0) Merida 10,084 7,695 (23.7) Minatitlan 368 336 (8.7) Oaxaca 4,236 4,032 (4.8) Tapachula 283 411 45.2 Veracruz 5,809 4,817 (17.1) Villahermosa 2,480 3,636 46.6 Total International 649,687 732,510 12.7

Total Airport November November % Change 2007 2008 Cancun 860,560 923,155 7.3 Cozumel 27,429 26,699 (2.7) Huatulco 27,226 26,721 (1.9) Merida 131,172 99,967 (23.8) Minatitlan 17,635 13,011 (26.2) Oaxaca 49,089 55,572 13.2 Tapachula 16,291 19,855 21.9 Veracruz 88,027 79,670 (9.5) Villahermosa 62,815 74,899 19.2 ASUR Total 1,280,244 1,319,549 3.1

Passenger traffic at the Villahermosa airport for the first two weeks of November 2007 was negatively impacted by flooding in the city of Villahermosa.

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.

Source: PR Newswire

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