GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL SURESTE, S. A. B. DE C. V. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, today announced that total passenger traffic for December 2015 increased by 8.5% when compared to December 2014.
This announcement reflects comparisons between December 1 through December 31, 2015 and 2014. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.
Domestic
Airport December December % Change
2014 2015
Cancún 498,091 529,329 6.3%
Cozumel 10,952 13,616 24.3%
Huatulco 46,141 46,592 1.0%
Mérida 126,299 147,279 16.6%
Minatitlán 20,614 21,505 4.3%
Oaxaca 47,949 58,701 22.4%
Tapachula 20,455 26,946 31.7%
Veracruz 100,429 104,110 3.7%
Villahermosa 105,219 110,618 5.1%
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Total Domestic 976,149 1,058,696 8.5%
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International
Airport December December % Change
2014 2015
Cancún 1,122,165 1,226,738 9.3%
Cozumel 33,743 33,822 0.2%
Huatulco 14,044 15,005 6.8%
Mérida 10,480 10,728 2.4%
Minatitlán 820 1,014 23.7%
Oaxaca 4,271 4,865 13.9%
Tapachula 702 833 18.7%
Veracruz 9,881 7,263 (26.5)%
Villahermosa 5,810 5,154 (11.3)%
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Total International 1,201,916 1,305,422 8.6%
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Total
Airport December December % Change
2014 2015
Cancún 1,620,256 1,756,067 8.4%
Cozumel 44,695 47,438 6.1%
Huatulco 60,185 61,597 2.3%
Mérida 136,779 158,007 15.5%
Minatitlán 21,434 22,519 5.1%
Oaxaca 52,220 63,566 21.7%
Tapachula 21,157 27,779 31.3%
Veracruz 110,310 111,373 1.0%
Villahermosa 111,029 115,772 4.3%
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ASUR Total 2,178,065 2,364,118 8.5%
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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, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 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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