MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3, 2015 /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 August 2015 increased by 15.0% when compared to August 2014.
This announcement reflects comparisons between August 1 through August 31, 2015 and 2014. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.
Domestic Airport August August % Change 2014 2015 --- ---- ---- Cancún 609,544 658,465 8.0 Cozumel 7,657 8,925 16.6 Huatulco 38,558 54,584 41.6 Mérida 113,619 138,208 21.6 Minatitlán 19,404 21,686 11.8 Oaxaca 44,486 53,886 21.1 Tapachula 12,856 23,048 79.3 Veracruz 97,074 106,837 10.1 Villahermosa 92,500 107,220 15.9 ------------ ------ ------- ---- Total Domestic 1,035,698 1,172,859 13.2 -------------- --------- --------- ----
International Airport August August % Change 2014 2015 --- ---- ---- Cancún 956,493 1,126,652 17.8 Cozumel 30,841 30,893 0.2 Huatulco 1,916 1,234 (35.6) Mérida 10,934 11,324 3.6 Minatitlán 862 1,020 18.3 Oaxaca 6,259 7,601 21.4 Tapachula 1,207 1,023 (15.2) Veracruz 8,186 8,503 3.9 Villahermosa 6,254 5,453 (12.8) ------------ ----- ----- ----- Total International 1,022,952 1,193,703 16.7 ------------------- --------- --------- ----
Total Airport August August % Change 2014 2015 --- ---- ---- Cancún 1,566,037 1,785,117 14.0 Cozumel 38,498 39,818 3.4 Huatulco 40,474 55,818 37.9 Mérida 124,553 149,532 20.1 Minatitlán 20,266 22,706 12.0 Oaxaca 50,745 61,487 21.2 Tapachula 14,063 24,071 71.2 Veracruz 105,260 115,340 9.6 Villahermosa 98,754 112,673 14.1 ------------ ------ ------- ---- ASUR Total 2,058,650 2,366,562 15.0 ---------- --------- --------- ----
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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