MEXICO CITY, Jan. 3, 2017 /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 2016 increased by 13.9% when compared to December 2015.

This announcement reflects comparisons between December 1 through December 31, 2016 and 2015. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. 



                              Domestic

    Airport        December            December           % Change

                                 2015                2016

    Cancún                    529,329             650,034            22.8%

    Cozumel                    13,616              13,135           (3.5)%

    Huatulco                   46,592              55,182            18.4%

    Mérida                    147,279             172,687            17.3%

    Minatitlán                 21,505              19,018          (11.6)%

    Oaxaca                     58,701              65,586            11.7%

    Tapachula                  26,946              32,089            19.1%

    Veracruz                  104,110             114,810            10.3%

    Villahermosa              110,618             124,915            12.9%
    ------------              -------             -------             ----

    Total Domestic          1,058,696           1,247,456            17.8%
    --------------          ---------           ---------             ----




                                International

    Airport             December              December           % Change

                                       2015                 2016

    Cancún                        1,226,738            1,362,328            11.1%

    Cozumel                          33,822               35,172             4.0%

    Huatulco                         15,005               15,543             3.6%

    Mérida                           10,728               15,370            43.3%

    Minatitlán                        1,014                  716          (29.4)%

    Oaxaca                            4,865                5,384            10.7%

    Tapachula                           833                1,199            43.9%

    Veracruz                          7,263                6,530          (10.1)%

    Villahermosa                      5,154                3,866          (25.0)%
    ------------                      -----                -----           ------

    Total International           1,305,422            1,446,108            10.8%
    -------------------           ---------            ---------             ----





                             Total

    Airport      December           December           % Change

                               2015               2016

    Cancún                1,756,067          2,012,362            14.6%

    Cozumel                  47,438             48,307             1.8%

    Huatulco                 61,597             70,725            14.8%

    Mérida                  158,007            188,057            19.0%

    Minatitlán               22,519             19,734          (12.4)%

    Oaxaca                   63,566             70,970            11.6%

    Tapachula                27,779             33,288            19.8%

    Veracruz                111,373            121,340             8.9%

    Villahermosa            115,772            128,781            11.2%
    ------------            -------            -------             ----

    ASUR Total            2,364,118          2,693,564            13.9%
    ----------            ---------          ---------             ----

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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