ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for December 2017

Passenger traffic increased 6.1% YoY in Mexico, and decreased 23.9% in Puerto Rico and 12.3% in Colombia

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

Jan 04, 2018, 04:20 ET

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today announced that total passenger traffic for December 2017 declined 3.5% when compared to December 2016. Passenger traffic rose 6.1% in Mexico, and declined 23.9% in San Juan and 12.3% in Colombia.

This announcement reflects comparisons between December 1 through December 31, 2017 and 2016. Accumulated figures reflect comparisons between January 1 and December 31, 2017 and 2016. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded for Mexico and Colombia.

Note that the decline in passenger traffic at San Juan Airport reflects the impact of Hurricane Maria, which hit the island on September 21, 2017. In Colombia, passenger traffic was impacted by a strike of local pilots at a major international carrier.

Passenger Traffic Summary
		December		*% Chg*	Annual		*% Chg*
		2016	2017	*% Chg*	2016	2017	*% Chg*
Mexico		2,693,564	2,856,846	6.1	28,407,051	31,052,569	9.3
Domestic Traffic		1,247,456	1,286,139	3.1	12,957,652	14,310,728	10.4
International Traffic		1,446,108	1,570,707	8.6	15,449,399	16,741,841	8.4
San Juan, Puerto Rico		852,142	648,292	(23.9)	9,032,627	8,407,404	(6.9)
Domestic Traffic		746,988	589,730	(21.1)	7,900,148	7,389,095	(6.5)
International Traffic		105,154	58,562	(44.3)	1,132,479	1,018,309	(10.1)
Colombia		950,441	833,062	(12.3)	9,826,473	9,314,411	(5.2)
Domestic Traffic		821,789	692,141	(15.8)	8,582,538	8,041,264	(6.3)
International Traffic		128,652	140,921	9.5	1,243,935	1,273,147	2.3
Total Traffic		4,496,147	4,338,200	(3.5)	47,266,151	48,774,384	3.2
Domestic Traffic		2,816,233	2,568,010	(8.8)	29,440,338	29,741,087	1.0
International Traffic		1,679,914	1,770,190	5.4	17,825,813	19,033,297	6.8

Mexico Passenger Traffic
		December		*% Chg*	Annual		*% Chg*
		2016	2017	*% Chg*	2016	2017	*% Chg*
Domestic Traffic		1,247,456	1,286,139	3.1	12,957,652	14,310,728	10.4
CUN	Cancun	650,034	683,439	5.1	6,844,158	7,808,368	14.1
CZM	Cozumel	13,135	15,195	15.7	140,966	136,851	(2.9)
HUX	Huatulco	55,182	59,568	7.9	545,157	640,207	17.4
MID	Merida	172,687	182,477	5.7	1,781,053	1,947,095	9.3
MTT	Minatitlan	19,018	14,133	(25.7)	221,964	194,440	(12.4)
OAX	Oaxaca	65,586	75,937	15.8	687,456	784,765	14.2
TAP	Tapachula	32,089	26,918	(16.1)	296,816	278,118	(6.3)
VER	Veracruz	114,810	118,495	3.2	1,242,663	1,299,989	4.6
VSA	Villahermosa	124,915	109,977	(12.0)	1,197,419	1,220,895	2.0
International Traffic		1,446,108	1,570,707	8.6	15,449,399	16,741,841	8.4
CUN	Cancun	1,362,328	1,474,807	8.3	14,571,637	15,793,141	8.4
CZM	Cozumel	35,172	35,784	1.7	397,126	404,747	1.9
HUX	Huatulco	15,543	18,158	16.8	117,623	136,425	16.0
MID	Merida	15,370	22,407	45.8	163,729	201,389	23.0
MTT	Minatitlan	716	592	(17.3)	11,278	6,779	(39.9)
OAX	Oaxaca	5,384	8,249	53.2	59,454	77,521	30.4
TAP	Tapachula	1,199	1,324	10.4	11,972	14,474	20.9
VER	Veracruz	6,530	5,657	(13.4)	73,204	67,983	(7.1)
VSA	Villahermosa	3,866	3,729	(3.5)	43,376	39,382	(9.2)
Traffic Total Mexico		2,693,564	2,856,846	6.1	28,407,051	31,052,569	9.3
CUN	Cancun	2,012,362	2,158,246	7.2	21,415,795	23,601,509	10.2
CZM	Cozumel	48,307	50,979	5.5	538,092	541,598	0.7
HUX	Huatulco	70,725	77,726	9.9	662,780	776,632	17.2
MID	Merida	188,057	204,884	8.9	1,944,782	2,148,484	10.5
MTT	Minatitlan	19,734	14,725	(25.4)	233,242	201,219	(13.7)
OAX	Oaxaca	70,970	84,186	18.6	746,910	862,286	15.4
TAP	Tapachula	33,288	28,242	(15.2)	308,788	292,592	(5.2)
VER	Veracruz	121,340	124,152	2.3	1,315,867	1,367,972	4.0
VSA	Villahermosa	128,781	113,706	(11.7)	1,240,795	1,260,277	1.6

Us Passenger Traffic, San Juan Airport (LMM)
		December		*% Chg*	Annual		*% Chg*
		2016	2017	*% Chg*	2016	2017	*% Chg*
SJU Total		852,142	648,292	(23.9)	9,032,627	8,407,404	(6.9)
Domestic Traffic		746,988	589,730	(21.1)	7,900,148	7,389,095	(6.5)
International Traffic		105,154	58,562	(44.3)	1,132,479	1,018,309	(10.1)

Colombia Passenger Traffic Airplan
		December		*% Chg*	Annual		*% Chg*
		2016	2017	*% Chg*	2016	2017	*% Chg*
Domestic Traffic		821,789	692,141	(15.8)	8,582,538	8,041,264	(6.3)
MDE	Rio Negro	567,267	467,881	(17.5)	6,132,225	5,618,957	(8.4)
EOH	Medellin	106,746	95,969	(10.1)	831,181	848,525	2.1
MTR	Monteria	84,373	73,668	(12.7)	968,481	943,772	(2.6)
APO	Carepa	19,775	14,585	(26.2)	210,550	201,330	(4.4)
UIB	Quibdo	35,915	32,141	(10.5)	368,920	347,208	(5.9)
CZU	Corozal	7,713	7,897	2.4	71,181	81,472	14.5
International Traffic		128,652	140,921	9.5	1,243,935	1,273,147	2.3
MDE	Rio Negro	128,652	140,921	9.5	1,243,935	1,273,147	2.3
EOH	Medellin	-	-		-	-
MTR	Monteria	-	-		-	-
APO	Carepa	-	-		-	-
UIB	Quibdo	-	-		-	-
CZU	Corozal	-	-		-	-
Traffic Total Colombia		950,441	833,062	(12.3)	9,826,473	9,314,411	(5.2)
MDE	Rio Negro	695,919	608,802	(12.5)	7,376,160	6,892,104	(6.6)
EOH	Medellin	106,746	95,969	(10.1)	831,181	848,525	2.1
MTR	Monteria	84,373	73,668	(12.7)	968,481	943,772	(2.6)
APO	Carepa	19,775	14,585	(26.2)	210,550	201,330	(4.4)
UIB	Quibdo	35,915	32,141	(10.5)	368,920	347,208	(5.9)
CZU	Corozal	7,713	7,897	2.4	71,181	81,472	14.5

About ASUR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is a leading international airport operator with a portfolio of concessions to operate, maintain and develop 16 airports in the Americas. This comprises nine airports in southeast Mexico, including Cancun Airport, the most important tourist destination in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, and six airports in northern Colombia, including Medellin international airport (Rio Negro), the second busiest in Colombia. ASUR is also a 60% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport serving the capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan. San Juan's Airport is the island's primary gateway for international and mainland-US destinations and was the first, and currently the only major airport in the US to have successfully completed a public–private partnership under the FAA Pilot Program. Headquartered in Mexico, ASUR 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. ASUR is one of the top four emerging market companies in the transportation and transportation infrastructure sector included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index (DJSI EM). For more information, visit www.asur.com.mx.