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ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for July 2012 Up 9.0% Year over Year

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for July 2012 increased by 9.0% when compared to July 2011.

This announcement reflects comparisons between July 1 through July 31, 2011 and July 1 through July 31, 2012. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.

Domestic
Airport	July 2011	July 2012	*% Change*
Cancun	462,579	596,191	28.9
Cozumel	8,475	10,944	29.1
Huatulco	46,481	45,192	(2.8)
Merida	104,631	102,273	(2.3)
Minatitlan	7,394	10,465	41.5
Oaxaca	33,676	41,297	22.6
Tapachula	13,838	12,738	(7.9)
Veracruz	72,608	74,000	1.9
Villahermosa	73,401	78,268	6.6
Total Domestic	823,083	971,368	18.0

International
Airport	July 2011	July 2012	*% Change*
Cancun	846,753	852,046	0.6
Cozumel	35,449	36,565	3.1
Huatulco	1,924	2,154	12.0
Merida	10,090	11,691	15.9
Minatitlan	451	500	10.9
Oaxaca	5,282	5,594	5.9
Tapachula	542	645	19.0
Veracruz	11,993	11,455	(4.5)
Villahermosa	6,033	7,166	18.8
Total International	918,517	927,816	1.0

Total
Airport	July 2011	July 2012	*% Change*
Cancun	1,309,332	1,448,237	10.6
Cozumel	43,924	47,509	8.2
Huatulco	48,405	47,346	(2.2)
Merida	114,721	113,964	(0.7)
Minatitlan	7,845	10,965	39.8
Oaxaca	38,958	46,891	20.4
Tapachula	14,380	13,383	(6.9)
Veracruz	84,601	85,455	1.0
Villahermosa	79,434	85,434	7.6
ASUR Total	1,741,600	1,899,184	9.0

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. 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.