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Passengers Transported by Grupo Aeromexico Grew 32% In July

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B de C.V. ("Aeromexico") (BMV: AEROMEX), the largest intercontinental airline in Mexico, has reported its operating statistics for July.

In July 2011, total passenger traffic increased 32%, year over year, reaching a total of one million 385 thousand passengers transported. This was the highest number recorded for any month in the Company's history. International passenger traffic grew 51% and domestic traffic increased 25%. Therefore, in the first seven months of the year, the total number of passengers transported by Aeromexico increased 33% over the previous year, with a total of 8 million 149 thousand passengers transported.

Year over year demand, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs), registered an increase of 29% in July, while capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometers (ASKs), increased 19%. This resulted in an itinerary load factor for July of 86.9%, which was also the highest monthly load factor in the Company's history; 6.4 points higher than July 2010.


	July			YTD July
	2011	2010	Chg%	2011	2010	Chg %
RPK's Itinerary + Charter (Millions)
Domestic	864	733	18%	5,226	4,315	21%
International	1,409	1,028	37%	7,585	5,513	38%
Total	2,273	1,761	29%	12,811	9,828	30%

ASK's Itinerary + Charter (Millions)
Domestic	1,031	989	4%	6,811	6,136	11%
International	1,603	1,225	31%	9,528	6,935	37%
Total	2,634	2,214	19%	16,340	13,070	25%

Load Factor (Itinerary)			p.p.			p.p.
Domestic	84.6	75.2	9.5	77.3	70.6	6.6
International	88.3	84.8	3.5	80.0	80.1	-0.1
Total	86.9	80.4	6.4	78.8	75.6	3.3

Passengers Itinerary + Charter ('000)
Domestic	963	771	25%	6,024	4,720	28%
International	422	279	51%	2,125	1,416	50%
Total	1,385	1,049	32%	8,149	6,137	33%

The information included in this report has not been audited and it does not provide information on the company's future performance. Aeromexico's future performance depends on many factors and it cannot be inferred that any period's performance or its comparison year-over-year will be an indicator of a similar performance in the future.

Glossary:

"RPKs" Revenue Passenger Kilometers represent one revenue-passenger transported one kilometer. Includes itinerary and charter flights. The total RPKs equals the number of revenue-passengers transported multiplied by the total distance flown.
"ASKs" Available Seat Kilometers represent the number of available seats multiplied by the distance flown. This metric is an indicator of the airline's capacity. It equals one seat offered for one kilometer, whether or not the seat is used.
"Load Factor" equals the number of passengers transported as a percentage of the number of seats offered. It is a measure of the airline's capacity utilization. This metric takes into account the total passengers transported and total seats available in itinerary flights.
"Passengers" refers to the total number of passengers transported by the airline.

About Grupo Aeromexico

Grupo Aeromexico operates its main hub out of Terminal 2 in the Mexico City International Airport. The Group's airlines operate over 550 daily flights to different cities in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Central and South America, and Europe and Asia. Aeromexico is a founding member of SkyTeam, the global airline alliance comprised of 14 airlines.