ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for February 2010 Down 6.9% Year Over Year

MEXICO CITY, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for February 2010 decreased by 6.9% when compared to February 2009.

This announcement reflects comparisons between February 1 through February 28, 2010 and February 1 through February 28, 2009. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.

    
    
                                      Domestic
                                      --------
    Airport                  February          February     
                               2009              2010          % Change
    Cancun                   195,552           183,850           (6.0)
    Cozumel                    5,651             3,332          (41.0)
    Huatulco                  26,643            20,778          (22.0)
    Merida                    77,345            74,805           (3.3)
    Minatitlan                10,933             9,950           (9.0)
    Oaxaca                    44,250            32,941          (25.6)
    Tapachula                 18,578            13,666          (26.4)
    Veracruz                  68,087            58,324          (14.3)
    Villahermosa              60,616            51,212          (15.5)
    ------------              ------            ------          -----
    Total Domestic           507,655           448,858          (11.6)
    --------------           -------           -------          -----
    
    
    
                                   International
                                   -------------
    Airport                  February          February     
                               2009              2010         % Change
    Cancun                   961,078           908,637           (5.5)
    Cozumel                   42,802            45,475            6.2
    Huatulco                  13,798            15,338           11.2
    Merida                     7,524             7,825            4.0
    Minatitlan                   213               369           73.2
    Oaxaca                     5,059             4,202          (16.9)
    Tapachula                    283               262           (7.4)
    Veracruz                   4,967             5,266            6.0
    Villahermosa               3,447             3,713            7.7
    ------------               -----             -----            ---
    Total International    1,039,171           991,087           (4.6)
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                                        Total
                                        -----
    Airport                   February         February     
                                2009             2010          % Change
    Cancun                  1,156,630         1,092,487           (5.5)
    Cozumel                    48,453            48,807            0.7
    Huatulco                   40,441            36,116          (10.7)
    Merida                     84,869            82,630           (2.6)
    Minatitlan                 11,146            10,319           (7.4)
    Oaxaca                     49,309            37,143          (24.7)
    Tapachula                  18,861            13,928          (26.2)
    Veracruz                   73,054            63,590          (13.0)
    Villahermosa               64,063            54,925          (14.3)
    ------------               ------            ------          -----
    ASUR Total              1,546,826         1,439,945           (6.9)
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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.

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