MEXICO CITY, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for December 2009 decreased by 4.1% when compared to December 2008. All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between December 1 through December 31, 2008 and 2009. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. Domestic -------- Airport December December % Change 2008 2009 Cancun 277,469 285,746 3.0 Cozumel 6,100 4,502 (26.2) Huatulco 31,574 29,609 (6.2) Merida 90,418 95,980 6.2 Minatitlan 12,528 11,816 (5.7) Oaxaca 52,393 39,351 (24.9) Tapachula 21,339 19,274 (9.7) Veracruz 75,380 65,836 (12.7) Villahermosa 67,652 60,561 (10.5) Total Domestic 634,853 612,675 (3.5) International ------------- Airport December December % Change 2008 2009 Cancun 810,842 767,853 (5.3) Cozumel 28,764 32,202 12.0 Huatulco 8,087 6,918 (14.5) Merida 8,619 9,008 4.5 Minatitlan 305 444 45.6 Oaxaca 5,238 5,369 2.5 Tapachula 284 250 (12.0) Veracruz 5,629 5,738 1.9 Villahermosa 4,543 4,810 5.9 Total International 872,311 832,592 (4.6) Total ----- Airport December December % Change 2008 2009 Cancun 1,088,311 1,053,599 (3.2) Cozumel 34,864 36,704 5.3 Huatulco 39,661 36,527 (7.9) Merida 99,037 104,988 6.0 Minatitlan 12,833 12,260 (4.5) Oaxaca 57,631 44,720 (22.4) Tapachula 21,623 19,524 (9.7) Veracruz 81,009 71,574 (11.6) Villahermosa 72,195 65,371 (9.5) ASUR Total 1,507,164 1,445,267 (4.1) 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. DATASOURCE: Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. CONTACT: Lic. Adolfo Castro, ASUR, 52-55-5284-0408, ; Susan Borinelli, Breakstone Group, +1-646-330-5907, , or Maura Gedid, Breakstone Group, +1-646-452-2335,

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