MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that total passenger traffic for August 2009 decreased by 12.8% when compared to August 2008. This announcement reflects comparisons between August 1 through August 31, 2009 and 2008. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. Domestic August August Airport 2008 2009 % Change Cancun 332,419 341,873 2.8 Cozumel 8,766 6,184 (29.5) Huatulco 30,791 31,275 1.6 M rida 92,050 81,962 (11.0) Minatitlan 12,618 12,808 1.5 Oaxaca 48,236 40,625 (15.8) Tapachula 19,301 12,514 (35.2) Veracruz 76,218 67,663 (11.2) Villahermosa 73,961 60,338 (18.4) ------------ ------ ------ ------ Total Domestic 694,360 655,242 (5.6) -------------- ------- ------- ----- International August August Airport 2008 2009 % Change Cancun 753,287 600,859 (20.2) Cozumel 33,994 32,505 (4.4) Huatulco 1,556 1,258 (19.2) Merida 11,678 9,902 (15.2) Minatitlan 411 365 (11.2) Oaxaca 5,557 7,628 37.3 Tapachula 353 423 19.8 Veracruz 6,929 6,648 (4.1) Villahermosa 4,726 4,857 2.8 ------------ ----- ----- ---- Total International 818,491 664,445 (18.8) ------------------- ------- ------- ------ Total August August Airport 2008 2009 % Change Cancun 1,085,706 942,732 (13.2) Cozumel 42,760 38,689 (9.5) Huatulco 32,347 32,533 0.6 M rida 103,728 91,864 (11.4) Minatitlan 13,029 13,173 1.1 Oaxaca 53,793 48,253 (10.3) Tapachula 19,654 12,937 (34.2) Veracruz 83,147 74,311 (10.6) Villahermosa 78,687 65,195 (17.1) ------------ ------ ------ ------ ASUR Total 1,512,851 1,319,687 (12.8) ---------- --------- --------- ------ 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: ASUR: Lic. Adolfo Castro, +(52) 55-5284-0408, ; Susan Borinelli, Breakstone Group, +1-646-330-5907,

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