ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for December 2005 Down 28.4% Year over Yeartitle
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del
Sureste, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR) today announced that total
passenger traffic for the month of December 2005 decreased by 28.4% when
compared to December 2004.
All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between the 31-day
period December 1 through December 31 2004 and 2005. Transit and general
aviation passengers are excluded.
Going forwards, the Company will present a breakdown of the figures for
international and domestic passenger traffic, as well as the combined figures.
Domestic
Airport December 2004 December 2005 % Change
Cancun 186,944 157,437 (15.8)
Cozumel 10,903 3,744 (65.7)
Huatulco 22,091 28,470 28.9
Merida 70,442 76,699 8.9
Minatitlan 9,850 13,941 41.5
Oaxaca 43,487 46,877 7.8
Tapachula 17,870 17,676 (1.1)
Veracruz 43,020 46,053 7.1
Villahermosa 54,696 58,496 6.9
Total Domestic 459,303 449,393 (2.2)
International
Airport December 2004 December 2005 % Change
Cancun 625,705 336,433 (46.2)
Cozumel 36,271 5,264 (85.5)
Huatulco 4,130 5,245 27.0
Merida 10,454 10,823 3.5
Minatitlan 191 337 76.4
Oaxaca 5,325 6,723 26.3
Tapachula 365 431 18.1
Veracruz 4,931 5,050 2.4
Villahermosa 3,884 4,108 5.8
Total International 691,256 374,414 (45.8)
Total
Airport December 2004 December 2005 % Change
Cancun 812,649 493,870 (39.2)
Cozumel 47,174 9,008 (80.9)
Huatulco 26,221 33,715 28.6
Merida 80,896 87,522 8.2
Minatitlan 10,041 14,278 42.2
Oaxaca 48,812 53,600 9.8
Tapachula 18,235 18,107 (0.7)
Veracruz 47,951 51,103 6.6
Villahermosa 58,580 62,604 6.9
ASUR Total 1,150,559 823,807 (28.4)
ASURs management believes that the lower passenger traffic numbers to
Cancun and Cozumel during the period were largely the result of the reduction
in available accommodation caused by Hurricane Wilma, which struck the region
in October 2005 and caused widespread damage to the hotel infrastructure in
the region.
Cancuns Municipal Tourism Authority estimates that of the 27,484 rooms
available in Cancun prior to the hurricane 10,918, or 40.0%, were in operation
as of December 31, 2005.
The Trust for the Promotion of Tourism in the Mayan Riviera estimates that
of 25,170 rooms available in the region, 22,836 or 90.7% were in operation at
the end of December 2005.
At this time ASUR cannot estimate the impact that these events will have
on passenger traffic for fiscal year 2006.
About ASUR:
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A. 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.
