Business Editors
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR) today announced that total passenger traffic for the month of June 2002 decreased by 4.4 percent from the comparable period last year.
Due to the current situation following the events
All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between the 35-day period from May 29 through July 2, 2002, and the equivalent 35-day period last year from May 30 through July 3, 2001. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.
Airport June 2001 June 2002 % Change Cancun 827,619 802,351 (3.1) Cozumel 70,146 57,986 (17.3) Huatulco 25,801 24,280 (5.9) Merida 79,751 77,255 (3.1) Minatitlan 12,715 12,037 (5.3) Oaxaca 36,199 34,270 (5.3) Tapachula 17,149 15,699 (8.5) Veracruz 49,632 46,535 (6.2) Villahermosa 48,918 46,649 (4.6) ASUR Total 1,167,930 1,117,062 (4.4)
By week, ASUR's total passenger traffic from May 29 through July 2, 2002 varied year-over-year as follows:
- Decreased by 4.7 percent for the seven-day period from May 29 through June 4;
- Decreased by 6.5 percent for the seven-day period from June 5 through 11;
- Decreased by 7.4 percent for the seven-day period from June 12 through 18 and;
- Decreased by 3.7 percent for the seven-day period from June 19 through 25.
- Increased by 0.2 percent for the seven-day period from June 26 through July 2.
Airport % Change May 29 thru July 2, 2002,
vs. May 30 thru July 3, 2001
May 29 June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26 to
To June 4 To 11 To 18 To 25 July 2
7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Cancun (5.0) (5.2) (5.7) (1.6) 1.9
Cozumel (21.3) (14.0) (19.3) (17.4) (15.0)
Huatulco (2.9) (6.3) (9.2) (11.4) (0.5)
Merida (2.4) (7.7) (8.6) (5.8) 7.9
Minatitlan 2.0 (5.4) (9.0) (7.9) (5.3)
Oaxaca 2.4 (10.5) (13.4) (7.0) 2.5
Tapachula (3.3) (24.4) (8.9) 0.5 (4.0)
Veracruz 4.8 (6.9) (7.4) (8.4) (12.1)
Villahermosa 1.7 (6.4) (11.0) (2.5) (4.2)
ASUR Total (4.7) (6.5) (7.4) (3.7) 0.2
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.