MEXICO CITY, May 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 April 2008 increased by 5.3% when compared to April 2007. All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between April 1 through April 30, 2007 and 2008. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. Domestic April April Airport 2007 2008 % Change Cancun 263,471 259,090 (1.7) Cozumel 5,653 6,739 19.2 Huatulco 26,731 18,660 (30.2) Merida 91,243 100,981 10.7 Minatitlan 15,522 14,147 (8.9) Oaxaca 39,622 42,899 8.3 Tapachula 17,349 18,813 8.4 Veracruz 75,521 78,062 3.4 Villahermosa 63,903 78,931 23.5 Total Domestic 599,015 618,322 3.2 International April April Airport 2007 2008 % Change Cancun 813,375 879,969 8.2 Cozumel 45,234 44,055 (2.6) Huatulco 6,497 5,122 (21.2) Merida 12,013 8,979 (25.3) Minatitlan 356 327 (8.1) Oaxaca 3,454 3,044 (11.9) Tapachula 456 341 (25.2) Veracruz 5,759 5,306 (7.9) Villahermosa 3,980 3,740 (6.0) Total International 891,124 950,883 6.7 Total April April Airport 2007 2008 % Change Cancun 1,076,846 1,139,059 5.8 Cozumel 50,887 50,794 (0.2) Huatulco 33,228 23,782 (28.4) Merida 103,256 109,960 6.5 Minatitlan 15,878 14,474 (8.8) Oaxaca 43,076 45,943 6.7 Tapachula 17,805 19,154 7.6 Veracruz 81,280 83,368 2.6 Villahermosa 67,883 82,671 21.8 ASUR Total 1,490,139 1,569,205 5.3 It is important to consider that Easter and Holy weeks during 2007 were in April while in 2008 those were in March. 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: ASUR CONTACT: Lic. Adolfo Castro, ASUR, (52) 55-5284-0408, ; Susan Borinelli, or Maura Gedid, Breakstone Group, +1-646-452-2333, or +1-646-452-2335, , or , both for ASUR

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