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 2008 increased by 1.0% when compared to December 2007. All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between December 1 through December 30, 2007 and 2008. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. Domestic -------- Airport December December % Change 2007 2008 Cancun 296,240 277,469 (6.3) Cozumel 10,816 6,100 (43.6) Huatulco 26,063 31,574 21.1 Merida 116,965 90,418 (22.7) Minatitlan 15,028 12,528 (16.6) Oaxaca 48,143 52,393 8.8 Tapachula 21,053 21,339 1.4 Veracruz 76,878 75,380 (1.9) Villahermosa 83,089 67,652 (18.6) Total Domestic 694,275 634,853 (8.6) International ------------- Airport December December % Change 2007 2008 Cancun 729,543 810,842 11.1 Cozumel 32,632 28,764 (11.9) Huatulco 9,438 8,087 (14.3) Merida 11,482 8,619 (24.9) Minatitlan 385 305 (20.8) Oaxaca 4,027 5,238 30.1 Tapachula 213 284 33.3 Veracruz 5,811 5,629 (3.1) Villahermosa 4,466 4,543 1.7 Total International 797,997 872,311 9.3 Total ----- Airport December December % Change 2007 2008 Cancun 1,025,783 1,088,311 6.1 Cozumel 43,448 34,864 (19.8) Huatulco 35,501 39,661 11.7 Merida 128,447 99,037 (22.9) Minatitlan 15,413 12,833 (16.7) Oaxaca 52,170 57,631 10.5 Tapachula 21,266 21,623 1.7 Veracruz 82,689 81,009 (2.0) Villahermosa 87,555 72,195 (17.5) ASUR Total 1,492,272 1,507,164 1.0 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, ; or Breakstone Group, Susan Borinelli, +1-646-452-2333, , or Maura Gedid, +1-646-452-2335, , both for ASUR

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