Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, SAB de CV, the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, today announced that total passenger traffic for March 2016 increased by 10.2% when compared to March 2015.
This announcement reflects comparisons between March 1 through March 31, 2016 and 2015. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded. During 2015, the impact of Holy Week on passenger traffic began on March 27, while in 2016 it began on March 18.
Domestic
Airport March
2015 March
2016 % Change
Cancún 417,993 509,970 22.0%
Cozumel 7,552 13,377 77.1%
Huatulco 41,481 45,220 9.0%
Mérida 121,672 144,290 18.6%
Minatitlán 19,917 19,194 (3.6)%
Oaxaca 47,763 58,397 22.3%
Tapachula 20,344 24,426 20.1%
Veracruz 93,585 99,223 6.0%
Villahermosa 101,995 99,721 (2.2)%
Total Domestic 872,302 1,013,818 16.2%
International
Airport March
2015 March
2016 % Change
Cancún 1,383,395 1,482,605 7.2%
Cozumel 59,872 56,766 (5.2)%
Huatulco 21,405 21,689 1.3%
Mérida 10,639 15,175 42.6%
Minatitlán 767 899 17.2%
Oaxaca 5,597 5,545 (0.9)%
Tapachula 930 870 (6.5)%
Veracruz 6,564 5,892 (10.2)%
Villahermosa 4,671 4,003 (14.3)%
Total International 1,493,840 1,593,444 6.7%
Total
Airport March
2015 March
2016 % Change
Cancún 1,801,388 1,992,575 10.6%
Cozumel 67,424 70,143 4.0%
Huatulco 62,886 66,909 6.4%
Mérida 132,311 159,465 20.5%
Minatitlán 20,684 20,093 (2.9)%
Oaxaca 53,360 63,942 19.8%
Tapachula 21,274 25,296 18.9%
Veracruz 100,149 105,115 5.0%
Villahermosa 106,666 103,724 (2.8)%
ASUR Total 2,366,142 2,607,262 10.2%
