UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE
ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of November 2005

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL SURESTE S.A. DE C.V.
(SOUTHEAST AIRPORT GROUP)
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

México
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

Bosque de Alisos No. 474 — 4th Floor
Bosques de las Lomas
05120 México, D.F.
(Address of principal executive offices)

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Contacts:

 

ASUR

Lic. Adolfo Castro

(52) 55-5284-0408

acastro@asur.com.mx

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Breakstone Group

Susan Borinelli/Michael Fehle

(646) 452-2333 / 2336

sborinelli@breakstone-group.com

mfehle@breakstone-group.com

 

 

ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for

October 2005 down 19.8% Year over Year

 

Mexico City, November 10, 2005, Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR) today announced that total passenger traffic for the month of October 2005 decreased by 19.8% when compared to October 2004, reflecting the impact of Hurricane Wilma.

 

All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between the 31-day period starting October 1 through October 31, 2005 and 2004. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.

 

Airport

October 2004

October 2005

% Change

Cancun

674,195

451,209

(33.1%)

Cozumel

29,605

15,469

(47.7%)

Huatulco

15,305

17,110

11.8%

Merida

75,692

108,754

43.7%

Minatitlan

10,907

13,333

22.2%

Oaxaca

46,897

46,195

(1.5%)

Tapachula

14,572

18,805

29.0%

Veracruz

54,127

53,478

(1.2%)

Villahermosa

58,779

61,232

4.2%

ASUR Total

980,079

785,585

(19.8%)

 

Hurricane Wilma, which hit the region in October 2005, forced the closure Cancun and Cozumel airports. Cancun airport closed on October 21 at 6pm and reopened on October 24 at 8am; Cozumel airport closed on October 21 at 3pm and reopened on October 23 at 9am.

 

Cancun airport currently has only one of its two terminals in operation owing to damage sustained to Terminal 1 during the hurricane.

 

The terminal at Cozumel airport sustained damage to its ceilings, air-conditioning systems, windows, and electrical wiring.

 

As of the date of this release, ASUR cannot estimate when operations at Cancun and Cozumel airports will return to normal.

 

The use of Merida airport to evacuate 21,997 tourists that were in the Cancun region during the hurricane accounts for the increase in passenger traffic at this airport.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

In order to illustrate the impact of the hurricane, the following table shows the passenger traffic numbers for the periods prior to and after the hurricane, comparing the traffic with the same period in 2004:

 

October 1-21

October 22-31

Airport

2004

2005

% Change

2004

2005

% Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancún

431,031

418,980

-2.8%

243,164

32,229

-86.7%

Cozumel

19,064

13,528

-29.0%

10,541

1,941

-81.6%

Huatulco

9,688

9,096

-6.1%

5,617

8,014

42.7%

Mérida

49,512

53,156

7.4%

26,180

55,598

112.4%

Minatitlán

7,310

8,990

23.0%

3,597

4,343

20.7%

Oaxaca

29,554

28,503

-3.6%

17,343

17,692

2.0%

Tapachula

9,767

13,118

34.3%

4,805

5,687

18.4%

Veracruz

36,350

36,945

1.6%

17,777

16,533

-7.0%

Villahermosa

38,312

40,412

5.5%

20,467

20,820

1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASUR Total

630,588

622,728

(1.2%)

349,491

162,857

(53.4%)

 

ASUR’s management believes that the lower passenger traffic numbers to Cancun and Cozumel during the period October 1 through 21 were largely the result of the reduction in available accommodation caused by Hurricane Emily, which struck the region in July 2005.

 

Prior to Hurricane Wilma, the region’s Municipal Tourism Authority had estimated that of the 2,918 hotel rooms in Cancun which were damaged by Hurricane Emily and which were still out of service on September 30, all but 63 were expected to be returned to service by December 31 2005. In Cozumel, the owners of two hotels which closed a total of 500 rooms estimated that these rooms would be reopened in November 2005.

 

Hurricane Wilma caused widespread damage to the hotel infrastructure of Cancun and Cozumel, and as at the date of this release the Tourism Authority has not issued an estimate of the number of hotel rooms that were damaged, nor when these rooms are expected to return to service.

 

At this time ASUR cannot estimate the impact that these events will have on passenger traffic for the fourth quarter of 2005, or 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.

 

 

 

— ENDS —

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A. de C.V.
 


By:   /s/ ADOLFO CASTRO RIVAS      
               Adolfo Castro Rivas
               Director of Finance

Date: November 10, 2005