ASUR Announces Impact from Swine Flu Outbreak
April 29 2009 - 9:20AM
PR Newswire (US)
MEXICO CITY, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario
del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR) the first
privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport
and eight others in the southeast of Mexico, announced today that
on April 26, 2009 the Mexican Secretary of Health confirmed the
presence of Swine Influenza H1N1 ("Swine Flu") in Mexico. On April
28, 2009 the World Health Organization (the "WHO") acknowledged the
outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico and as a result, raised its
pandemic alert to level 4, indicating verified human-to-human
transmission of a virus able to cause "community-level outbreaks."
In addition, various countries have advised against non-essential
travel to Mexico. Cuba and Argentina have cancelled flights to
Mexico and the Mexican government has declared a state of
emergency. Between April 26 and April 28, 2009, there has been a
decline in the passenger traffic levels from those observed before
the Mexican Secretary of Health confirmed the presence of Swine
Flu. At the present time, ASUR cannot determine the impact that
this will have on the Company's operations and its financial
results, nor can ASUR predict the amount of time it will take to
return back to normal conditions. 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, ; Breakstone Group, Susan
Borinelli, +1-646-330-5907, , or Maura Gedid, +1-646-452-2335,
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