OMA reports an 11.9% increase in June 2019 passenger traffic

Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (NASDAQ: OMAB; BMV: OMA), reports that terminal passenger traffic at its 13 airports increased 11.9% in June 2019, as compared to June 2018. Domestic traffic increased 11.3%, and international traffic increased 16.7%.

Total Passengers*
	Jun-2018	Jun-2019	Change %	Jan - Jun 2018	Jan - Jun 2019	Change %
Domestic	1,619,220	1,802,071	11.3	8,965,044	9,676,827	7.9
International	192,590	224,657	16.7	1,320,716	1,394,757	5.6
OMA Total	1,811,810	2,026,728	11.9	10,285,760	11,071,584	7.6
* Terminal passengers: includes passengers on the three types of aviation (commercial, charter, and general aviation), and excludes passengers in transit.

During June 2019, domestic traffic increased in eleven of our airports, with the largest increases in:

Monterrey (+7.9%) as a result of increased traffic on the Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Tijuana routes.
Ciudad Juárez (+20.6%) due to increased traffic on the Mexico City route.
Acapulco (+39.7%), benefitted from increases in the number of passengers on the Mexico City, and Guadalajara routes.
Chihuahua (+15.4%) due to increased traffic on the Mexico City route.
Culiacán (+8.9%) as a result of increased traffic on the Mexico City and Tijuana routes.

In June 2019, Volaris started flying the Chihuahua – Querétaro, Durango – Guadalajara, and Durango – Mexico City routes; and VivaAerobus started flying the Mazatlán – Tijuana route.

International traffic grew in twelve airports in June, with the largest increase in Monterrey (+18.5%), as a result of increases in the number of passengers on the Houston route.

In June 2019, VivaAerobus started flying the Monterrey – Las Vegas route; and Volaris and American Airlines started flying, each, the Durango – Dallas route.

Of total passenger traffic, 99.4% was commercial, and 0.6% was general aviation.

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