Source: Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V.

OMA's February 2008 Total Passenger Traffic Increases 16.4 Percent
Domestic Traffic Grows 22.5 Percent
MONTERREY, Mexico, March 10, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA, reports that total passenger traffic (terminal passengers) at its 13 airports increased 16.4% in February 2008, as compared to February 2007. The increase is a result of the double digit growth in domestic passenger traffic.


Domestic traffic in February 2008 increased 22.5% (+172,421 passengers), compared to the prior year period. All thirteen airports reported growth in domestic passenger traffic as a result of the increase in passengers served by airlines that opened routes during recent months. The airports that reported the most significant growth in passenger traffic were Reynosa, Ciudad Juarez, San Luis Potosi, Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, Culiacan, Mazatlan, Durango, and Monterrey.

International traffic decreased 2.7% (-6,657 passengers) in February 2008, as compared to February 2007. International traffic at the Acapulco, Mazatlan, and Zihuatanejo airports, located in tourist destinations, decreased as a result of the reduction in charter flights and a decrease in frequencies by scheduled international airlines. The airports that recorded the most significant increases were Monterrey, Chihuahua, and San Luis Potosi, as a result of the increase in frequencies of several international routes.


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