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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 March 2006

 

          (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

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        (Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

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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

February 2006 down 16.7% Year over Year

 

Mexico City, March 8, 2006, Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR) today announced that total passenger traffic for the month of February 2006 decreased by 16.7% when compared to February 2005.

 

All figures in this announcement reflect comparisons between the 28-day period February 1 through February 28 2005 and 2006. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded.

 

 

**Domestic**

**Airport**

**February 2005**

**February 2006**

**% Change**

Cancún

131,038

128,290

(2.1)

Cozumel

7,084

4,068

(42.6)

Huatulco

16,537

22,417

35.6

Merida

62,174

65,568

5.5

Minatitlan

9,271

13,994

50.9

Oaxaca

41,993

41,004

(2.4)

Tapachula

14,671

13,722

(6.5)

Veracruz

41,442

41,011

(1.0)

Villahermosa

50,686

52,686

3.9

Total Domestic

374,896

382,760

2.1

 

 

**International**

**Airport**

**February 2005**

**February 2006**

**% Change**

Cancun

785,373

595,524

(24.2)

Cozumel

53,750

22,870

(57.5)

Huatulco

11,166

12,779

14.4

Merida

11,509

11,731

1.9

Minatitlan

172

312

81.4

Oaxaca

5,037

6,630

31.6

Tapachula

366

301

(17.8)

Veracruz

4,557

5,039

10.6

Villahermosa

3,099

2,936

(5.3)

Total International

875,029

658,122

(24.8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 



**Total**

**Airport**

**February 2005**

**February 2006**

**% Change**

Cancun

916,411

723,814

(21.0)

Cozumel

60,834

26,938

(55.7)

Huatulco

27,703

35,196

27.0

Merida

73,683

77,299

4.9

Minatitlan

9,443

14,306

51.5

Oaxaca

47,030

47,634

1.3

Tapachula

15,037

14,023

(6.7)

Veracruz

45,999

46,050

0.1

Villahermosa

53,785

55,622

3.4

ASUR Total

1,249,925

1,040,882

(16.7)

 

ASUR’s management believes that the lower passenger traffic numbers to Cancun and Cozumel during the period were largely the result of the reduction in available accommodation caused by Hurricane Wilma, which struck the region in October 2005 and caused widespread damage to the hotel infrastructure in the region.

 

Cancun’s Municipal Tourism Authority estimates that of the 27,484 rooms available in Cancun prior to the hurricane, 17,328 or 63.0% were in operation as of February 28, 2006.

 

Quintana Roo’s Tourism authorities estimate that there were 2,125 hotel rooms in operation in Cozumel as February 28, 2006., representing 57% of the approximately 3,730 hotel rooms available before the hurricanes.

 

At this time ASUR cannot estimate the impact that these events will have on passenger traffic for 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 –

 



 

        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.



Date: March 8, 2006

 

 

 

 

 



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

| México |
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| (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |

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

|  
      Contacts:
       
      ASUR
      Lic. Adolfo Castro
      (52) 55-5284-0408
      <p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>acastro@asur.com.mx
       
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      Breakstone Group
      Susan Borinelli/Michael Fehle
      (646) 452-2333 / 2336
      <p
style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>sborinelli@breakstone-group.com
      mfehle@breakstone-group.com |
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| **Domestic** |
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| **Airport** | **February 2005** | **February 2006** | **% Change** |
| Cancún | 131,038 | 128,290 | (2.1) |
| Cozumel | 7,084 | 4,068 | (42.6) |
| Huatulco | 16,537 | 22,417 | 35.6 |
| Merida | 62,174 | 65,568 | 5.5 |
| Minatitlan | 9,271 | 13,994 | 50.9 |
| Oaxaca | 41,993 | 41,004 | (2.4) |
| Tapachula | 14,671 | 13,722 | (6.5) |
| Veracruz | 41,442 | 41,011 | (1.0) |
| Villahermosa | 50,686 | 52,686 | 3.9 |
| Total Domestic | 374,896 | 382,760 | 2.1 |

| **International** |
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| **Airport** | **February 2005** | **February 2006** | **% Change** |
| Cancun | 785,373 | 595,524 | (24.2) |
| Cozumel | 53,750 | 22,870 | (57.5) |
| Huatulco | 11,166 | 12,779 | 14.4 |
| Merida | 11,509 | 11,731 | 1.9 |
| Minatitlan | 172 | 312 | 81.4 |
| Oaxaca | 5,037 | 6,630 | 31.6 |
| Tapachula | 366 | 301 | (17.8) |
| Veracruz | 4,557 | 5,039 | 10.6 |
| Villahermosa | 3,099 | 2,936 | (5.3) |
| Total International | 875,029 | 658,122 | (24.8) |

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| **Total** |
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| **Airport** | **February 2005** | **February 2006** | **% Change** |
| Cancun | 916,411 | 723,814 | (21.0) |
| Cozumel | 60,834 | 26,938 | (55.7) |
| Huatulco | 27,703 | 35,196 | 27.0 |
| Merida | 73,683 | 77,299 | 4.9 |
| Minatitlan | 9,443 | 14,306 | 51.5 |
| Oaxaca | 47,030 | 47,634 | 1.3 |
| Tapachula | 15,037 | 14,023 | (6.7) |
| Veracruz | 45,999 | 46,050 | 0.1 |
| Villahermosa | 53,785 | 55,622 | 3.4 |
| ASUR Total | 1,249,925 | 1,040,882 | (16.7) |

|  | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A. de C.V. |
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|  | By:   /s/ ADOLFO CASTRO RIVAS       
               Adolfo Castro Rivas
               Director of Finance |