- The Monterrey (+9.6%), Culiacán (+19.5%), and Ciudad Juárez (+20.9%) airports contributed most to traffic growth
MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 10.7% in October 2018, as compared to October 2017. Domestic traffic increased 11.5%, and international traffic increased 4.1%.
| Total Passengers* | ||||||
| ene-00 | Oct-17 | Oct-18 | Change % | Jan-Oct 2017 | Jan-Oct 2018 | Change % |
| Domestic | 1,467,369 | 1,636,467 | 11.5 | 14,282,464 | 15,760,593 | 10.3 |
| International | 173,645 | 180,696 | 4.1 | 2,011,027 | 2,091,835 | 4.0 |
| OMA Total | 1,641,014 | 1,817,163 | 10.7 | 16,293,491 | 17,852,428 | 9.6 |
| * Terminal passengers: includes passengers on the three types of aviation (commercial, charter, and general aviation), and excludes passengers in transit. | ||||||
During October 2018, domestic traffic increased in all our airports, with the largest increases in:
- Monterrey (+10.5%), with 51% of total domestic traffic, benefited from increases in the number of passengers on the Mexico City, Cancún and Guadalajara routes.
- Culiacán (+19.1%) increased traffic on the Tijuana and Guadalajara routes.
- Ciudad Juárez (+20.8%) increased traffic on the Guadalajara and Mexico City routes.
- Chihuahua (+13.9%) increased traffic on the Cancún and Mexico City routes.
In October 2018, Vivaaerobus started flying the Monterrey – Toluca route, and Volaris opened the Zihuatanejo – Tijuana route.
International traffic grew in eight airports in October, with the largest increases in:
- Monterrey (+2.8%), as a result of increases in the number of passengers on the Detroit route.
- Zacatecas (+25.6%) increased traffic on the San Jose, California route.
Of total passenger traffic, 99.2% was commercial, and 0.8% was general aviation.
OMA’s complete traffic report is available at http://ir.oma.aero
Chief Financial Officer
Ruffo Pérez Pliego
+52 (81) 8625 4300
rperezpliego@oma.aero
Investor Relations:
Emmanuel Camacho
+52 (81) 8625 4308
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