Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico Reports Passenger Traffic Increase of 12.7% in Its 12 Mexican Airports and a Decrease of 0.5% in Its Montego Bay Jamaica Airport for the Month of August

September 04, 2015 06:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time

GUADALAJARA, Mexico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V., (NYSE:PAC) (BMV:GAP) (“the Company” or “GAP”) announced today preliminary terminal passenger traffic figures for the month of August 2015 compared to traffic figures for August 2014.

During August 2015, total terminal passengers increased 12.7% in the 12 Mexico-based airports compared to the same period of the previous year; traffic through the Montego Bay airport declined 0.5% during the same period. Domestic passenger traffic presented a 13.9% increase in the Mexican airports, while international passenger traffic increased 10.3%. Montego Bay contributed 321 thousand passengers to GAP’s network during the month of August.

Domestic Terminal Passengers (in thousands):


Airport	Aug-14	Aug-15	% Var		Jan-Aug 14	Jan-Aug 15	% Var
Guadalajara	515.1	573.7	11.4	%	3,859.9	4,254.1	10.2	%
Tijuana	381.9	448.9	17.5	%	2,997.7	3,106.6	3.6	%
Puerto Vallarta	101.2	127.4	25.9	%	634.5	771.2	21.5	%
Los Cabos	102.0	106.9	4.7	%	645.6	687.6	6.5	%
Guanajuato	66.2	88.7	34.0	%	466.1	601.9	29.1	%
Hermosillo	106.2	106.1	-0.1	%	840.7	821.6	-2.3	%
La Paz	57.2	61.4	7.5	%	440.5	433.4	-1.6	%
Aguascalientes	35.7	43.0	20.4	%	252.6	309.5	22.5	%
Mexicali	43.0	53.6	24.5	%	335.4	383.5	14.4	%
Morelia	21.4	20.5	-4.1	%	168.8	149.8	-11.2	%
Los Mochis	19.4	25.5	31.3	%	142.6	185.9	30.4	%
Manzanillo	11.6	7.8	-33.0	%	87.2	67.7	-22.3	%
Total	1,461.0	1,663.4	13.9	%	10,871.6	11,772.9	8.3	%

International Terminal Passengers (in thousands):


Airport	Aug-14	Aug-15	% Var		Jan-Aug 14	Jan-Aug 15	% Var
Guadalajara	284.2	331.6	16.7	%	1,976.1	2,199.8	11.3	%
Tijuana	3.1	5.2	69.2	%	20.9	29.5	41.7	%
Puerto Vallarta	116.1	132.2	13.8	%	1,543.2	1,768.0	14.6	%
Los Cabos	211.6	204.5	-3.3	%	1,977.8	1,824.9	-7.7	%
Guanajuato	47.8	57.1	19.5	%	323.8	374.9	15.8	%
Hermosillo	5.9	5.4	-9.3	%	55.2	46.7	-15.3	%
La Paz	0.7	0.6	-7.0	%	9.2	6.9	-25.4	%
Aguascalientes	14.1	17.1	21.9	%	95.4	110.1	15.4	%
Mexicali	0.2	0.3	32.9	%	2.2	2.9	32.5	%
Morelia	21.4	24.0	12.1	%	160.2	174.8	9.2	%
Los Mochis	0.5	0.4	-20.5	%	3.8	3.4	-10.9	%
Manzanillo	2.2	2.1	-6.4	%	63.8	74.5	16.8	%
Total	707.8	780.6	10.3	%	6,231.6	6,616.5	6.2	%

Total Terminal Passengers (in thousands):


Airport	Aug-14	Aug-15	% Var		Jan-Aug 14	Jan-Aug-15	% Var
Guadalajara	799.3	905.3	13.3	%	5,836.0	6,453.9	10.6	%
Tijuana	385.0	454.1	18.0	%	3,018.6	3,136.2	3.9	%
Puerto Vallarta	217.3	259.5	19.4	%	2,177.8	2,539.1	16.6	%
Los Cabos	313.6	311.4	-0.7	%	2,623.4	2,512.5	-4.2	%
Guanajuato	113.9	145.7	27.9	%	789.9	976.8	23.7	%
Hermosillo	112.2	111.5	-0.6	%	895.8	868.2	-3.1	%
La Paz	57.8	62.1	7.3	%	449.7	440.3	-2.1	%
Aguascalientes	49.8	60.2	20.8	%	348.0	419.6	20.6	%
Mexicali	43.3	53.9	24.6	%	337.6	386.4	14.5	%
Morelia	42.8	44.5	4.0	%	329.0	324.7	-1.3	%
Los Mochis	19.9	25.9	30.0	%	146.4	189.3	29.3	%
Manzanillo	13.8	9.9	-28.7	%	151.0	142.3	-5.8	%
Total	2,168.8	2,443.9	12.7	%	17,103.2	18,389.3	7.5	%

Montego Bay Airport (thousands)

			Aug-14		Aug-15		% Var			Jan-Aug 14		Jan-Aug 15		% Var
Total			323.2		321.6		-0.5	%		2,551.4		2,674.6		4.8	%

The following items are highlights from traffic results for the month of August:

Load Factor: During the month of August, GAP registered an 11.3% increase in the number of seats compared to last year. Load factor grew 1.0% to reach 81.6%. It is worth noting that both indicators contributed to making August the best month in the concession’s history.
Aguascalientes and Guanajuato: Both airports continued registering double-digit growth rates; Aguascalientes grew 20.8% in August due to 5 thousand additional Aeromexico seats on its Mexico City route serving business travelers. Guanajuato passenger traffic rose 27.9% in August when compared to last year due to 15 thousand new Interjet seats from the recent opening of routes to Tijuana, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta and Mexico City, and 10 thousand additional Volaris seats from their recent entry into the Los Angeles market.
Guadalajara: This airport registered a record accumulated level of passengers as of August 2015. The main driver of this growth is Volaris which, due to its international market expansion, added 91 thousand seats during the month of August; among Volaris’ new destinations are Dallas Fort Worth, Houston, Guatemala, and New York-JFK, with the next opening being San Jose, Costa Rica.
Puerto Vallarta: The Vallarta-Nayarit destination continues posting historic levels of transported passenger volume. During the summer, the Company registered growth of 75 thousand domestic seats and 47 thousand international seats compared to the same period last year. This situation has consolidated this destination as one of the most important tourist destinations for residents of Central and Northern Mexico.
Los Cabos: During August 2015, this airport posted a variation of only 2,245 passengers versus August 2014, which indicates a favorable traffic recovery.
Tijuana: During the month of August, domestic traffic rose 17.5%, mainly due to a higher number of available seats from Volaris and Interjet. As a result, there was an accumulated recovery during the month of August, reaching 3.6% growth as expected.

Company Description:

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. (GAP) operates 12 airports throughout Mexico’s Pacific region, including the major cities of Guadalajara and Tijuana, the four tourist destinations of Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz and Manzanillo, and six other mid-sized cities: Hermosillo, Guanajuato, Morelia, Aguascalientes, Mexicali and Los Mochis. In February 2006, GAP’s shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “PAC” and on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GAP”. In April 2015 GAP acquired 100% of Desarrollo de Concesiones Aeroportuarias, S.L., which owns a majority stake of MJ Airports Limited, a company operating the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

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