MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov. 4, 2014 (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 13.8% in October 2014, as compared to October 2013. Domestic traffic increased 13.9%, and international traffic increased 13.7%.
Of total October traffic, 98.0% was commercial aviation and 2.0% was general aviation.
| Total Passengers* | ||||||
| Oct-13 | Oct-14 | Change % | Jan-Oct 2013 | Jan-Oct 2014 | Change % | |
| Domestic | 979,289 | 1,115,003 | 13.9 | 9,458,605 | 10,407,883 | 10.0 |
| International | 126,277 | 143,554 | 13.7 | 1,504,107 | 1,618,223 | 7.6 |
| OMA Total | 1,105,566 | 1,258,557 | 13.8 | 10,962,712 | 12,026,106 | 9.7 |
| * Terminal passengers: includes passengers on the three types of aviation (commercial, charter, and general aviation), and excludes passengers in transit. | ||||||
Domestic traffic increased in eleven airports in October. The most noteworthy increases were in Monterrey (+19.8%; +91,105 passengers), Tampico (+23.5%; +11,588), and San Luis Potosí (+74.2%; +11,129). Monterrey traffic increased principally on the Mexico City and Cancún routes. Tampico traffic increased on the Monterrey, Villahermosa and Guadalajara routes. San Luis Potosí traffic increased on the Mexico City, Monterrey and Cancún routes. Traffic decreased most in Culiacán (-4.8%; -5,329 passengers) principally as a result of reduced traffic on the Tijuana route.
During October, Volaris opened the Acapulco – Mexico City and Tampico – Guadalajara routes; and VivaAerobus opened the Ciudad Juárez – Bajío route.
International traffic increased in nine airports in October. Traffic increased most significantly in Monterrey (+13.1%; +10,144 passengers), principally as a result of increased traffic on the Atlanta, Chicago, and Houston routes.
In October, Interjet started flying the Monterrey – Houston route.
The number of flight operations (takeoffs and landings) in October increased 6.7% as compared to the same month of last year. The number of domestic operations increased 6.8% and international operations increased 6.0%.
The complete traffic report is available at http://ir.oma.aero.
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About OMA
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA, operates 13 international airports in nine states of central and northern Mexico. OMA's airports serve Monterrey, Mexico's third largest metropolitan area, the tourist destinations of Acapulco, Mazatlán, and Zihuatanejo, and nine other regional centers and border cities. OMA also operates a hotel inside Terminal 2 of the Mexico City airport. OMA employs over 1,000 persons in order to offer passengers and clients, airport and commercial services in facilities that comply with all applicable international safety, security standards, and ISO 9001:2008. OMA's strategic shareholder members are ICA, Mexico's largest engineering, procurement, and construction company, and Aéroports de Paris Management, subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris, the second largest European airports operator. OMA is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange (OMA) and on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (OMAB). For more information, visit
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