OMA reports an 8.0% increase in December 2019 passenger traffic and a 7.4% increase for the full year 2019

• The Monterrey (+3.5%), Mazatlán (+25.5%), and Durango (+42.7%) airports contributed most to traffic growth
  

MONTERREY, Mexico, Jan. 06, 2020 (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 8.0% in December 2019, as compared to December 2018. Domestic traffic increased 7.6%, and international traffic increased 10.8%.

Total Passengers*
	Dec-2018	Dec-2019	Change %	Jan - Dec 2018	Jan - Dec 2019	Change %
Domestic	1,627,563	1,750,945	7.6	19,016,377	20,416,764	7.4
International	254,020	281,355	10.8	2,550,022	2,751,296	7.9
OMA Total	1,881,583	2,032,300	8.0	21,566,399	23,168,060	7.4
* Terminal passengers: includes passengers on the three types of aviation (commercial, charter, and general aviation), and excludes passengers in transit.

During December 2019, domestic traffic increased in twelve of our airports, with the largest increases in:

• Mazatlán (+35.8%) as a result of increased traffic on the Tijuana route.
• Monterrey (+2.9%) benefitted from increased traffic on the Mexico City route.
• Culiacán (+7.3%), due to increased traffic on the Mexico City route, and
• Chihuahua (+12.5%) benefitted from increased traffic on the Mexico City and Tijuana routes.

In December 2019, Volaris started flying the Mazatlán – Monterrey and Monterrey – Mazatlán routes; and Aeroméxico started flying the Monterrey – Puerto Vallarta route.

International traffic grew in eleven of our airports in December, with the largest increases in:

• Monterrey (+7.6%), as a result of increases in the number of passengers on the Houston and Las Vegas routes.
• Durango (+110.3%), due to increased traffic on the Dallas route, and
• Zacatecas (+35.5%) as a result of increases in the number of passengers on the Chicago route.

In December 2019, American Airlines started flying the Acapulco – Dallas and Chihuahua – Phoenix routes; VivaAerobus started flying the Monterrey – Chicago and Zacatecas – Chicago routes; Sunwing started flying the Mazatlán – Ottawa, Mazatlán – Victoria, Zihuatanejo – Victoria routes; and Aeroméxico started flying the Monterrey – Orlando route.