MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov. 04, 2015 (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 12.8% in October 2015, as compared to October 2014. Domestic traffic increased 12.2%, and international traffic increased 17.5%.
Of total October traffic, 98.2% was commercial aviation and 1.8% was general aviation.
| Total Passengers* | ||||||
| Oct-14 | Oct-15 | Change % | Jan-Oct 2014 | Jan-Oct 2015 | Change % | |
| Domestic | 1,115,003 | 1,251,381 | 12.2 | 10,407,883 | 12,009,523 | 15.4 |
| International | 143,554 | 168,692 | 17.5 | 1,618,223 | 1,960,818 | 21.2 |
| OMA Total | 1,258,557 | 1,420,073 | 12.8 | 12,026,106 | 13,970,341 | 16.2 |
| * Terminal passengers: includes passengers on the three types of aviation (commercial, charter, and general aviation), and excludes passengers in transit. | ||||||
Domestic traffic increased in 12 airports in October. The most noteworthy increases were in Monterrey (+12.2%; +67,024 passengers), Culiacán (+16.5%; +17,475), Chihuahua (+11.6%; +9,270), and Ciudad Juárez (+14.2%; +9,238). Monterrey traffic increased principally on the Mexico City, Cancún, and Tijuana routes. Culiacán increased traffic on its Tijuana route. Chihuahua traffic increased mainly on the Mexico City route, and Ciudad Juárez increased traffic on its Guadalajara route.
Twelve domestic routes started operating in October. TAR opened the Ciudad Juárez – Hermosillo, Ciudad Juárez – Chihuahua, Culiacán – Chihuahua, Culiacán – La Paz, Chihuahua – Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua – Mazatlán, Chihuahua – Culiacán, Mazatlán – Chihuahua, Mazatlán – Monterrey, Monterrey – Mazatlán and San Luis Potosí – Puerto Vallarta routes. Aeroméxico opened the Monterrey – Tijuana route.
International traffic increased in five airports in October. Traffic increased most significantly in Monterrey (+25.3%; +22,189 passengers), principally as a result of increased traffic on the Houston, Miami, New York, and Los Angeles routes.
In October, Interjet started flying the Monterrey – Havana route.
The number of flight operations (takeoffs and landings) in October decreased 3.7% as compared to the same month of 2014. The number of domestic operations decreased 5.1%, and international operations increased 6.6%.
OMA’s complete traffic report is available at http://ir.oma.aero .
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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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