MONTERREY, Mexico, Aug. 04, 2016 (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 11.1% in July 2016, as compared to July 2015. Domestic traffic increased 13.4%, and international traffic decreased 4.4%.
Of total July traffic, 98.4% was commercial aviation and 1.6% was general aviation.
| Total Passengers* | ||||||||||
| Jul-15 | Jul-16 | Change % | Jan-Jul 2015 | Jan-Jul 2016 | Change % | |||||
| Domestic | 1,466,563 | 1,663,531 | 13.4 | 8,221,946 | 9,159,385 | 11.4 | ||||
| International | 224,401 | 214,471 | (4.4 | ) | 1,442,779 | 1,426,900 | (1.1 | ) | ||
| OMA Total | 1,690,964 | 1,878,002 | 11.1 | 9,664,725 | 10,586,285 | 9.5 | ||||
* 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 July. The most noteworthy increases were in Monterrey (+11.3%; +82,376 passengers), Ciudad Juárez (+33.6%; +28,666), Chihuahua (+23.4%; +24,064), and Culiacán (+16.2%; +21,344). Monterrey traffic increased principally because of higher traffic volumes on the Guadalajara and Mérida routes. Ciudad Juárez traffic increased as a result of higher volumes on its Mexico City and Monterrey routes. Chihuahua traffic increased volumes on its Mexico City route. Culiacán traffic increased principally as a result of increased volumes on the Tijuana route.
Seven new domestic routes opened in July. TAR opened the Ciudad Juárez – Torreón, Ciudad Juárez – Puerto Peñasco, Chihuahua – Hermosillo, Torreón – Bajío, and Torreón -- Ciudad Juárez routes. VivaAerobus opened the Culiacán – Guadalajara route, and Aeroméxico opened the Monterrey – Mérida route.
International traffic increased in seven airports in July. Traffic increased most significantly in Durango (+80.7%; +2,698 passengers), principally because of higher volumes on its Chicago and Los Angeles routes; Zacatecas (+17.1%; +2,147), principally because of increased traffic on its Los Angeles route; and Culiacán (+105.8%; +2,101) in large part because of traffic on its Phoenix route. Monterrey (-11.3%; -16,127 passengers) recorded the largest decrease, principally because of reduced traffic on its Dallas and Las Vegas routes.
During July, Volaris opened two new routes: Durango-Los Angeles and Monterrey-Dallas.
The number of flight operations (takeoffs and landings) in July was practically unchanged from the prior year period (+0.1%). The number of domestic operations increased 1.7%, and international operations decreased 10.1%.
OMA’s complete traffic report is available at http://ir.oma.aero .
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