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México D.F., October 20, 2009 Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:ASR; BMV:ASUR), (ASUR) the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancún Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, today announced the inauguration of the second runway of Cancún Airport, which doubles the airport’s capacity to approximately 28 million passengers per annum. The increased capacity level is expected to meet forecasted demand for the next several decades. The second runway, parallel to the existing one, allows for simultaneous takeoffs and landings, thereby increasing operating capacity to more than 80takeoffs or landings per hour. Cancún Airport is the first airport in Mexico with two runways that can be used at the same time. The project, which represented a total investment of approximately US$67 million, also included a new control tower, the tallest in Latin America, and one of the top 20 tallest control towers worldwide.With this project, ASUR expects to contribute to economic development in the region and to maintain Cancún’s position at the forefront of airport services in Mexico and Latin America.
The Mexican President, Felipe Calderón, touches down in the first simultaneous landing in the history of Mexican aviation
President Calderón cuts the ribbon to officially inaugurate the new runway, accompanied by the First Lady, ASUR’s C.E.O. Fernando Chico Pardo, and the Governor of the State of Quintana Roo
The First Lady, ASUR’s Fernando Chico Pardo and the President admire the view from the control tower
The President’s aeroplane crossing Cancún Airport’s new taxiway bridge
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