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19 New Domestic Routes Open in March
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 2.9% in March 2014, as compared to March 2013. Domestic traffic increased 3.4%, and international traffic increased 0.7%.
It should be noted that the year-over-year comparisons are affected by the fact that the Holy Week vacation period took place principally during March last year, but will occur in April in 2014.
Of total March traffic, 97.7% was commercial aviation and 2.3% was general aviation.
Domestic traffic increased in ten airports in March, with the most noteworthy increases in Culiacán (+12.5%; +12,626 passengers) and Torreón (+39.4%; +11,191). Culiacán increased traffic on the Tijuana, Guadalajara, and Mexico City routes. Torreón increased traffic on its Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Cancún routes. The most significant reduction was in Monterrey (-1.9%; -8,620 passengers) as a result of lower traffic on the Cancún, San José del Cabo, and Puerto Vallarta routes.
Nineteen domestic routes opened during March, as the result of the joint route development efforts of the airlines and OMA. TAR opened the Acapulco-Zihuatanejo-Querétaro, Acapulco-Querétaro, Durango-Monterrey, Durango-Guadalajara, Monterrey-Querétaro, Monterrey-Durango, Zihuatanejo-Acapulco, and Zihuatanejo-Querétaro routes. Volaris opened the Ciudad Juárez-Monterrey, Culiacán-Monterrey, Chihuahua-Monterrey, Monterrey-Mérida, Monterrey-Veracruz, Monterrey-Culiacán, Monterrey-Ciudad Juárez, Monterrey-Cancún, Monterrey-Chihuahua, Monterrey-Puerto Vallarta, and Monterrey-San José del Cabo routes. The new routes strengthen OMA’s expectations for the growth of passenger traffic volumes in the Group’s airports.
International traffic increased in six airports in March. Traffic increased most significantly in Zihuatanejo (+23.3%; +7,624 passengers) as a result of increases on the Calgary and Toronto routes, and Mazatlán (+3.2%; +1,219) principally as a result of increases on the Minneapolis route. The most significant reduction was in Monterrey (-8.3%; -6,969 passengers) as a result of lower traffic on the Dallas and San Antonio routes.
The number of flight operations (takeoffs and landings) in March increased 0.1% as compared to the same month of last year. The number of domestic operations increased 1.0% and international operations decreased 5.0%.
