Asure Software reports January passenger traffic up 0.5% from last year

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste announced that passenger traffic for January reached a total of 6.3M passengers, representing an increase of 0.5% compared to January 2023. Passenger traffic presented year-on-year increases of 2.6% in Mexico and 8.2% in Puerto Rico, while it decreased 10.1% in Colombia. Passenger traffic growth in Mexico and Puerto Rico was driven primarily by increased international traffic of 6.3% and 23.1%, respectively, while domestic traffic decreased 2.2% in Mexico and increased 6.7% in Puerto Rico. Passenger traffic in Colombia remained negatively affected by the suspension of operations of two local airlines in the beginning of 2023 which resulted in a 14.1% decline in domestic traffic while international traffic increased 6.6% year-on-year.