OMA Reports a 2.0% Increase in May 2012 Passenger Traffic

MONTERREY, Mexico, June 7, 2012 (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 2.0% in May 2012, as compared to May 2011. Domestic traffic increased 2.4%, and international traffic decreased 0.5%. Traffic volumes have increased for nine months in a row, starting in September 2011, as the air transport industry in Mexico continues to recover

Of total May traffic, 97.1% was commercial aviation and 2.9% was general aviation.

Domestic traffic increased in six airports in May, with the most noteworthy increases in Monterrey (+3.9%), Culiacán (+11.3%), Reynosa (+19.5%), and Acapulco (+8.4%). In Monterrey, traffic increased principally on the routes to Mexico City and Cancún. Culiacán traffic increased on the Tijuana and Guadalajara routes. The Reynosa and Acapulco airports increased traffic on the Mexico City routes.  The most significant reduction was at the Zihuatanejo airport (-15.1%), as a result of reductions in traffic on the routes to Toluca and Mexico City.

International traffic increased most significantly in Monterrey (+5.2%), San Luis Potosí (+40.5%), and Torreón (+26.1%). In Monterrey, traffic benefited from the increase in passengers on the routes to San Antonio, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Panama. San Luis Potosi traffic increased on the Houston route, while Torreón traffic increased on the Dallas route. The largest decreases were recorded in Mazatlán (-36.8%) and Acapulco (-28.9%). Mazatlán traffic was affected by reductions on the Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Calgary routes. Acapulco was affected by lower traffic on the Houston route.

The total number of flight operations (takeoffs and landings) in May 2012 decreased 0.6% as compared to the prior year period. Domestic flights decreased 1.6%, and international flights increased 6.8%.

The complete traffic report is available at http://ir.oma.aero.

This press release may contain forward-looking information and statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "target," or similar expressions. While OMA's management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, investors are cautioned that forward-looking information and statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the control of OMA, that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in our most recent annual report filed on Form 20-F under the caption "Risk Factors." OMA undertakes no obligation to publicly update its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.                         

About OMA

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, please visit us at:

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CONTACT: Jose Luis Guerrero Cortes
         OMA, CFO
         +52.81.8625.4300 ext.308
         jlguerrero@oma.aero
         
         Daniel Wilson
         Zemi Communications
         +1.212.689.9560 ext. 264
         dbmwilson@zemi.com

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