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Puerto Vallarta News NetworkTravel & Outdoors 

GAP: Passenger Traffic Up 19.0% in Mexican Airports

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May 8, 2017

In April 2017, GAP registered an 11.4% increase in the number of seats available compared to April 2016. Load factors for the month increased by 5.4 percentage points, from 78.0% in 2016 to 83.4% in 2017.

Guadalajara, Mexico - Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, S.A.B. de C.V. ("GAP") has announced preliminary terminal passenger traffic figures for the month of April 2017, compared to traffic figures for April 2016.

During April 2017, total terminal passengers increased 19.0% in the Company's 13 airports, compared to the same period of the previous year. Domestic passenger traffic increased by 18.9%, while international passenger traffic increased by 19.2%.

Events for the Period:

Seats and Load Factors:
In April 2017, GAP registered an 11.4% increase in the number of seats available compared to April 2016. Load factors for the month increased by 5.4 percentage points, from 78.0% in April 2016 to 83.4% in April 2017.

New Routes:
• Guadalajara to Huatulco: Volaris
• Guadalajara to Los Cabos: VivaAerobus
• Los Cabos to San Diego: Southwest

Easter Holiday:
The traffic growth rate for the four month period already discounts the effects of the Easter Holiday 2017, compared to 2016.


About Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V.

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. (GAP) operates 12 airports throughout Mexico's Pacific region, including the major cities of Guadalajara and Tijuana, the four tourist destinations of Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz and Manzanillo, and six other mid-sized cities: Hermosillo, Guanajuato, Morelia, Aguascalientes, Mexicali and Los Mochis. In April 2015 GAP acquired 100% of Desarrollo de Concesiones Aeroportuarias, S.L., which owns a majority stake of MJ Airports Limited, a company operating the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica.