OMA reports an 11.2% increase in November 2018 passenger traffic
OMA reports an 11.2% increase in November 2018 passenger traffic
- The Monterrey (+11.0%), Culiacán (+9.3%), and Ciudad Juárez (+15.7%) airports contributed most to traffic growth
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 11.2% in November 2018, as compared to November 2017. Domestic traffic increased 11.6%, and international traffic increased 8.3%.
| Total Passengers* | ||||||
| Nov-17 | Nov-18 | Change % | Jan-Nov
2017 |
Jan-Nov 2018 | Change % | |
| Domestic | 1,459,366 | 1,628,221 | 11.6 | 15,741,830 | 17,388,814 | 10.5 |
| International | 188,541 | 204,167 | 8.3 | 2,199,568 | 2,296,002 | 4.4 |
| OMA Total | 1,647,907 | 1,832,388 | 11.2 | 17,941,398 | 19,684,816 | 9.7 |
| * Terminal passengers: includes passengers on the three types of aviation (commercial, charter, and general aviation), and excludes passengers in transit. | ||||||
During November 2018, domestic traffic increased in twelve of our airports, with the largest increases in:
- Monterrey (+11.8%), with 50% of total domestic traffic, benefitted from increases in the number of passengers on the Mexico City, Guadalajara and Cancún routes.
- Culiacán (+9.1%) due to increased traffic on the Guadalajara route.
- Ciudad Juárez (+15.6%) as a result of increased traffic on the Bajío, Guadalajara and Cancún routes.
- Chihuahua (+11.9%) due to increased traffic on the Cancún, Mexico City and Monterrey routes.
In November 2018, Vivaaerobus started flying the Durango - Monterrey, Monterrey - Durango and Zacatecas - Ciudad de México routes. In addition, Volaris opened the Acapulco - Ciudad de México and Ciudad Juárez - Bajío routes.
International traffic grew in twelve airports in November, with the largest increase in:
- Monterrey (+6.0%), as a result of increases in the number of passengers on the Detroit route.
- Zacatecas (+44.8%) due to increased traffic on the San Jose, California route.
Of total passenger traffic, 99.1% was commercial, and 0.9% was general aviation.