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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of September 2011
 
GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL CENTRO NORTE, S.A.B. DE C.V.
(CENTRAL NORTH AIRPORT GROUP)
 
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
 
México
 
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
 
Aeropuerto Internacional de Monterrey
Zona de Carga
Carretera Miguel Alemán, Km. 24 s/n
66600 Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
 
 
  Form 20-F  X 
Form 40-F
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
 
 
   Yes   
No  X  
 
(If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-             .)
 

 
 
 

 
OMA reports August 2011 passenger traffic
 
 
 
Monterrey, Mexico, September 8, 2011—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 decreased 1.5% in August 2011, as compared to August 2010. Domestic traffic decreased 0.3%, and international traffic decreased 9.3%.
 
Of total August traffic, 96.8% was commercial aviation and 3.2% was general aviation.
 
 
Domestic traffic increased in seven airports in August, with the most noteworthy volume increases in Monterrey (+3.0%), Tampico (+21.1%), and Ciudad Juárez (+5.0%). In Monterrey, traffic increased principally on the Mexico City, Cancún, and San José del Cabo routes. In Tampico, traffic increased on the Mexico City and Monterrey routes. In Ciudad Juárez, traffic increased on the Mexico City and Guadalajara routes. Traffic decreased most at the airports in Acapulco (-21.1%), Chihuahua (-14.2%), and Culiacán (-5.3%). In Acapulco, the reduction was primarily on the Mexico City and Guadalajara routes.  In Chihuahua, the reduction was on the Toluca and Guadalajara routes.  The reduction in Culiacán was principally on the Toluca, Tijuana, and Guadalajara routes.
 
International traffic increased most significantly in Mazatlán (+8.0%), principally because of the start of operations of a route to Dallas and an increase in traffic on the Toronto route. The greatest decreases were recorded in Monterrey (-9.2%), Acapulco (-51.9%), and Zihuatanejo (-34.2%).  Monterrey traffic decreased most on the Houston and Miami routes. Acapulco traffic decreased most on the Phoenix and Houston routes. Zihuatanejo traffic decreased principally on the Houston, Los Angeles, and Phoenix routes.
 
The total number of flight operations (takeoffs and landings) in August decreased 5.6% as compared to the prior year period. Domestic flights decreased 5.8%, and international flights decreased 4.4%.
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
   
 
 
 
 
 
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 and commercial areas 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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Website: http://www.oma.aero
 
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/OMAeropuertos
 
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/OMA/137924482889484
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 


 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V.
 
By:
 /s/  José Luis Guerrero Cortés
 
 José Luis Guerrero Cortés
 
 Chief Financial Officer
  
 
Date: September 9, 2011