OMA to Make First Dividend Payment for 2008 Results

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Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:45am EDT

MONTERREY, Mexico, June 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grupo Aeroportuario del
Centro Norte, known as OMA (Nasdaq:OMAB) ( BMV:OMA), announces details for the
first of four dividend payments with respect to 2008 results that was approved
by its annual shareholders' meeting.

The Annual General Shareholders' Meeting on April 24, 2009 approved a total cash
dividend of Ps. 400,000,000 to be paid in four quarterly installments. Each of
the four payments will be Ps. 0.25 per share.

The payment date for the first payment is July 15, 2009. Payment will be made
against delivery of Coupon 11 at the offices of the share depositary, S.D.
Indeval, S.A. de C.V. (INDEVAL), Reforma No. 255, 3er. piso, Colonia Cuauhtemoc
06500, Mexico, D.F. Mexico, on Monday-Friday from 9:30am to 1pm.

Payment will be made to shareholders registered in OMA's share registry
maintained by INDEVAL, or to others who demonstrate their ownership of shares or
certificates in accordance with Mexico's Securities Markets Law.

The record date for payment will be July 14, 2009, for both owners of shares as
well as holders of American Depositary Shares (ADSs).

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, Mazatlan, and Zihuatanejo, and nine other regional
centers and border cities. OMA employs over 950 persons in order to offer
passengers and clients, airport and commercial services in facilities that
comply with all applicable international safety, security, and ISO 9001:2000
quality standards. OMA's strategic shareholder members are ICA, Mexico's largest
engineering, procurement, and construction company, and Aeroports de Paris
Management, subsidiary of Aeroports 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). Please visit our website, www.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 and based on current information.
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.

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          +52.81.8625.4300 ext.308
          vbravo@oma.aero

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