Auckland International Airport has confirmed it will start a major infrastructure development programme.
The operation will start in June and is expected to be completed in late 2021.
The airfield development is the first of eight major infrastructure projects Auckland Airport will commence over the next decade and follows the completion of major upgrades to the international terminal over the last four years.
Over the next three years, more than 250,000sqm of land will be converted into new airfield space at the western end of the airport beside the international terminal. This will add more than 18% surface area to the airfield.
“This is the beginning of a series of truly transformational projects at Auckland Airport,” said André Lovatt, Auckland Airport’s general manager, airport development and delivery. “The complete development programme of work we are embarking on will yield some really great benefits and enable us to accommodate the 40 million passengers and 260,000 flights that are expected by 2044.”
Combined, the company says these projects will provide some additional airfield capacity to allow the relocation of existing aircraft activities, when the development of the future domestic jet terminal takes place.