Auckland airport makes $300m down payment on post-covid recovery

Auckland airport makes $300m down payment on post-covid recovery
The transport hub comes first, then the new domestic terminal. (Image: Auckland Airport)
Pattrick Smellie
Auckland International Airport will use low international traveller numbers over the next 18 months to invest in new transport and baggage handling facilities that will underpin the eventual co-location of the domestic and international terminals.The $300 million-plus Transport Hub project will disrupt parking at the international terminal until it's completed in 2024 but, once finished, it's intended to improve both how passengers depart and arrive through the airport and future-proof it for any future type of mass transit system conne...

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