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International passengers through Auckland Airport, excluding transits increased 233.3% from April 2021.

Works start soon on the new centre, with changes coming for commercial and public pick-up and drop-off.

The country’s main gateway will re-open to visa waiver countries on Monday, allowing in visitors from 88% of its pre-Covid markets.

Auckland Airport chief executive Carrie Hurihanganui is one of the business leaders travelling with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to Asia this week.

Auckland Airport’s international terminal saw its busiest day since the pandemic started two years ago with around 10,000 travellers arriving and departing on Easter Friday.

International passengers through Auckland Airport, excluding transits, reached 110,056, a 330.1% increase from 25,590 from March 2021.

Auckland Airport is urging travellers to plan ahead for Easter and school holidays by making sure they understand any entry requirements for their international destination well ahead of their departure date, and prioritise certified pre-departure testing through community pharmacies and healthcare providers.

Auckland Airport has appointed former Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns as a new independent director.

The airline is currently the only direct commercial link between NZ and the South American continent.

Auckland Airport has launched a new assistance programme to make it easier for people with non-visible disabilities to travel through the airport.

Auckland Airport has broken ground on its new $200m retail development, which it says will be New Zealand’s ‘largest purpose-built fashion centre’.

Passenger volumes through Auckland Airport during the month of January dropped by 1.2% compared with January 2021 figures.

Overseas airlines have welcomed the easing of NZ’s borders, says Auckland Airport.

But its property business saw revenue up 16.6% to $54.8m on a portfolio now valued at $2.8bn.

Auckland Airport total passenger volumes decreased by 1.2% to 526,834 in January 2022, compared to the same month the previous year.

The operator says it is making plans to continue operations even with more than a quarter of staff unable to come to work.

Auckland Airport total passenger volumes decreased by 40% in December 2021, compared to the same month the previous year.

Auckland Airport will freeze aeronautical charges for the 2023 financial year in response to continued uncertainty in the aviation market.

Auckland Airport says total passenger volumes fell to 58,697 in November 2021, down 89.1% on the same month last year.

Domestic passengers flying into Auckland Airport from 15 December will be able to use a $160m new road system.

Auckland Airport total passenger numbers fell to 41,682 in October 2021, down 92.5% on the same month last year.

Six baggage handlers at Auckland Airport have been arrested for importing methamphetamine and conspiring to import methamphetamine.

After nine years in post, he becomes the ex-CEO of Auckland Airport today.

It’s not logical to force vaccinated NZers with negative tests into MIQ, says the airport’s departing CEO.

Auckland International Airport has successfully raised $150m from its issue of five-year, fixed-rate bonds after strong demand.

Auckland International Airport aims to raise $100m in an offer to New Zealand retail and institutional investors, with the offer opening today and closing 10 November.

Auckland Airport says all employees, non-passenger visitors, and contractors must be vaccinated before coming to the operator’s worksites.

Auckland International Airport Limited is hoping to raise more money through an offer of fixed rate bonds maturing in November 2026.

Auckland Airport says overseas activity points towards a strong rebound once travel restrictions ease.

As part of the larger project to upgrade State Highway 20B near Auckland Airport, mass transit bus lanes will shortly be completed at the George Bolt entrance to the facility, increasing the speed and frequency of access possible.

Auckland Airport has won two categories in the IDC 2021 Future Enterprise Awards for Australia and New Zealand.

Auckland Airport total passenger numbers fell to 29,874 in September 2021, down 92.2% on the same month last year.

Auckland Airport total passenger volumes in July 2021 were at 822,637, up 59.7% versus the same month in 2020 as a strong start to the month deflated along with the trans-Tasman bubble.

Auckland Airport total passenger volumes in June 2021 jumped 196.9% versus 2020 as numbers bounced from the Covid-affected demand during the same month last year.

Auckland Airport is battening the hatches for essential travel only under Covid-19 alert level 4 as the number of flights plummeted.

Auckland Airport remains operational but for 48 hours from 11.59pm on Tuesday 17 August domestic travel is restricted to those needing to get home or travelling for other essential purposes.

A drop of 45% in total aircraft traffic has prompted Auckland Airport to bring forward its three-year plan to renew the pavement across its airfield.

Total passenger volumes at Auckland Airport decreased by 69.7% to 539,527 in November 2020, compared to 1.8 million passengers for the same month last year.

Auckland Airport has won the asset owners category in the BuildingSMART International 2020 Awards for its digital modelling of its buildings.

That is despite it coping with the greatest challenge it has ever faced.

Biosecurity NZ has installed a new 3D scanner at Auckland Airport, which will undergo trials with passengers before they collect their check-in baggage from carousels.