Airport News
Construction starts on Queenstown Airport terminal expansion project
Queenstown Airport in New Zealand has started work on a construction project to permanently expand the southern side of its International Terminal.
The project will increase the current footprint of the building by a third and will double the airports international operations. The 13,384ft2 extension will be constructed in three phases with the first phase involving the addition of new international arrival and departure lounges, a new customs area, airside retail stores, baggage claim and handling areas, a covered walkway, and additional office space. Works are scheduled for completion by winter 2015.
Phases two and three of the project will see a spatial reconfiguration of passenger flows between customs, baggage reclaim and the security area, as well as constructing extra staff facilities. The airport also hopes to construct a mezzanine floor in the coming years.
Scott Paterson, chief executive for Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC), the operator for Queenstown Airport, said, “The pop-up structure we installed this winter worked really well and gave us more space for international passengers but we need permanent terminal capacity. Our airlines are supportive of the scale of the new build which will give us the flexibility to move into the space when triggered by demand.”
The new terminal has been designed by John Rogers of CCM Architects who has been the lead architect for the airport’s terminal expansions since 2004. It is being built by Cook Brothers Construction and project managed by RCP.
