'Significant' repair work still to be done at Auckland Airport

Auckland Airport says its post-flood clean-up job is set to begin in earnest, with an “army of tradies” sweeping through the international terminal. The airport will remain open, but travellers have been told they may notice disruption as plumbers, builders, sparkies and engineers undertake the repair work from last Friday’s deluge. “Like thousands of other property owners around Auckland, we are getting on with what will be a significant repair job,” said Auckland Airport CE Carrie Hurihanganui. “The focus of crews is removing flood-damaged carpet and lower sections of wall linings across the ground floor of the international terminal and in limited areas of the domestic terminal.” Some of the work would be back of house, but repairs would also need to be carried out in areas used by the public and travellers in the international terminal, such as the check-in and arrivals hall.<br/>