Concession Planning International: CPI is appointed commercial planning expert in major Auckland Air

Concession Planning International (CPI) is delighted to announce it will provide specialist airport commercial planning input to a major NZ$1.8bn redevelopment of Auckland Airport that will transform the user experience at New Zealand's busiest airport.

Auckland Airport this announced earlier this month that it had appointed a consortium led by Mott MacDonald to complete the design.
Between 2018 and 2022 the airport will undertake several major infrastructure projects across the airport. Central to the team's brief is the airport's goal to create co-located international and domestic terminals, offering considerable operational and customer service benefits. CPI's involvement will focus on delivering the optimal commercial scheme for future users of the new facilities.

Auckland Airport's General Manager Retail and Commercial Richard Barker said: "Auckland Airport is looking forward to working with CPI as we know that they will challenge our thinking and bring their global experience to the table, so that we deliver an offer that will delight our customers and be commercially very successful."

CPI Australia Managing Director Susan Gray said: "Our role is to support the airport management and the project team in developing a new, distinctive Auckland Airport experience that marries their customer experience ambitions with their need to deliver a solid commercial return on their investment. Auckland Airport have a very clear vision. We're really looking forward to working with the team to create the airport of the future.''

Auckland Airport handled 18.7m passengers in 2016.