The airport has made plans to segregate at-risk and no-risk travellers - dividing the international terminal into two self-contained processing zones.
Zone A, a safe travel area, will be used exclusively for quarantine-free arrivals and all departures.
Zone B, the health management area, will be used for processing arrivals who are going on to managed isolation facilities.
Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood toldĀ Morning ReportĀ that planning started in August 2020 and its price tag is in the millions.