Auckland Airport is putting the brakes on building its northern runway to save $9 million this year as it forecasts a weakening in underlying profit due to soft passenger numbers.
The company expects profit to range from $93 million to $100 million for the current financial year.
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Passenger numbers declined 1.4 per cent to just over 13 million and total aircraft movements were down 1.8 per cent to 156,781.