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The new AOCN Committee has been finalized to take the AOCN activities ahead. With the new term, Mr. Santanu Sen Sharma, Airport Manager, flydubai has been unanimously declared the new chairman of the AOCN. Under his chairperson, the new executive committee has been formed that will come in effect from 01 December 2020.

TIA has made preparations to ensure social distancing and dis-infection of the passenger movement. It is imperative that the world needs to face a lot of challenges to get back to its usual self pre-COVID era to resume.

To discuss on the challenges and preparedness for the recovery of the services once the situation gets back to operation in Nepal, AOCN members had a conference call on 05 Mar 2020. Since, Nepal is in complete lockdown and government has advised for social distancing, the members participated in the meeting through web. The con call was participated from the airport representatives for different carriers from their Work From Home (WFH) set up.

With rising cases worldwide for the COVID -19 and WHO declaring this as PANDEMIC, Nepal Government has taken stringent actions. As per the immigration notice published in the link below on 13 Mar 2020, there has been strong immigration requirement for the foreigners and Nepali Nationals travelling aboard. 

As part of its annual calendar program, AOCN in association with Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal organized the Blood Donation Program on 29 December 2019. Different stakeholders from the airport fraternity - GHA, CAAN, Airlines, Cargo participated in this event. The event was conducted in the Union Building within the airport vicinity for the convenience of the donor.

Side A Check-in counters have successfully renovated into complete Baggage Handling System (BHS) with facility of secondary x-ray to improve the security screening of the checked-in baggage with additional mandatory security layer.

AOCN as a committe believes in contributing to the society as possible. To keep its social responsibility in mind, with participation and contribution from all the members from the AOCN, it organized a social welfare program on 05 Sep 2019 at Matathirtha Oldage Home Committee, Matathirtha.

Nepal Oil has replaced non EI approved filters with the new filters. With this the fuel supplied to the aircraft has now a new international standard fuel filteration. AOCN thanked NOC Station Manager Mr. Maheshman Shrestha for the implementation of the project which was in progress since past 2 years. 

In its initial phase of Runway and taxiway rehabilitation, TIA authority is rehabilitating the runway.The TIA airport has single runway for operation and the authority is rehabilitating the runway in its first phase. NOTAM is issued for the airport closure/curfew from 2200 hrs NST to 0800 hrs NST for the work till the end of June 2019. The runway rehabilitation is expected to complete by this time and next phase will start for taxiway rehabilitation.

TIA is the only international airport in operation in Nepal that is the sole gateway for the interanational visitors to connect to Nepal currently.