LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS RECOGNIZES AIRLINES AND OPERATORS FOR EFFORTS TO REDUCE AIRCRAFT NOISE

  

For Immediate Release
June 15, 2023

Contact:
LAX Public Relations 
(424) 646-5260

 

 

(Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) recognized nine airlines as winners of the annual Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Fly Quieter Award and 20 operators as winners of the Van Nuys Airport (VNY) Friendly Flyer Award. These awards recognize our partner's efforts to reduce aircraft noise through voluntary operational practices and implementation of noise-reducing technology, as well as community engagement.

"The LAX Fly Quieter Program and the VNY Fly Friendly Program are part of LAWA's commitment to being a good neighbor while finding solutions that address the impact of noise on our nearby communities," said Justin Erbacci, Chief Executive Officer, LAWA. "We thank our airline partners and aircraft operators for making extra efforts to engage with the community and minimize noise impacts, and I look forward to continuing to work together to continue the progress made in this important area."

The LAX Fly Quieter Program evaluated all airline operations at LAX across five scoring elements:

• Aircraft noise levels as measured by monitors in residential communities
• Noise level ratings of an airline's fleet of aircraft at LAX as certified by the Federal Aviation Administration
• The lowest number of early turns over communities during take-off
• The lowest number of non-conforming easterly departures during nighttime hours between midnight and 6:30 a.m.
• Compliance with the LAX nighttime maintenance engine run-up restriction in effect between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. 

The LAX Fly Quieter Program offers airlines additional bonus points for voluntarily using noise-mitigating technology on aircraft and engaging with neighboring communities and stakeholders, such as participating in the LAX/Community Noise Roundtable.

 

Airlines were recognized within three categories based on the number of average daily operations (landings and take-offs) conducted at LAX. 

 

The 2022 winners for each category are as follows:

Category 1 (100 or more average daily operations)

• Gold – American Airlines
• Silver – United Airlines
• Bronze – Delta Air Lines

Category 2 (5-99 average daily operations)

• Gold – Volaris 
• Silver – Avianca
• Bronze – Spirit Airlines

Category 3 (Four or fewer average daily operations)

• Gold – Nippon Cargo
• Silver – Copa Airlines
• Bronze – Fiji Airways

The Fly Quieter Program began in January 2020 as an education and recognition program designed to encourage proactive efforts by airlines to fly as quietly as possible at LAX. While airports cannot impose mandatory aircraft noise limits, the Fly Quieter Program recognizes airlines for following LAX noise abatement procedures, using quieter aircraft and taking voluntary noise-reduction measures where feasible. Since the program began, four airlines have participated in LAX/Community Noise Roundtable meetings, providing valuable input and enhancing discussions addressing aircraft noise issues. Three airlines were also recognized this year for completing their voluntary programs to retrofit specific aircraft in their fleet with noise-reducing technologies. 

 

The VNY Fly Friendly Program was established in 2012 to identify and formally recognize jet operators that have achieved the highest level of compliance with the mandatory noise regulations and the voluntary noise abatement programs at VNY. Participation in the VNY Quieter Nights Program, a voluntary program which encourages jet operators to avoid flights between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., has been added as an element to the award criteria.

 

The VNY Fly Friendly Program evaluates jet operators that meet or exceed the following criteria:

• At least 60 southbound jet departures
• No violations of the Noise Abatement and Curfew Regulation, Non-Additional Rule and Nosier Jet Phase-Out
• Compliance at 99% or greater with the No Early Turn and the Quiet Jet Departure Programs
• Observance of the Quieter Nights Program

The winners of the 2022 VNY Friendly Flyer Award are as follows:

First Time Winners

• ACI Jet
• Aero Air, LLC
• FlyAlliance
• FlyExclusive
• MGM Resorts International 
• Mira Vista Aviation
• PAM JETS
• Verijet, Inc.

Repeat Winners

• Chrysler Aviation, Inc. 
• Clay Lacy Aviation
• Gama Aviation
• Jet Edge International
• Latitude 33 Aviation, LLC
• Mountain Aviation
• Pegasus Elite Aviation
• Prime Jet, LLC
• Sun Air Jets, LLC
• Tutor-Saliba Corporation
• Wonderful Citrus Aviation
• XCEL Jet Management, Inc. 

More information is available online about the LAX Fly Quieter Program and VNY Fly Friendly Program

   

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