Big drop in East Midlands Airport noise complaints
25.06.09
East Midlands Airport has announced a significant fall in complaints about aircraft noise, the Mercury reports. Latest figures show 2,632 complaints were made about disturbance from aircraft engines between April, 2008 and the end March, 2009, a 63% drop compared to the year before – when there were 7,128 complaints.
The information was revealed in the airport's annual community and environment investment report, which has just been published. The airport's environmental experts say the fall was down to their measures to limit aircraft noise. However, campaigners, who want restrictions on the number of flights into and out of the airport, say people have stopped complaining because they were not listened to when they did.
Airport environmental manager Neil Robinson said: ‘We have taken a number of measures to cut our noise footprint. One of the things we have done is stop training flights from airlines who do not fly out of the airport. They were the source of many complaints. Our air controllers also work with pilots to get them to do continuous descent approach which means that at 6,000ft and from about 20 miles away, the planes almost glide in. Previously, they would have come in steps, which led to more engine noise.’
He added: ‘It is also the case that 70% of the complaints have come from just 11 people.’
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