Villagers say plane noise has increased
08.09.11
Luton Airport has been accused of treating St Albans villagers with distain and ignoring complaints about a significant increase in aircraft noise, the Herts Advertiser reports. A campaign to challenge changes in the direction and number of aircraft flying over Redbourn and Flamstead is gathering pace and fed-up residents want answers from the hub.
Luton Airport is conducting a trial with the Airport Consultative Committee to see if encouraging aircraft to maintain a central line and avoid overflying densely populated areas would lessen the impact of aircraft noise on local communities. An airport spokeswoman said: ‘We have been conducting this trial in conjunction with easyJet. We are currently 3 months into the 6 month trial.’
She said the airport had not altered the number of aircraft on the westerly departures route towards Redbourn and Flamstead, nor had it changed the altitude as all planes taking off had to adhere to certain height limits. The airport had sent a mobile monitoring unit out to locations in St Albans to measure noise levels.
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