Delta Air Lines pulls noisy jets from New York LaGuardia
Monday, 03 Mar, 2017
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Delta Air Lines is pulling its fleet of MD-88 jets from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to give local residents a little more respite.
The carrier will remove 30 of the jets from its Atlanta-New York route and instead deploy quieter Airbus A320 aircraft, Boeing 737s planes.
It will also use some MD-90 mainline aircraft in the short term.
"Delta flights on quieter, more efficient and larger aircraft are good for the community and will also support NextGen initiatives around more fuel-efficient GPS routes in New York airspace, the most congested in the world," said Delta’s New York vice president Henry Kuykendall.
There has been a long campaign by resident groups to cut noise pollution over flight paths into the airport.
"Today is a great day for all those who are negatively impacted by LaGuardia flight paths. MD88s, which date back several decades, are extremely loud, fuel inefficient, and are incapable of flying noise abatement paths properly. Quite frankly, their roar is soul-crushing," said local resident and noise abatement advocate Susan Carroll.
"I thank Delta for removing all of them from their fleet at LGA, effective immediately, and doing right by the communities."
U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley said: "It is a move that is not just about improving the quality of the traveling experience but also about improving the quality of life for New Yorkers on the ground. While airplanes can never be truly silent, we can work to make them less disruptive to the families who live nearby."
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