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Speier: Bay Area must combat dangerous effects of airport noise JACKIE SPEIER |  D - San Mateo, represents the 14th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. PUBLISHED: December 20, 2019 at 6:10 am | UPDATED: December 20, 2019 at 6:26 am It’s easy to be dismissive of airport noise as a serious problem. After...

Rolls-Royce gives first look at one-seater electric plane BUSINESS NEWS - DECEMBER 19, 2019 / 5:27 AM / A DAY AGO LONDON (Reuters) - British engineering company Rolls-Royce gave a first look at a one-seater electric aircraft on Thursday it hopes will fly in late Spring next year and become the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft....

Study: 430,000 Urban Air Taxis By 2040 by Mark Huber - December 13, 2019, 10:32 AM There will be more than 430,000 urban air taxis in operation by 2040, according to a new Frost & Sullivan study. The international consulting firm predicts that operations will begin as early as 2022, initially in the UAE, New...

Lawmaker Seeks To Permit Airports To Set Noise Restrictions by Kerry Lynch - December 16, 2019, 12:12 PM A Colorado congressman has drafted a bill that would permit general aviation airports to impose a range of operational restrictions—such as type of aircraft that can use their facilities—in response to local noise concerns. Offered by Rep....

British Airways To Operate San Jose’s First Boeing 747 Service by Tom Boon - December 13, 2019 British Airways is set to operate the first scheduled Boeing 747 service to San Jose next summer, according to the airline’s booking engine. The service will be sure to excite San Jose based aviation enthusiasts. British Airways operates...

L.A. city attorney sues FAA over airplane noise at Hollywood Burbank Airport By ANTHONY CLARK CARPIO DEC. 12, 2019 2:32 PM Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer’s office filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday in an attempt to seek relief for residents in the south San Fernando Valley who say they have...

British Airways will use bigger plane for its San Jose nonstops By Jody Meacham Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Dec 9, 2019, 3:21pm PST Updated Dec 9, 2019, 3:26pm PST British Airways, the only transatlantic carrier serving Mineta San Jose International Airport, will replace the Boeing 787-9 aircraft that’s been serving the route since it...

Burien has been plagued by noise from Sea-Tac Airport. So residents sued the government — and won. Dec. 9, 2019 at 6:17 pm Updated Dec. 9, 2019 at 7:48 pm By Katherine Khashimova Long - Seattle Times business reporter Plane noise, emissions, traffic: The growing pains of a bustling Seattle-Tacoma International Airport have long agitated communities near...

New Urban Air Mobility Group Hopes To Help Shape Future Policy by Jerry Siebenmark - November 6, 2019, 7:01 AM The Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) has been formed around the emerging urban air mobility (UAM) industry and will assist in its development, as well as aid cities with the integration of such systems, the Seattle-based...

FAA Releases Privacy Plan for ADS-B by Kerry Lynch - November 4, 2019, 12:54 PM he FAA is putting one of the final pieces in place for the transition to the January 1 ADS-B deadline, releasing a plan to protect the privacy of operators from real-time flight-tracking services. Agency officials announced the flight-tracking opt-out plan...

SFO continues to be key economic generator for the region Written by Joe Bates San Francisco International Airport (SFO) directly accounts for over $10.6 billion in business revenues and supports more than 46,000 jobs at the airport, according to its latest economic impact study. The report, which summarises economic impact for the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year,...

Southwest Airlines Has a Plan to Ease Noise from Flights Into PWM Peter McGuire October 31, 2019 Portland Press Herald, Maine (TNS) Southwest Airlines will design a new approach into the Portland International Jetport in hopes of reducing aircraft noise that has triggered almost a thousand complaints from residential neighborhoods this year. Members of the...

Aerion chief executive hits back against supersonic sceptics 24 OCTOBER, 2019 SOURCE: FLIGHT DAILY NEWS BY: ALAN PEAFORD LAS VEGAS Supersonic business jet flight will happen in the next five years, will carry sustainable alternative jet fuel, and will fly in a noise envelope acceptable not just to regulators but also the public at large....

‘Flight shaming’ is gaining traction and it could cost airlines billions, says Citi By Pippa Stevens @PIPPASTEVENS13 Consumers are paying more attention to their carbon footprint and it could cost airlines billions of dollars, Citi said in a note to clients. The firm said Tuesday that “flight shaming,” which it defines as “the inherent guilt...

Can These Industrious Companies Resurrect Supersonic Flight? Commercial travel at Mach 2 could be here within just a few years. BY ROHIT JAGGI ON OCTOBER 23, 2019 The machinery may be designed for speed, but the pace of progress in commercial supersonic aircraft has been glacial. After all, the Concorde, which could cruise at twice...