Airlines are given scores based upon 4 criteria: Noise levels of take‐offs and landings Adherence levels to SEA Noise Abatement flight procedures Adherence to SEA ground maintenance engine run‐up rules (‐100 points for each violation) Limiting noise exceedances during late night hours (from ‐1 to ‐5 points for each exceedance*) Award winning airlines in red Airline Noise Level Score Flight Procedures Score Engine Run‐up Score Late Night Noise Score Total Fly Quiet Score Spirit Airlines 299 397 696 Frontier Airlines 298 396 694 SkyWest Airlines 301 392 693 Volaris 298 394 692 Japan Airlines 287 400 687 All Nippon Airways 286 398 684 Horizon Air 284 397 681 British Airways 278 400 678 Southwest Airlines 271 394 ‐2 663 JetBlue 270 390 660 American Airlines 256 395 ‐1 650 Aeromexico 249 398 647 Alaska Airlines 256 397 ‐8 645 United Airlines 246 396 ‐7 635 EVA Airways 259 400 ‐25 634** Lufthansa 237 396 633 ABX Air 236 399 ‐4 631 Hawaiian Airlines 234 400 ‐4 630 Emirates Airlines 225 400 625 Omni Air 229 386 ‐1 614 Qatar Airways 216 398 614 Kalitta Air 234 392 ‐47 579 Korean Air 206 400 ‐65 541 Delta Air Lines 258 395 ‐100 ‐41 512 Cargolux 185 398 ‐212 371 Air Transport Intl' 247 385 ‐268 364 Asiana Airlines 194 400 ‐348 246 FedEx Express 222 394 ‐537 79 China Airlines Cargo 163 400 ‐574 0 **most improved *SEL decibel noise thresholds during the hours of 12:00am to…Open full document
Notes
The Fly Quiet program is actually an outgrowth of the 2002 Part 150 Study that established a Fly Quiet Committee.
Fly Quiet Award Program
“As a component of the Part 150 Study update adopted in 2002, the “Fly Quiet Incentive Program” was implemented at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). The award was developed by Port of Seattle staff and a citizen advisory committee as a way to increase airline and pilot awareness of the impact of aircraft noise on local communities”