Three Sea-Tac Airlines Recognized as Good Neighbors with Port of Seattle's Fly Quiet Awards

The Port of Seattle Commission recognized three airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as winners of the 2007 Fly Quiet Awards. For the second year in a row, SkyWest Airlines won the award for passenger airlines while Cargolux received top honors for cargo airlines. Horizon Air was also recognized as honorable mention.

The Fly Quiet incentive program was designed to honor airline companies that work to reduce the impacts of jet noise on the region. Evaluations include measuring each airline on its noise abatement flight paths, overall noise level of its operations, and compliance for testing engines on the ground. The annual awards were established by Port staff and a citizen advisory committee to increase airline and pilot awareness to benefit local communities.

“We applaud the Fly Quiet Award winners as good neighbors to the communities affected by aircraft noise,” said John Creighton, Port of Seattle Commission President.

Both SkyWest and Horizon scored well due to their jets following noise abatement flight paths and through operation of many quieter Bombardier CRJ's (Candian Regional Jets) which produce lower average noise levels.

Cargolux scored the highest in noise abatement procedures and won a close contest over Federal Express, who had won the award three straight years.