Noisy jets face US flight ban

摘要

Operators of certain older business jets that fail to meet US Federal Aviation Administration Stage 3 noise limits will be banned from operating in the lower 48 states by the end of 2015. The ruling, published in the US federal register on 2 July, applies to aircraft weighing 75,000lb (34,050kg) or below. Congress included the requirement in a section of the FAA Modernisation and Reform Act 2012 in a move to reduce noise at airports. But the agency believes operators will struggle to dispose of non-compliant aircraft as the ruling's implementation will lead to a glut of them on the market.