Originally Posted by
WHBM
Interesting the proposal to allow only the A220/E2 on Saturday afternoons. These P&W-powered types are very notably quieter than the E190 when climbing out; the latter is also far noisier than the BAe146 which started the jet operations here, and one wonders how the transition between these two types was allowed. I believe the last 146/RJ operation at LCY was just a couple of months ago, a Jota football team charter just before the airline ceased operations.
Depends which version you're talking about. The RJ100 (and presumably BAE146-300) were banned in 2019 for noise reasons. Although the aircraft themselves were relatively quiet, their comparatively low climb rates made them prone to triggering the ground-based noise monitoring points. The RJ85/BAE 146-200 continue to be approved.
The E190 has for the last few years been operated in a specific way, by all LCY carriers, to perform high-power takeoffs followed by climbing away to 3000ft very quickly, to limit noise exposure on the ground as soon as possible