Do we know if the A350 noise trials at LHR next month are a
PR exercise to prove to people in Hounslow that they needn't fear a new runway, or is it purely technical in nature?
According to Akbar Al Baker, Qatar's CEO, it's “to prove to the world, especially to the British community, how quiet this plane is".
http://bloga350.bl ogspot.co.uk/2014/12/qatars-a350-will-demo-sound-emissions.html
He's not on record as having singled out Hounslow residents in particular.
