Vancouver Airport Authority announced the winners of its 14th annual YVR Fly Quiet Awards at the Chief Pilot’s meeting on May 9, 2019. The awards are designed to raise awareness of noise issues within the aviation community, and are presented to acknowledge our airline partners who demonstrate exemplary noise management practices at YVR. Winners are selected based on noise measurement data collected by our Aircraft Noise & Operations Monitoring System and must be in good standing with the YVR Noise Abatement Procedures. The awards are presented in three different aircraft categories: propeller aircraft, narrow-body aircraft and wide-body aircraft.
We congratulate the following winners of the 14th annual YVR Fly Quiet Awards:
- Jazz Aviation (Propeller Aircraft)
- Air Canada (Narrow-body Jet Aircraft)
- All Nippon Airways (Wide-body Jet Aircraft)
Award recipients from left: Rob Tomkow (Air Canada), Capt. Mitch Cady (Jazz), Greg Sakamoto (All Nippon Airways)
Vancouver Airport Authority is committed to managing airport noise, while balancing the community’s need for safe, convenient 24-hour air travel with enjoyable urban living. For more information on YVR’s noise management program, please visit YVR's Noise Management page.