Airports
Cannes Airport Tackles Noise Complaints
The A-Tech computer program overlays the aircraft track during approach or departure, with a record of noise produced at any point during the pattern.
The A-Tech computer program overlays the aircraft track during approach or departure, with a record of noise produced at any point during the pattern.

Cannes-Mandelieu Airport has apparently reached an accommodation with its neighbors, who threatened to shut down the airport permanently four years ago. According to Umberto Vallino, marketing and statistics manager for the airport, the key is a noise-abatement effort launched in April using a computer program developed by A-Tech Acoustic Technologies of Brussels, Belgium.