Aiport Noise

Both sides in the long, bitter fight over a new terminal for Burbank Airport said they were heartened by private meetings Tuesday with Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey, who pledged that her agency would take an active--but not dominant--role as peacemaker.

Both sides in the long, bitter fight over a new terminal for Burbank Airport said they were heartened by private meetings Tuesday with Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey, who pledged that her agency would take an active--but not dominant--role as peacemaker.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that owners of homes near Burbank Airport cannot sue the airport for property damage caused by aircraft noise, dealing a severe blow to aircraft noise protesters and boosting plans for a larger airport terminal. Although the opinion by Judge Robert I.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that owners of homes near Burbank Airport cannot sue the airport for property damage caused by aircraft noise, dealing a severe blow to aircraft noise protesters and boosting plans for a larger airport terminal. Although the opinion by Judge Robert I.