I did book 22L. But thanks to a runway switch it turned out ok in the end. Plus I complained about my seat change and got my booked seat refunded.

@@daniellfc23 I mean winning 3 seats to yourself , bonus win win,.

Yes

I think they have a wide body on the pm service to London - remember when it was A340s.

Iberia fly the A350 between Heathrow and Madrid daily.

And much better in safety and technical terms

The engines (which make the noise) aren't made by Airbus or Boeing. Duh! Both Airbus and Boeing use RR and GE engines and neither manufacturer's engines are significantly quieter than the other. If that were the case all customers (airlines) would favor one engine choice over the other. Rolls had a 52% share of large engine deliveries in 2022 versus GE's 47%.

@@sugoidessho what about PRatt and Whitney

@@sugoidesshono need to say duh! To someone. Not everyone knows everything about planes.

More or less a function of the bypass ratio (the ratio of air that goes through the fan but not into the core). Newer engines tend to be higher bypass, therefore quieter. Also more efficient as increasing the speed of a large amount of air a small amount is better than a small amount of air by a large amount. On a short flight like this, they'd be using a high flex temperature, which means at a lower power setting, so that would reduce the noise too.