If you're looking for a quieter seat on a flight, avoid the window
Besides skinny seats, slim lavatories and overstuffed overhead bins, here’s another reason to loathe the back of the airplane: It’s noisier than the front.
The noise inside an airplane is a choice airlines and airplane manufacturers make. Adding more insulation and padding makes planes quieter, but also heavier, thus less fuel-efficient. So while engines have gotten quieter to meet noise standards on the ground, the noise travelers endure in the cabin has only gotten a few decibels quieter each decade, experts say.
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