The air trials that have caused distress and disruption are ending sooner than planned.

Heathrow announced last week that trials would finish on November 12.

The people of Molesey and Walton have been suffering with increased levels of noise late at night and early in the morning since the trials began on July 26.

Dominic Raab, MP for Esher and Walton, said: "I am very relieved local residents will be able to enjoy Christmas without the disproportionate noise from these trials. Councillor Steve Bax and I worked hard to get Heathrow to act on local concerns, and it's good news that the authorities are listening.

"Now, we need to work together to make sure we don't see any return to those kinds of noise levels in the future."

A petition against the flight path trials, set up by the website TeddingtonTown, gathered more than 6,280 signatures currently submitted.

Councillor Steve Bax said: "This is a great result for residents of Molesey who were being driven to distraction by the noise from these trials. This is a victory for people power."

Julia Cripps, 55, of Hampton Court Crescent, said: "It's good to know they do pay attention. I'm absolutely delighted."

Additional trials due to start on October 20 have been postponed until autumn 2015.

Heathrow's director of sustainability and environment, Matt Gorman, said: "We do, however, appreciate that some residents will have experienced a temporary increase in noise as a result of these trials.

"The feedback we have received during the trials is very important to this process. We are always looking to minimise the disturbance residents may experience as a result of flights around Heathrow, and so we are pleased to have been able to work with Nats to bring an early end to the trials."