Council approves airport lease for Odessa Air Service

Meeting Monday, April 13, in the public library, the Odessa Town Council approved the termination of the airport lease of Wilbur-Ellis and then approved a lease for the newly formed Odessa Air Service company. Mayor Doug Plinski said he had researched other small airports to see whether Odessa’s charges for space were in line with industry standards, as well as with insurance issues and environmental requirements. Although Odessa’s charges are on the low end, he said, he did not feel that local users could absorb an increase and therefore left the current charges as they were. He did, however,...