UPDATED: Council advances new airport fees, tables Siletz tribe agreement

Passengers disembark from an Avelo Airlines aircraft Thursday, Oct. 5 on the inaugural flight into the Salem Airport from Las Vegas (RON COOPER/Salem Reporter)

Salem city councilors voted unanimously Monday to advance  new airport fees to help close the Salem-Willamette Valley Airport’s budgetary shortfall.

The new fee would charge aircraft that weigh 7,000 pounds or more a landing fee and an overnight aircraft parking fee. The airport will use new technology to track all flights coming in and out of Salem and will be able to send invoices accordingly, airport officials said Monday night. 

That income would help balance…

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