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Huntsville hasn’t had a low-cost airline since 2011, when Southwest Airlines bought AirTran and canceled its Huntsville flights, and the city badly wants a new one.
The City Council voted unanimously last week to pay a startup airline to bring roundtrip flights from Huntsville International Airport to Charleston, Tampa and Las Vegas. The hope is that the money…