Friday, October 15, 2010

Compass Airlines cuts ribbon on Louisville maintenance facility - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in Januaru but held off on the ribbon cutting until key personnel were andthey “got a little airplaned grease under their nails,” Compass presidenr Tim Campbell said during a news conference. Compass’ 70 employeee maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seaft jets. Compass, which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiart of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquired by Deltaz as part of the Atlanta-basee carrier’s merger with Northwest in Octobed 2008. The jets previously had been servicedr bya third-party aircraft maintenanc e company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisville International Airport located at 5101Crittendemn Drive, consists of 42,720 square feet of aircraft hangarf space, 11,416 square feet of shop and storage space, an 80,601-square-foot concretd apron and 33,480 square feet of parking and At the news conference, Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showef off its first jet paintee in the Delta colors. The rest of its fleet will be converteds from Northwest Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news conference, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass includingits $3 million annual payroll, “is a tremendousw economic achievement in the mids of some pretty tough economic times.
” In August 2007, the boarsd granted the airline preliminary approval for $2 millioj in state tax incentives for up to 10

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