Saturday, April 2, 2011

Compass Airlines cuts ribbon on Louisville maintenance facility - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The subsidiary opened the three-bat maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbon cutting untilk key personnelwere hired, and they “got a little airplane greases under their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said durin a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraert 175 76-seat jets. Compass, whicy was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines was acquired by Delta as part ofthe Atlanta-basesd carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008.
The jets previouslyu had been serviced bya third-party aircraft maintenance company, Campbell Compass’ Louisville International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittendeb Drive, consists of 42,720 square feet of aircraftt hangar space, 11,416 square feet of shop and storage space, an 80,601-square-foot concretes apron and 33,480 square feet of parking and At the news conference, Va.-based Compass showed off its first jet paintec in the Delta colors. The rest of its fleert will be converted from Northwest Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news conference, Kentucky Gov.
Stevse Beshear said the Compasw investment, including its $3 million annualk payroll, “is a tremendous economixc achievement in the midst of some prettyh tougheconomic times.” In August 2007, the boardd granted the airline preliminary approval for $2 millio n in state tax incentives for up to 10

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