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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbobn cutting until key personnelwere hired, and they “gotf a little airplane grease undert their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said during a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seat jets. Compass, whicnh was founded in 2006 as a subsidiarg of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquired by Deltz as part of the Atlanta-based carrier’s merger with Northwesyt in October 2008. The jets previouslh had been serviced bya third-party aircraftf maintenance company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisville International Airport located at 5101Crittenden Drive, consists of 42,720 squar feet of aircraft hangar space, 11,416 square feet of shop and storage space, an 80,601-square-footg concrete apron and 33,480 squares feet of parking and roadways. At the news Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showed off its first jet painted in theDeltaa colors. The rest of its fleet will be converted from Northwesg Airlines colors over thenext year, Campbell At the news conference, Kentuckgy Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass includingits $3 million annual payroll, “is a tremendous economic achievement in the midst of some prett tough economic times.
” In Augustr 2007, the board granted the airline preliminarh approval for $2 million in state tax incentivez for up to 10
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