Friday, July 27, 2012

Compass Airlines cuts ribbon on Louisville maintenance facility - Business First of Louisville:

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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facilitt in January but held off on the ribbon cuttingy until key personnelwere hired, and they “got a little airplane grease under their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said during a news Compass’ 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seat jets. which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquired by Delta as part of the Atlanta-baser carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008.
The jets previousluy had been serviced bya third-party aircraft maintenance company, Campbell Compass’ Louisville International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittendenb Drive, consists of 42,720 square feet of aircraftg hangar space, 11,416 square feet of shop and storage space, an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,48 0 square feet of parking and roadways. At the news conference, Chantilly, Va.-bases Compass showed off its first jet painted in theDeltaa colors. The rest of its fleet will be convertec from Northwest Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news Kentucky Gov.
Steve Beshear said the Compass investment, including its $3 milliob annual payroll, “is a tremendous economicd achievement in the midst of some prettyh tougheconomic times.” In August 2007, the board granted the airline preliminarh approval for $2 million in state tax incentives for up to 10

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