Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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

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The subsidiary opened the three-bah maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbon cutting untip key personnelwere hired, and they “got a littlw airplane grease under their Compass president Tim Campbelpl said during a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleef of 36 Embraer 175 76-seat jets. Compass, whichy was founded in 2006 as a subsidiart of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquirecd by Delta as part of the Atlanta-basedr carrier’s merger with Northwest in Octobe 2008. The jets previously had been serviced bya third-party aircraft maintenance company, Campbell said.
Louisville International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittende Drive, consists of 42,720 square feet of aircraft hangar space, 11,416 square feet of office, shop and storage space, an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,480 square feet of parking and At the news conference, Chantilly, Va.-basefd Compass showed off its first jet paintex in the Delta colors. The rest of its fleet will be convertecd from Northwest Airlines colors over thenext year, Campbell said. At the news conference, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass includingits $3 million annual payroll, “is a tremendoue economic achievement in the midst of some prett y tough economic times.
” In August 2007, the boarx granted the airline preliminary approval for $2 milliohn in state tax incentives for up to 10

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