Sunday, September 16, 2012

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

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The subsidiary opened the three-bag maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbobn cutting until key personnelwere hired, and they “gotr a little airplane grease under theird nails,” Compass president Tim Campbelol said during a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’ fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seat jets. which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of NorthwesrAirlines Inc., was acquired by Delta as part of the Atlanta-basef carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previously had been serviced bya third-parth aircraft maintenance company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisvillre International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittenden consistsof 42,720 square feet of aircraft hangar 11,416 square feet of office, shop and storage an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,480 square feet of parkingf and roadways. At the news conference, Va.-based Compass showed off its first jet painted in theDeltas colors. The rest of its fleet will be converted from Northwes t Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass includingits $3 million annual “is a tremendous economic achievement in the midst of some prettuy tough economic times.
” In August 2007, the board grantecd the airline preliminary approva for $2 million in state tax incentives for up to 10

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