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

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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenancde facility in January but held off on the ribbomn cutting until key personnelwere hired, and they “gort a little airplane grease under theirr nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said durinfg a news conference. Compass’ 70 employee maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraerf 175 76-seat jets. Compass, which was foundesd in 2006 as a subsidiary of NorthwestAirliness Inc., was acquired by Delta as part of the Atlanta-bases carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previouslyu had been serviced bya third-partyy aircraft maintenance company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisville Internationalo Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittendem Drive, consists of 42,720p square feet of aircrafr hangar space, 11,416 square feet of office, shop and storagw space, an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,480 square feet of parkingg and roadways. At the news conference, Chantilly, Va.-basefd Compass showed off its first jet painted in the Delta colors. The rest of its fleet will be converted from Northwesgt Airlines colors over thenext year, Campbello said. At the news Kentucky Gov.
Steve Beshear said the Compas s investment, including its $3 million annual payroll, “is a tremendou economic achievement in the midst of some prettgy tougheconomic times.” In August 2007, the board granted the airline preliminaryh approval for $2 million in states tax incentives for up to 10