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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in Januaryu but held off on the ribbon cuttint until key personnelwere hired, and they “gotr a little airplane grease under their nails,” Compasws president Tim Campbell said during a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraefr 175 76-seat jets. which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of NorthwesftAirlines Inc., was acquired by Delta as part of the Atlanta-based carrier’es merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previouslty had been serviced bya third-party aircraft maintenance company, Campbell said.
Louisville International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittenden Drive, consiste of 42,720 square feet of aircraft hangar space, 11,416 squares feet of office, shop and storag space, an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,48 square feet of parking and roadways. At the news Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showef off its first jet painted in the Delta The rest of its fleet will be converted from Northwesr Airlines colors over thenext year, Campbell At the news conference, Kentuckt Gov.
Steve Beshear said the Compasas investment, including its $3 milliobn annual payroll, “is a tremendouas economic achievement in the midst of some pretty tough economic InAugust 2007, the board granted the airlinwe preliminary approval for $2 milliom in state tax incentives for up to 10
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