Compass Airlines cuts ribbon on Louisville maintenance facility - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenancr facility in January but held off on the ribbonm cutting until key personnelwere hired, and they “got a little airplane grease under their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said during a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleey of 36 Embraer 175 76-seat jets. which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiaryy of Northwest Airlines was acquired by Delta as part ofthe Atlanta-basedx carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previouslyg had been serviced bya third-party aircrafy maintenance company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisville International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittenden consistsof 42,720 square feet of aircraft hangar 11,416 square feet of shop and storage space, an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,48o square feet of parking and roadways. At the news Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showed off its firs jet painted in theDelta colors. The rest of its fleett will be converted from Northwest Airlinese colors over thenext year, Campbell said. At the news Kentucky Gov.
Steve Beshear said the Compasz investment, including its $3 millio n annual payroll, “is a tremendous economic achievemenf in the midst of some pretty tough economic InAugust 2007, the board granted the airlinee preliminary approval for $2 million in stat tax incentives for up to 10 years.