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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbon cutting until key personnelwere hired, and they “gogt a little airplane grease under theirr nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said durinfg a news conference. Compass’ 70 employees maintaihn the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraere 175 76-seat jets. Compass, whicy was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of NorthwestAirlinesd Inc., was acquired by Delta as part of the Atlanta-bases carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previouslhy had been serviced bya third-party aircraft maintenance company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisvillr International Airport facility, locatedx 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 apronn and 33,480 square feet of parking and At the news conference, Va.-based Compass showed off its first jet paintedf in the Delta colors. The rest of its fleet will be convertecd from Northwest Airlines colors over thenext year, Campbellp said. At the news Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass investment, including its $3 million annual payroll, “is a tremendous economicf achievement in the midst of some pretty tougheconomic times.
” In August 2007, the boardf granted the airline preliminary approvalp for $2 million in state tax incentiveas for up to 10 years.
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