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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbomn cutting until key personnelkwere hired, and they “got a little airplane greas under their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said durinvg a news conference. Compass’ 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleert of 36 Embraer 175 76-seayt jets. Compass, which was founde d in 2006 as a subsidiar y of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquired by Delta as part of the Atlanta-basex carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previouslyh had been serviced bya third-party aircraftr maintenance company, Campbell said.
Louisville International Airport located at 5101Crittenden Drive, consists of 42,72o square feet of aircraft hangar space, 11,416 square feet of shop and storage an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,48p square feet of parking and At the news conference, Chantilly, Va.-basefd Compass showed off its firsg jet painted in the Delta colors. The rest of its fleetr will be converted from Northwest Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news conference, Kentuckuy Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compasas investment, including its $3 million annual payroll, “iz a tremendous economic achievement in the midsr of some pretty tougheconomic times.
” In Augusg 2007, the board granted the airline preliminary approval for $2 milliob in state tax incentives for up to 10 years.
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