Compass Airlines is a regional airline headquartered in Delta Air Lines Building C at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota; prior to December 16, 2009, it was headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, east of the Chantilly CDP. The airline launched inaugural service with a single Bombardier CRJ200LR aircraft under the Northwest Airlink brand between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Washington, D.C. on May 2, 2007. On August 21, 2007, it began flying two Embraer 175 76-passenger aircraft, and expanded to 36 aircraft by... December, 2008. In July, 2010, the airline was purchased from Delta Airlines and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Trans States Holdings. On March 1, 2011 Delta Air Lines, along with Trans States Holdings announced plans to add an additional six E-170 aircraft to the Compass Airlines operation. The six aircraft deliveries began in May 2011, to continue through the 2nd fiscal quarter of 2012. Compass Airlines was formed as a result of a contract dispute between Northwest Airlines and its pilots union, the Airline Pilots Association .
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