==Sejarah==
Compass Airlines wasadalah amaskapai penerbangan regional airlineyang formeddibentuk assebagai aakibat resultdari ofperselisihan akontrak contract dispute betweenantara [[Northwest Airlines]] anddan itsserikat pilots' unionpilotnya, the [[Air Line Pilots Association]] (ALPA). TheGrup pilot Northwest Airlines pilotdiminta groupuntuk wasmemberikan askedkeringanan topada givebagian reliefdari onperjanjian atawar-menawar sectionkolektif ofmereka theiryang collective bargaining agreement governingmengatur "[[Scope clause|scope]]", whichyang melindungi protectspekerjaan pilot jobsdengan bymemastikan ensuringbahwa thatpelanggan anmaskapai airline'sditerbangkan customersoleh arekaryawan flownmaskapai by the employees of that airlineitu. ThePilot pilotsakhirnya eventuallymenyetujui agreedkonsesi topada aruang concessionlingkup onkontrak themereka scopeyang ofmemungkinkan theirsejumlah contractterbatas allowing a limited number ofpesawat 76-seat aircraftkursi tountuk bediterbangkan flownoleh bypilot outsourcedoutsourcing pilotsyang workingbekerja for auntuk [[subcontractorsubkontraktor]] [[regionalmaskapai airlineregional]]. InSebagai exchangeimbalan foratas theirkonsesi concessionmereka, thepilot Northwest Airlines pilotsmenuntut demandedimbalan inbahwa returnpilot thatpesawat thebaru pilotsini ofpada theseakhirnya newakan aircraft"mengalir would eventually "flow-upnaik" intoke mainlinepekerjaan pilot jobsjalur atutama di Northwest Airlines anddan thatbahwa pilot Northwest Airlines pilotsakan wouldmempertahankan retainkemampuan theuntuk ability to"mengalir "flow-downturun" intoke the newly subcontractedpekerjaan pilot jobsyang inbaru thedisubkontrakkan event thatjika Northwest Airlines were toakan [[furloughmengundurkan diri]] thepilot mainlinejalur pilotsutama.
InUntuk orderberadaptasi todengan adaptkesepakatan, todan thememenuhi agreement,kebutuhan anduntuk fulfillmelayani apasar needregional todengan servepesawat theyang regionallebih marketskecil, withlebih smaller,efisien moredan efficienttenaga aircraftkerja anddengan aupah dramaticallyyang reduceddikurangi wagesecara labor forcedramatis, Northwest bought themembeli [[operatingsertifikat certificateoperasi]] of bankruptdari [[Independence Air]] onyang bangkrut pada bulan MarchMaret 10, 2006, foruntuk $2 millionjuta. DuringSelama thefase concept phasekonsep, theanak subsidiaryperusahaan wastersebut knowndikenal assebagai "[[NewCo]]". Compass'Operasi operationsKompas wereterbatas limitedpada topesawat 76-seat aircraftkursi oratau lesskurang, duekarena tobahasa thedalam languagekontrak inpercontohan thedi pilotkapal contractinduk at the [[mainline (flight)|mainline]] carrier.
OnPada Septembertanggal 28, September 2006, Compass Airlines officiallysecara receivedresmi approvalmenerima frompersetujuan thedari [[UnitedKementerian StatesTransportasi DepartmentAmerika ofSerikat|Departemen Transportasi Amerika TransportationSerikat]] tountuk beginmulai operationsberoperasi. OnPada Apriltanggal 5, April 2007, Compass Airlines receivedmenerima sertifikasi [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] certification to beginuntuk commercialmemulai passengeroperasi operationspenumpang withkomersial adengan singlesatu CRJ-200 (N601XJ).<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2007-04-06-nwa-compass-ready-to-fly_N.htm Compass Airlines Receives DOT & FAA Approval To Begin Operations] (USA Today: April 6, 2007)</ref>
OnPada Maytanggal 2, Mei 2007, themaskapai airlineini hadmendapatkan itspenerbangan firstpendapatan revenuepertamanya flight fromdari [[Bandara Internasional Washington Dulles International Airport]] toke [[Minneapolis−SaintBandar PaulUdara InternationalInternasional AirportMinneapolis-Saint Paul]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Northwest-Compass.html Northwest Airlines' Subsidiary Compass Takes Off] (New York Times: May 2, 2007)</ref> whichyang maintainedmempertahankan thesertifikat operating certificateoperasi. CompassKompas implementedmengimplementasikan operasi Embraer operationspada on21 August 21,Agustus 2007.
OnPada Julytanggal 1, Juli 2010, [[Delta Air Lines]] announcedmengumumkan thatbahwa itmereka soldmenjual Compass Airlines toke [[Trans States Holdings]] forseharga US$20.,5 millionjuta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/07/01/343949/delta-to-sell-mesaba-and-compass-for-82.5-million.html|title=Delta to sell Mesaba and Compass for $82.5 million|publisher=Flightglobal.com|date=1 July 2010|access-date=1 July 2010}}</ref> DespiteTerlepas thedari changeperubahan in ownershipkepemilikan, CompassKompas stillmasih sharedberbagi manybanyak thingshal withdengan itsmantan formerorang parentstuanya, includingtermasuk beingberkantor headquarteredpusat indi agedung milik Delta-owned building, and adan logo thatyang wasmerupakan aversi modifiedmodifikasi versiondari oflogo the finalterakhir Northwest Airlines logo.
OnPada Marchtanggal 27, Maret 2015, themaskapai airlineini beganmulai flyingmenerbangkan onesalah ofsatu twentydari branddua newpuluh [[Embraer E-Jets|Embraer E-175]] baru, operatingberoperasi foruntuk [[American Airlines]] underdi thebawah merek [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] brand, withdengan thepenerbangan initialawal flight being fromdari [[LosBandar AngelesUdara InternationalInternasional AirportLos Angeles]] toke [[HoustonBandar Udara Interkontinental IntercontinentalGeorge AirportBush]].
InPada AugustAgustus 2019, Delta Air Lines mademembuat thekeputusan decisionuntuk tomengurangi reducejumlah the number ofmaskapai regional carriersyang thatterbang flydengan under themerek Delta Connection branddan andmengakhiri terminatedperjanjiannya itsuntuk agreement forpenerbangan regional flying withdengan Compass Airlines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aeronauticsonline.com/delta-ends-contracts-with-compass-and-gojet/|title=Delta Ends Contracts with Compass and GoJet – Aeronautics|access-date=Nov 4, 2019}}</ref> ThisHal resultedini inmengakibatkan the removal ofpenghapusan 36 aircraftpesawat fromdari themaskapai airlinedan andmengurangi reducedjumlah thepesawat numberyang ofterbang aircraft flying foruntuk Compass Airlines fromdari 56 tomenjadi 20 bypada JuneJuni 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/delta-to-terminate-compass-and-godet-partnerships-am-460128/|title=Delta to terminate Compass and GoJet partnerships|last=Hemmerdinger|first=Jon|date=2019-08-06|website=Flightglobal.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref> ThisJadwal scheduleini waskemudian laterdipercepat accelerateduntuk tomenghapus removesemua allEmbraer Delta-ownedE175 Embraermilik E175sDelta fromdari theoperasi CompassKompas operationpada by1 April 1, 2020.
[[File:N621CZ.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[Delta Connection]] [[Embraer E-Jet family#E175Jets|Embraer E175]] operateddioperasikan byoleh Compass Airlines]]
CompassKompas hadmemiliki maintenancebasis basespemeliharaan indi Phoenix, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Francisco, anddan Seattle/Tacoma priorsebelum to its closureditutup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.compassairline.com/careers/Pages/Maintenance.aspx|title=Compass Airlines - Maintenance|work=compassairline.com|date=2016|access-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113442/http://www.compassairline.com/careers/Pages/Maintenance.aspx|archive-date=January 9, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
InPada JanuaryJanuari 2020, CompassKompas announcedmengumumkan thatbahwa itmereka wouldakan bemenutup closingbasis itskru Phoenix crew base-nya. TheBulan following monthberikutnya, themaskapai airlinemengumumkan announceddalam in asebuah memo tokepada employeeskaryawan thatbahwa itspangkalan kru Seattle-Tacoma crew base would alsojuga beakan closingditutup.
InPada MarchMaret 2020, duekarena topenurunan thepermintaan reductionsebagai intanggapan demand in response to theterhadap [[pandemi COVID-19 pandemic]], CompassKompas announcedmengumumkan itakan wouldberhenti ceaseberoperasi operationspada on7 April 7.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/coronavirus-prompts-us-regional-us-airline-compass-to-shut.html|title=Regional US airline Compass shutting down as coronavirus presents 'insurmountable obstacles'|first=Leslie|last=Josephs|date=March 19, 2020|website=CNBC}}</ref> ThePenerbangan finalpendapatan revenueterakhir flightyang operateddioperasikan byoleh CompassKompas adalah wasPenerbangan American Eagle Flight 6047 fromdari [[TulsaBandar InternationalUdara AirportInternasional Tulsa|Tulsa, Oklahoma]] toke [[Bandar Udara Internasional Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles, California]] onpada Apriltanggal 5, April 2020.
TheMaskapai airlineini hadawalnya originallyberencana planneduntuk todiakuisisi be acquired byoleh [[Breeze Airways]]. The acquisitionAkuisisi wasitu laterkemudian canceleddibatalkan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-19|title=Breeze Airways again changes its debut plans|url=https://www.airway1.com/breeze-airways-again-changes-its-debut-plans/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Airway|language=en-US}}</ref>
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