Table 5
Employment and fuel consumption – Canadian air carriers, Levels I and II – First quarter of 2005 and 2006

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Employment and fuel consumption – Canadian air carriers, Levels I and II – First quarter of 2005 and 2006
  2005 2006 Change from 2005 to 2006
      percent
Average number of employees, salaries and wages paid  
Pilots and co-pilots (number) 5,906 6,357 7.6
Salaries and wages ($'000) 162,807 171,259 5.2
Other flight personnel (number) 10,279 10,153 -1.2
Salaries and wages ($'000) 110,434 107,231 -2.9
General management and administration (number) 1,472 1,876 27.4
Salaries and wages ($'000) 22,332 34,873 56.2
Maintenance labour (number) 4,610 4,738 2.8
Salaries and wages ($'000) 66,069 70,652 6.9
Aircraft and traffic servicing (number) 3,911 4,052 3.6
Salaries and wages ($'000) 41,051 43,639 6.3
Other personnel (number) 4,776 4,901 2.6
Salaries and wages ($'000) 56,413 62,388 10.6
Total average number of employees (number) 30,954 32,077 3.6
Salaries and wages ($'000) 459,106 490,042 6.7
Fuel and oil  
Turbine fuel ('000 litres) 1,252,185 1,325,556 5.9
Cost ($'000) 628,013 825,345 31.4
Gasoline ('000 litres) 933 1,227 31.5
Cost ($'000) 783 1,060 35.5
Turbine oil ('000 litres) 86 96 11.7
Cost ($'000) 585 673 15.0
Piston oil ('000 litres) 1 1 99.6
Cost ($'000) 3 6 99.6
Note(s):
Level I air carriers. Level IA. This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the reporting year, transported at least 6 million revenue passengers. Level IB. This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the reporting year, transported at least 1 million but fewer than 6 million revenue passengers, or at least 200 thousand tonnes of revenue goods.
Level II air carriers. This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the reporting year, transported at least 100 thousand but fewer than 1 million revenue passengers, or at least 30 thousand but less than 200 thousand tonnes of revenue goods.