Table 8
Employment and fuel consumption – Canadian air carriers, Levels I and II – Second quarter of 2005 and 2006

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Employment and fuel consumption – Canadian air carriers, Levels I and II – Second 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) 5,880 6,469 10.0
Salaries and wages ($'000) 156,118 176,354 13.0
Other flight personnel (number) 10,124 10,053 -0.7
Salaries and wages ($'000) 110,314 114,699 4.0
General management and administration (number) 1,386 1,933 39.5
Salaries and wages ($'000) 24,367 36,696 50.6
Maintenance labour (number) 4,612 4,667 1.2
Salaries and wages ($'000) 67,873 70,578 4.0
Aircraft and traffic servicing (number) 3,854 3,939 2.2
Salaries and wages ($'000) 42,896 45,626 6.4
Other personnel (number) 4,850 4,899 1.0
Salaries and wages ($'000) 61,250 53,873 -12.0
Total average number of employees (number) 30,706 31,960 4.1
Salaries and wages ($'000) 462,819 497,826 7.6
Fuel and oil  
Turbine fuel ('000 litres) 1,282,706 1,334,306 4.0
Cost ($'000) 704,721 876,713 24.4
Gasoline ('000 litres) 1,188 1,423 19.7
Cost ($'000) 960 1,188 23.8
Turbine oil ('000 litres) 97 77 -20.9
Cost ($'000) 669 541 -19.2
Piston oil ('000 litres) 1 1 39.3
Cost ($'000) 5 7 39.2
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.