Table 11
Employment and fuel consumption – Canadian air carriers, Levels I and II – Third quarter of 2005 and 2006

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Employment and fuel consumption – Canadian air carriers, Levels I and II – Third 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) 5,872 6,573 11.9
Salaries and wages ($'000) 166,861 186,167 11.6
Other flight personnel (number) 10,293 10,074 -2.1
Salaries and wages ($'000) 112,864 118,591 5.1
General management and administration (number) 1,411 2,063 46.2
Salaries and wages ($'000) 21,565 36,229 68.0
Maintenance labour (number) 4,655 4,519 -2.9
Salaries and wages ($'000) 66,695 69,178 3.7
Aircraft and traffic servicing (number) 3,864 4,198 8.6
Salaries and wages ($'000) 40,622 45,922 13.0
Other personnel (number) 4,827 4,728 -2.1
Salaries and wages ($'000) 60,087 63,411 5.5
Total average number of employees (number) 30,922 32,155 4.0
Salaries and wages ($'000) 468,694 519,498 10.8
Fuel and oil  
Turbine fuel ('000 litres) 1,736,633 1,638,951 -5.6
Cost ($'000) 1,056,967 1,049,183 -0.7
Gasoline ('000 litres) 1,706 1,873 9.8
Cost ($'000) 1,263 1,425 12.8
Turbine oil ('000 litres) 140 77 -44.8
Cost ($'000) 941 532 -43.5
Piston oil ('000 litres) 2 2 9.3
Cost ($'000) 9 10 9.3
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.