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Appendix I: Glossary
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Arriving: Traffic (flights, passengers and cargo) which lands at an airport in Canada.
Cargo: All freight, air express and excess baggage for which any tariff charge is assessed. Air cargo does not include mail and provisions, or passenger baggage for which no charge is assessed.
Charter transportation: The transportation of passengers and/or goods by aircraft where a person other than the air carrier operating the aircraft, or its agent, contracts for a block of seats or a portion of cargo capacity for that person’s own use or for resale, in whole or in units, to members of the public. The entire capacity of the aircraft is disposed of in this manner.
Classification in reporting levels (Definitions 2000)
- Level I. This includes every Canadian air carrier not classified in reporting level VI that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the report year, transported at least 1,000,000 revenue passengers or at least 200,000 tonnes of revenue goods.
- Level II. This includes every Canadian air carrier not classified in reporting level VI that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the report year, transported 100,000 revenue passengers or more, but fewer than 1,000,000 revenue passengers, or 30,000 tonnes of revenue goods or more but less than 200,000 tonnes of revenue goods.
- Level III. This includes every Canadian air carrier not classified in reporting level VI that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the report year, realized annual gross revenues of $1,000,000 or more for the air services for which the air carrier held a licence.
- Level IV. Not applicable.
- Level V. This includes every Canadian air carrier not classified in reporting level I, II, III or VI that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the report year, realized annual gross revenues of less than $1,000,000 for the air services for which the air carrier held a licence.
- Level VI. Every Canadian air carrier that, in the report year, operated the air service for which the air carrier holds a licence for the sole purpose of serving the needs of a lodge operation.
Departing: Traffic (flights, passengers and cargo) which takes off from an airport in Canada.
Deplaned: Traffic (passengers and cargo) which lands and disembarks at an airport in Canada.
Domestic: Traffic travelling between two airports in Canada.
Enplaned: Traffic (passengers and cargo) which embarks and takes off from an airport in Canada.
MCTOW: The maximum certificated take-off weight for aircraft as shown in the aircraft flight manual referred to in the aircraft’s Certificate of Airworthiness issued by the competent Canadian or foreign authority.
Other international: Traffic between an airport in a foreign country (excluding the United States) and an airport in Canada.
Revenue passenger: A person receiving air transportation from an air carrier for which remuneration is received by the air carrier. Air carrier employees or others receiving air transportation against whom token service charges are levied are not considered as revenue passengers. Infants for whom a token fare is charged are not counted as passengers.
Transborder: Traffic between an airport in the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico) and an airport in Canada.
