Table 6
Employment and fuel consumption, 2007 and 2008

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Employment and fuel consumption, 2007 and 2008
  Levels I and II Level III Levels I to III
2007 2008 Change from  2007 to 2008 2007 2008 Change from  2007 to 2008 2007 2008 Change from  2007 to 2008
    percent   percent   percent
Average number of employees, wages and salaries paid  
Pilots and co-pilots (number) 7,128 7,369 3.4 2,378 2,495 4.9 9,506 9,864 3.8
Wages and salaries ('000$) 799,916 851,712 6.5 113,935 125,828 10.4 913,850 977,540 7.0
Other flight personnel (number) 10,651 11,050 3.7 434 408 -6.0 11,085 11,458 3.4
Wages and salaries ('000$) 510,803 498,013 -2.5 12,695 13,816 8.8 523,498 511,829 -2.2
General management and administration (number) 1,903 1,874 -1.5 1,124 1,116 -0.7 3,027 2,990 -1.2
Wages and salaries ('000$) 177,479 197,624 11.4 55,554 56,937 2.5 233,033 254,562 9.2
Maintenance labour (number) 4,751 5,015 5.6 1,447 1,454 0.5 6,198 6,469 4.4
Wages and salaries ('000$) 289,502 304,691 5.2 71,954 78,323 8.9 361,455 383,014 6.0
Aircraft and traffic servicing (number) 5,745 5,423 -5.6 1,144 1,116 -2.4 6,889 6,539 -5.1
Wages and salaries ('000$) 249,387 253,085 1.5 26,300 29,134 10.8 275,687 282,219 2.4
Other personnel (number) 3,719 3,958 6.4 616 577 -6.3 4,335 4,535 4.6
Wages and salaries ('000$) 231,635 243,271 5.0 18,178 17,636 -3.0 249,814 260,907 4.4
Total average number of employees (number) 33,897 34,689 2.3 7,143 7,166 0.3 41,040 41,855 2.0
Wages and salaries ('000$) 2,258,722 2,348,397 4.0 298,615 321,674 7.7 2,557,337 2,670,071 4.4
Fuel and oil  
Turbine fuel ('000 litres) 5,654,992 5,680,812 0.5 211,360 213,320 0.9 5,866,352 5,894,132 0.5
Cost ('000$) 3,756,292 5,204,236 38.5 200,720 242,806 21.0 3,957,012 5,447,043 37.7
Gasoline ('000 litres) 159 200 26.1 20,264 20,695 2.1 20,423 20,895 2.3
Cost ('000$) 408 224 -45.1 21,254 24,967 17.5 21,663 25,191 16.3
Turbine oil ('000 litres) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Cost ('000$) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Piston oil ('000 litres) 0 0 ... 43 31 -28.0 43 31 -28.0
Cost ('000$) 0 0 ... 160 124 -22.2 160 124 -22.2
Note(s):
Level I air carriers. This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the reporting year, transported at least 1 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.
Level III air carriers. This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the reporting year, realized annual gross revenues of at least 1 million dollars for the air services for which the air carrier held a licence.