Table 5
Financial performance indicators, 2008 to 2010

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Financial performance indicators, 2008 to 2010

Table summary
This table displays the results of financial performance indicators levels i and ii, level iii, levels i to iii and 2008, calculated using 2008, 2009, 2010 and ratio units of measure appearing as column headers.

  Levels I and II Level III Levels I to III
2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010
  ratio
Liquidity ratios  
Current ratio  Note 1 0.682 0.831 1.231 1.152 1.385 1.427 0.708 0.866 1.240
Debt structure ratio  Note 2 0.395 0.367 0.377 0.443 0.399 0.336 0.398 0.369 0.375
Solvency ratios  
Debt-to-asset (debt) ratio  Note 3 0.851 0.776 0.706 0.696 0.636 0.688 0.841 0.766 0.705
Debt-to equity (leverage) ratio  Note 4 5.713 3.466 2.401 2.284 1.747 2.200 5.307 3.279 2.390
Profitability ratios  
Operating ratio  Note 5 0.968 0.996 0.951 0.940 0.949 0.963 0.966 0.992 0.952
Profit margin  Note 6 -0.045 0.012 0.026 0.038 0.037 0.015 -0.039 0.014 0.026
Return on assets  Note 7 -0.048 0.012 0.027 0.048 0.043 0.018 -0.042 0.014 0.026
Return on investment  Note 8 -0.023 0.041 0.054 0.067 0.061 0.038 -0.018 0.043 0.053
1.
Current ratio = Current assets divided by current liabilities.
2.
Debt structure ratio = Current liabilities divided by total liabilities.
3.
Debt-to-asset (debt) ratio = Total liabilities divided by total assets.
4.
Debt-to equity (leverage) ratio = Total liabilities divided by total shareholders' equity.
5.
Operating ratio = Operating expenses divided by operating revenue.
6.
Profit margin = Net income divided by operating revenue.
7.
Return on assets = Net income divided by total assets.
8.
Return on investment = Sum of net income and interest expenses divided by total assets.
Note(s):
Level I air carriers (2009). 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 cargo.
Level I air carriers (2010). This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in the calendar year before the year in which information is provided, transported at least 2 million revenue passengers or at least 400 thousand tonnes of cargo.
Level II air carriers (2009). This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in each of the two calendar years immediately preceding the reporting year, transported (a) at least 100 thousand but fewer than 1 million revenue passengers; or (b) at least 30 thousand but less than 200 thousand tonnes of cargo.
Level II air carriers (2010). This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in the calendar year before the year in which information is provided, transported (a) at least 100 thousand but fewer than 2 million revenue passengers; or (b) at least 50 thousand but less than 400 thousand tonnes of cargo.
Level III air carriers (2009). 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.
Level III air carriers (2010). This includes every Canadian air carrier that (a) is not a level I air carrier or level II air carrier; and (b) in the calendar year before the year in which information is provided, realized gross revenues of at least 2 million dollars for the provision of air services for which the air carrier held a licence.
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