General Aviation Economic Footprint – Measurement

ATAC 2007 Annual Meeting and Tradeshow World Trade and Convention Centre, Halifax, NS

November 4th, 2007

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Electronic Collection of Air Transportation Statistics (ECATS) at Transport Canada (TC)

Phase 1 – Collecting from the commercial carriers flying within/from/to Canada

Phase 2 – Collecting data from the general aviation sector

Presentation Outline

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ECATS Phase I Objectives Commercial Air Carriers

Improve level of completeness

263 carrier reporting covering more than 98 % of

traffic in Canada

Reduce data reporting burden and costs

For airlines: minimizes effort to support

data reporting improves filing efficiency

For Transport Canada: no manual input as data is

received in electronic format

validation is automated

3 primary objectives for air operational transportation statistics were:

Improve timeliness of available statistics

Major Airlines: from 24 hours to 1 month

Regional/Local Airlines: within 1 month after close of quarter

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Industry Reduced reporting

burden/costs Data availability:

Electronic aggregated data available to all parties (with confidentiality provisions):

cannot derive a carrier’s market share

written permission from carrier before their data can be released to airports/CAC/ATAC

Single source of information reduces legal and other costs

Government Timely data to help with:

policy development and decision making

monitoring financial health of carriers and the air industry

Improvement of analytical capability for programs

Example: Airport Capital Assistance Program (ACAP), airport rent payments, security charges

Benefits

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Data elements targeted by Phase 2

General Aviation

Origin and Destination Passengers (O/D)

Air Cargo

ECATS Phase II - Scope

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Obtain data to help government and air transportation stakeholders:

Get an overall precise measure of the industry’s: Importance Contribution Health Operators

Better reflect and acknowledge General Aviation in: Policy and programs developments Planning

Help stakeholders in: Planning (identifying opportunities, allocating resources) Tackling issues

General Aviation - Objectives

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General Aviation: According to the Transport Canada Aviation Statistics Group - The

operation of aircraft(s) by individuals, companies or government entities for purposes other than commercial passenger and/or cargo transport for remuneration including leisure, business, aerial work and instructional flying.

Categories to be looked at: Corporate/Personal Business Aviation Specialty flying (Industrial, aerial work) Flight Training Maintenance/ Essential services (Natural Resources, Medivac) Private including very light jet (VLJ) Recreational including very light jets, ultra-lights, balloons, gliders

and other private planes Government – public service, military Experimental

General Aviation - Definition

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Assessment of the GA industry to gain better understanding LPS consulting firm:

Defining GA universe Determining what data is available in industry Determining technical capabilities of GA stakeholders

Roundtable discussion with the industry on March 1st, 2007 in Ottawa Conducting environmental scan for other GA data collection projects

Stakeholder and data element universe unclear

Consultant’s report was completed on March 31, 2007

TC-Civil Aviation is involved in this process.

General Aviation - Study

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General Aviation – Collection Methods

Webservices: Direct connection between systems No manual input necessary

TC website Web Upload: upload of a document such as excel Web Form: completion of a standard on-line form Annual Airworthiness Information Report

Exploring possibility of adding a section to this pre-existing mandatory form

Organisational web page Exploring possibility of putting form on ATAC’s website

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Flight schools data presently being collected by TC:

Number of flight schools in Canada

Location of flight schools

Number of licences issued in Canada

Hours flown to some extent

Information is used for the measure of trends

General AviationData Elements Already Collected

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Proposed data elements that could be collected (data elements and frequency to be determined)

* Elements already collected in the AAIR

Time period Flight School Information:

Owner(s), company name, base location (airport*/city*/province*)

Activity type: flight training, other

Aircraft Information: make*/model* Registration mark*/tail number Max seats available Maximum take-off weight *

Trip information Top 10 airports flown to Hours flown (flight training*/other*) Number of cycles (local/transborder) Longest trip Average distance Revenue/non-revenue/total

passengers/cargo on board (If applicable I.e. when flying other than training)

Fuel consumption Expenditures ($) :

fuel/maintenance/other

General Aviation - Data Elements

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Example ofdata thatcould becollected: *All data fictional

Time Period (from/to) 2007/01/01 – 2007/03/31

Owner(s), Company Name:

John and Jane Sky, Sky Flight School and Sightseeing

Location: Carp Airport, Ottawa, Ontario

Activity Type Sightseeing Flight training

Aircraft Information Cessna 152 (C152) Cessna 152 (C152)

Registration Mark C-XXXX C-XXXX

Max Seats Available 2 2

Max Take-off Weight 725 kg 725 kg

Top 10 Airport flown to YRP, YPQ YRP, YOW, YTA, YPQ

Hours Flown 23 60

Cycles: Local/U.S./Total 0/10/10 48/2/50

Longest trip (km) 280 250

Average distance (km) 200 100

Rev/Non-Rev/Total Pass.

10/0/10 NA

Fuel (litre) 250 600

$ Spent Fuel $375 $900

$ Spent maintenance $200 $750

$ Spent Other $500 $2,500

General Aviation - Data Elements

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Assess the importance of each GA component Understand the GA contribution to Canadian economy Help the GA industry to better recognize its own contribution Ensure GA’s prosperity by defending it in the following

situations and others: Defend at ICAO environment proposal Protect against proposed U.S. policy which would limit entry points

into the U.S. Ensure GA maintains the access it needs to congested airports and

airspace, while also ensuring that small airports have accurate data for planning operations (Small Airport Viability concerns)

Guide future policy development on GA with respect to economy, environment, safety and security.

General Aviation Purpose of Data Collection

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Keys to Success :

Collaboration from all the different GA stakeholders (government/industry/private individuals)

Submission of data to TC is free and time efficient

Sharing of information between TC and the GA industry

Privacy of data is essential at all time

Project to be completed by March 31, 2009

To Have a Good GA Economic Footprint – An efficient collection of reliable data is an essential first step

General Aviation – How to Succeed

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General Aviation – Possible Reports

Flight School Fleet5 most popular types of aircrafts

Average yearly training hours flown,by aircraft, by province

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Cessna 152Cessna 172Piper CherokeePiper SenecaSuper King Air 200

633410231129

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British ColumbiaOntarioSaskatchewanPrince Edward IslandNunavut

1,3221,1051,002

855728

Canadian Total 2,166 Average 1,002

Fuel consumption (gph) Annual average maintenance expenses by 5 most popular types of aircrafts

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Cessna 152Cessna 172Piper CherokeePiper SenecaSuper King Air 200

5.28.4

13.810.525.5

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Cessna 152Cessna 172Piper CherokeePiper SenecaSuper King Air 200

$2,020$2,300

$ 1,950$ 1,933$ 1,822

Average 12.7 Average $ 2,005

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General Aviation – Possible Reports

Direct economic impact of flight schools,by province (top 5)

Training flights to the US,by base province

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OntarioQuebecBritish ColumbiaAlbertaManitoba

$200M$147M$120M$ 87M$ 80M

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OntarioBritish ColumbiaQuebecAlbertaNova Scotia

301297123111

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Canadian Total $920M Canadian Total 928

Average distance flown,by training flight, by province

Number of training centresBy airport

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OntarioYukonManitobaQuebecNewfoundland & Lab.

132126122109

88

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Springbank, Calgary, ABPitt Meadows, BCBoundary Bay, BCSt-Hubert, Montreal, QCDiefenbaker, Saskatoon, SK

77654

Average 115 Canadian Total 168

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General Aviation – Possible Reports

Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices in chained (1997) dollars, (in millions of dollars) (Source statistics Canada) *

Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Annually

All industriesAll Transport. and

WarehousingAir Transportation

(Commercial)General Aviation Flight Schools

1,108,874

52,457

4,522??

1,089,695

52,792

4,626??

1,094,277

52,900

4,638??

1,097,502

52,905

4,658??

1,091,587

52,764

4,658??

* Note : the gross output for for Air Transportation was determined using the volume of passenger-km and goods tonne-km multiplied by base year prices. Commercial carriers only, does not include GA

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Questions??

Comments??

Stéphanie Di CesareEconomic AnalystAviation Statistics

(613) 991-5822dicesas@tc.gc.ca

Michel VilleneuveChiefAviation Statistics(613) 990-3825villenm@tc.gc.ca