Exploring service quality of low-cost airlines in Europe: An integrated MCDM approach

• Authors: Mahmut Bakır , Şahap Akan , Emrah Durmaz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study aims to evaluate service quality performance of major LCCs (Low Cost Carriers) in Europe by the MCDM (Multi-Criteria Decision Making) methodology. In addition it focuses on managerial business models and includes the international airline service providers that have applied the cost leadership strategy. In the study passenger reviews based on customer-rating systems are adopted as an alternative data source. For this purpose 24,971 passenger reviews, including 7 evaluation criteria, are analyzed. In this integrated methodology the Entropy method is used to weight the service quality criteria and the WASPAS method is used to rank the airlines. A sensitivity analysis is also applied and the robustness and stability of the application are confirmed. Consequently Jet2.com demonstrates the best service performance overall and legroom is the most important evaluation criterion.

Keywords

EN

airline; service quality measurement; MCDM methods

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
• Journal: Economics and Business Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 5 (19)
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2019-06-28

Contributors

author

Mahmut Bakır

• Anadolu University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of Aviation Management, Eskişehir, 26470, Turkey, [e-mail], ORCID: https://orcid. org/0000-0002-3898-4987

author

Şahap Akan

• Anadolu University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of Aviation Management, Eskişehir, 26470, Turkey, [e-mail], ORCID: https://orcid. org/0000-0002-3898-4987

author

Emrah Durmaz

• Iskenderun Technical University, School of Civil Aviation, Department of Aviation Management, Hatay, 31200, Turkey, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-5031.

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Identifiers

DOI

DOI: 10.18559/ebr.2019.2.6