Special Issue "Aviation Management and Air Transport Industry II"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 March 2022.

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Prof. Dr. Jin-Woo Park
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School of Business, Korea Aerospace University, 76 Hanggongdaehak-ro, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si 421-791, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Interests: airline/airport operation and management; airline/airport marketing; air transport industry; airline/airport service quality; air passenger choice behavior
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Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce that, following the success of the first volume of this Special Issue, (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Aviation_Management_Air_Transport_Industry), we are now hosting Volume II of the Special Issue on “Aviation Management and Air Transport Industry”.

The world is connected through globalization. Due to this worldwide interrelationship, interactions through air transportation are increasing rapidly. Aviation is a key component of the global economy, and the air transport industry is considered as one of the most important measures in evaluating national economic growth. In order to attain a clear understanding of the growing air transport industry, it is essential to investigate the various issues related to aviation management and the air transport industry.

The term “management” is commonly used in everyday parlance. However, the term “aviation management” may seem unfamiliar. The aviation industry is unique from its environment; therefore, there is a need to specify the focus when applying general management in the aviation industry.

Considering the importance of aviation management in the air transport industry, numerous interesting topics are available to be studied in advance. In this Special Issue, we invite all papers that are related to aviation management and the air transport industry. Contributions to this topic will not only be significant to this Special Issue, but also for future developments in aviation management and the air transport industry.

Prof. Dr. Jin-Woo Park
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Airline operation and management
  • Airport operation and management
  • Air transport industry
  • Aviation marketing
  • Aviation management and strategy
  • Aviation economics

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Factors Affecting the Rate of Fuel Consumption in Aircrafts
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 8066; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148066 - 20 Jul 2021
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The cost of fuel and its availability are among the most major concerns for aircrafts and the aviation industry overall. Environmental difficulties with chemical pollutant emissions emitted by aviation machines are also connected to fuel consumption. As a result, it is crucial to [...] Read more.
The cost of fuel and its availability are among the most major concerns for aircrafts and the aviation industry overall. Environmental difficulties with chemical pollutant emissions emitted by aviation machines are also connected to fuel consumption. As a result, it is crucial to examine factors that affect the overall fuel usage and consumption in the airport-based aviation industry. Several variables were investigated related to the total fuel consumed, such as dry operating weight (DOW) (KG), zero-fuel weight (ZFW), take-off weight (TOW), air distance (AIR DIST) (KM), and ground distance (GDN DIST). Analysis of the correlation between total fuel consumed as well as the extra fuel and selected variables was conducted. The results showed that the most positively associated factors with the total used fuel were the air distance (r2 = 0.86, p < 0.01), ground distance (r2 = 0.78, p < 0.01), TOW (r2 = 0.68, p < 0.01), and flight time (r2 = 0.68, p < 0.01). There was also a strong positive association between the average fuel flow (FF) and actual TOW (r2 = 0.74, p < 0.01) as well as ZFW (r2 = 0.61, p < 0.01). The generalized linear model (GLM) was utilized to assess the predictions of total energy usage after evaluating important outliers, stability of the homogeneity of variance, and the normalization of the parameter estimation. The results of multiple linear regression revealed that the most significant predictors of the total consumed fuel were the actual ZFW (p < 0.01), actual TOW (p < 0.01), and actual average FF (p < 0.05). The results interestingly confirmed that wind speed has some consequences and effects on arrival fuel usage. The result reflects that thermal and hydrodynamic economies impact on the flying fuel economy. The research has various implications for both scholars and practitioners of aviation industry. Full article
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A Study on the Perception Change of Passengers on Sustainable Air Transport Following COVID-19 Progress
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 8056; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148056 - 19 Jul 2021
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We investigate whether air transport passengers changed their perceptions on the resumption of air transport use as the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have changed. We surveyed 1200 Koreans, and then six months later re-surveyed 840 people among those who participated in the [...] Read more.
We investigate whether air transport passengers changed their perceptions on the resumption of air transport use as the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have changed. We surveyed 1200 Koreans, and then six months later re-surveyed 840 people among those who participated in the first survey. We built a structural equation model that was configured of five latent variables: COVID-19-related, self-isolation, destination condition, level of preventive measures in the airport/aircraft, and social perception. We performed paired sample t-test, multi-group analysis, and latent mean analysis for two divided groups, based on the survey period. We found that the perception structure on resuming air transportation use over time during the COVID-19 pandemic has not changed, though a significant change has occurred in the responses to the measured and latent variables. In particular, a high variation was found in the awareness of COVID-19-related factors and social perceptions, and we suggest continuous monitoring of the related factors to preemptively respond to the recovery of air transport demand. On the other hand, we propose proactive level setting and the maintaining of sanitary conditions of the destination and preventive measures in the airport/aircraft. We expect that this study will provide effective implications for the recovery of air transport demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. Full article
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Predicting Airline Customer Loyalty by Integrating Structural Equation Modeling and Bayesian Networks
Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7046; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137046 - 23 Jun 2021
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The aviation industry has grown rapidly worldwide and is struggling against intense competition. Especially in Thailand, the compound annual growth rate of passengers traveling by air has increased continuously over the past decade. Unfortunately, during the past two years, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic [...] Read more.
The aviation industry has grown rapidly worldwide and is struggling against intense competition. Especially in Thailand, the compound annual growth rate of passengers traveling by air has increased continuously over the past decade. Unfortunately, during the past two years, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe economic crises for nearly all businesses and industries, including the aviation industry and especially for passenger airlines whose number of customers has decreased astoundingly due to travel restriction. To maintain business stability, therefore, airlines must build customer loyalty to survive in times of crisis. This study thus examines critical factors’ impact on airline loyalty by using a Bayesian network (BN) derived from a structural equation modeling (SEM). The study integrates the SEM and BN to refine causal relationships between critical factors, identified as critical pathways. Findings reveal that customer satisfaction and customer trust, followed by perceived value, dramatically influence customer loyalty and so are considered priorities for building airlines’ customer loyalty. This study also recommends practical strategies and policies to improve customer loyalty amid the competitive airline business during and after the COVID-19 era. Full article
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Research into Individual Factors Affecting Safety within Airport Subsidiaries
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 5219; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095219 - 07 May 2021
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This study’s purpose is to demonstrate that, from the point of view of employees in subsidiary companies, individual factors, notably attitude towards risk, cognitive bias, knowledge and experience, and risk perception, have generated unsafe behavior and unsafe conditions and have undermined safety performance [...] Read more.
This study’s purpose is to demonstrate that, from the point of view of employees in subsidiary companies, individual factors, notably attitude towards risk, cognitive bias, knowledge and experience, and risk perception, have generated unsafe behavior and unsafe conditions and have undermined safety performance through risk tolerance. The data underpinning this research were derived from a survey of employees working in subsidiary companies within the vicinity of Incheon International Airport. In total, 409 questionnaires were analyzed using network structural equation modeling (SEM), a methodology representing, estimating, and testing relationships. This analysis has demonstrated within the bounds of statistical significance (a) that the attitudes towards risk, knowledge and experience, and cognitive bias affect risk tolerance and (b) that risk tolerance influences unsafe behavior, unsafe conditions, and safety performance. This research is the first to apply the accident causal model to the airport industry, and its conclusions can be used for accident prevention within Incheon International Airport’s subsidiaries. Full article
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