Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Rian Mehta Author-X-Name-First: Rian Author-X-Name-Last: Mehta Author-Name: Natasha A. Rao Author-X-Name-First: Natasha A. Author-X-Name-Last: Rao Author-Name: Ethan Labonte Author-X-Name-First: Ethan Author-X-Name-Last: Labonte Author-Name: Stephen Rice Author-X-Name-First: Stephen Author-X-Name-Last: Rice Author-Name: Deborah Carstens Author-X-Name-First: Deborah Author-X-Name-Last: Carstens Author-Name: Sierra Gaenicke Author-X-Name-First: Sierra Author-X-Name-Last: Gaenicke Title: Consumers from India and the USA have differing views of flight attendants Abstract: Airlines are continuously working to enhance in-flight services to create a superior customer user experience. Flight attendants play an important role in the customers' travel experiences. Flight attendants have the most interaction with the passengers, which directly impacts the passenger's flight experience. The purpose of the present study is to assess the cultural differences of trust, if any, between Indians and US with respect to the age and gender of flight attendants. Analysing this aspect of trust is performed through manipulating the age and gender of the flight attendant. A cross cultural analysis comparing data from both Indian and US participants was conducted specifically asking participants to rate their levels of trust in flight attendants described as male or female and either 25 or 55 years of age. The results and the practical application of the study are discussed that resulted in useful findings for the aviation industry. Journal: Int. J. of Aviation Management Pages: 147-162 Issue: 3 Volume: 4 Year: 2019 Keywords: trust; flight attendants; age; gender; India; USA. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98362 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijavim:v:4:y:2019:i:3:p:147-162 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Steffen Kaspers Author-X-Name-First: Steffen Author-X-Name-Last: Kaspers Author-Name: Nektarios Karanikas Author-X-Name-First: Nektarios Author-X-Name-Last: Karanikas Author-Name: Alfred Roelen Author-X-Name-First: Alfred Author-X-Name-Last: Roelen Author-Name: Selma Piric Author-X-Name-First: Selma Author-X-Name-Last: Piric Author-Name: Robert J. De Boer Author-X-Name-First: Robert J. De Author-X-Name-Last: Boer Title: How does aviation industry measure safety performance? Current practice and limitations Abstract: This paper reviewed state-of-the-art literature about existing aviation safety metrics. We identified that the long-established view on safety as absence of losses has limited the measurement of safety performance to indicators of adverse events. However, taking into account the sparsity of incidents and accidents compared to the amount of aviation operations and the recent shift from compliance to performance based approach to safety management, the exclusive use of outcomes metrics does not suffice to further improve safety. Although the need to use activity indicators is recognised, those have not yet become part of safety performance assessment. This is partly attributed to the lack of empirical evidence about the relation between safety proxies and outcomes and the diversity of safety models used (i.e., root-cause, epidemiological or systemic models). This has resulted to the development of many safety process metrics, which have not been thoroughly tested against the quality criteria. Journal: Int. J. of Aviation Management Pages: 224-245 Issue: 3 Volume: 4 Year: 2019 Keywords: safety management; safety performance; safety indicators; safety; aviation. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98372 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijavim:v:4:y:2019:i:3:p:224-245 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Daniel Mueller Author-X-Name-First: Daniel Author-X-Name-Last: Mueller Author-Name: Season Hoard Author-X-Name-First: Season Author-X-Name-Last: Hoard Author-Name: Paul Smith Author-X-Name-First: Paul Author-X-Name-Last: Smith Author-Name: Christina Sanders Author-X-Name-First: Christina Author-X-Name-Last: Sanders Author-Name: Michael J. Gaffney Author-X-Name-First: Michael J. Author-X-Name-Last: Gaffney Title: Airport management perspectives on aviation biofuels: drivers, barriers, and policy requirements in the US Pacific Northwest Abstract: This study explores perspectives of airport management on aviation biofuels in the Pacific Northwest of the USA by administering an online survey of airport managers in FAA certified airports in the region. Respondents provided their opinions on factors important for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) development in the Pacific Northwest, including perceptions of various potential drivers and barriers to scale-up in the region. Most respondents indicated that policy certainty to attract capital, higher oil prices, and technology breakthroughs are required for a viable industry, and they also indicated that government intervention is important to ensure successful adoption and implementation. Respondents indicated that aviation biofuel tax credits, a system to issue and trade sustainable biofuel certificates, and fuel sustainability certification criteria are required policies/protocol to ensure viability. We suggest that a regional approach to examining barriers, drivers, and policy requirements provides more nuanced perspectives regarding key SAF development and scale-up issues. Journal: Int. J. of Aviation Management Pages: 163-181 Issue: 3 Volume: 4 Year: 2019 Keywords: sustainable jet fuel; aviation biofuel; airport management; drivers and barriers; biofuel policy; US Pacific Northwest; policy requirements; industry scale-up; policy certainty; oil prices; technological breakthroughs; government intervention; biofuel tax credits; sustainability certification. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98380 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijavim:v:4:y:2019:i:3:p:163-181 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ioannis Koliousis Author-X-Name-First: Ioannis Author-X-Name-Last: Koliousis Title: China's airline industry deregulation: assessing the impact on the operational performance of dominant carriers Abstract: This paper analyses the operational efficiency of the big three Chinese airline carriers post deregulation from the managerial perspective, using empirical data and by means of parametric methods in order to further understand the potential this market has for its dominant carriers. The analysis uses financial and operational data for the three dominant carriers in the Chinese airline industry and estimates the effect deregulation has had over a period from 1994-2012 to the dominant carriers. This analysis validates that the Chinese airline industry operational efficiency as measured by revenue and cash flow generation ability is positively associated with the load factor within a period that includes deregulatory initiatives. This finding highlights that the airlines have reacted positively post deregulation and have reasonably coped with competitive forces. Thus a further airline industry convergence is expected, on a global scale. This convergence will positively affect the Chinese airline industry, which in turn will benefit the passengers in terms of technology innovation, prices and welfare status. Journal: Int. J. of Aviation Management Pages: 182-198 Issue: 3 Volume: 4 Year: 2019 Keywords: deregulation; airline industry; China; airline competition; operational efficiency; managerial efficiency; impact. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98382 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijavim:v:4:y:2019:i:3:p:182-198 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Takeshi Matsuoka Author-X-Name-First: Takeshi Author-X-Name-Last: Matsuoka Author-Name: Osamu Amai Author-X-Name-First: Osamu Author-X-Name-Last: Amai Title: Evaluating human error data for hazards in air-traffic control and deriving a quantitative safety index Abstract: We developed an analysis method of hazards related to air-traffic control (ATC). We used mixing approach procedures such as required navigation performance, authorisation required (RNP AR) and instrument landing system (ILS), as the test case. We carried out the hazard and operability (HAZOP) study and ATC real-time simulation experiments in the situation of the mixed operation for finding the hazards because we were not able to find them as the result of literature examination. We collected the data required for this analysis in the simulation experiment and selected HAZOP as the key assessment methodology. The hazard analysis method developed enables to perform a quantitative HAZOP analysis. We quantified the likelihood of accidents and the ratios between the hazard severities at the development stage. Furthermore, we discussed a safety index based on the statistics of recent catastrophic air accidents around the world. A safety index matrix showed the regions of acceptable levels with mitigation by a quantitative index value. Journal: Int. J. of Aviation Management Pages: 199-223 Issue: 3 Volume: 4 Year: 2019 Keywords: air-traffic control; ATC; RNP AR; instrument landing system; ILS; human error rate; risk matrix; safety level; quantitative risk index; HAZOP analysis. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=98384 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijavim:v:4:y:2019:i:3:p:199-223