Green transport efficiency and factor mismatch of airlines under environmental constraints
by Yan Zhang; Jian Yu; Yiying Fang; Sang-Bing Tsai; Quan Chen
International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management (IJETM), Vol. 23, No. 2/3/4, 2020

Abstract: As China transitions towards high-quality economic development, exploring and improving the green transport efficiency of airlines on the premise of environmental constraints is important for the country's industrial transformation. The paper used the slack-based model (SBM) and meta-frontier model to measure both the efficiency and efficiency gaps of Chinese airlines under different, as well as identical production frontiers. The operating data samples of Chinese airlines were selected from 2001 to 2016. The paper also analysed the issue of inefficiency caused by the mismatch of airline factor inputs. The results showed that: first, the overall efficiency of airlines in China followed a W-shaped change; second, private joint-venture airlines had the highest efficiency and the efficiency increased relatively quickly; and, third, the allocation redundancy factor input was an important reason for the airline inefficiency, and obvious improvement was noted regarding issues pertaining to personnel redundancy and fuel consumption redundancy. Based on the results of measurement and analysis, countermeasures are proposed to promote the efficiency of airlines in China so as to achieve high-quality development.

Online publication date: Thu, 11-Feb-2021

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management (IJETM):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com