Title: Assessment of critical success factors for PPP airports using the AHP

Authors: Avin Shekhar Chourasia; Narendra N. Dalei; Karunakar Jha

Addresses: Consulting Engineers Corporate Office, Nippon Koei India Pvt. Ltd., 11th Floor, IFCI Tower, 61 Nehru Place, New Delhi – 110019, India ' Department of Economics, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dehra Gopipur, Himachal Pradesh – 177101, India ' Universal Business School, Kushville Village, Gaurkamat, Karjat, Distt. – Raigad, Maharashtra – 410201, India

Abstract: Critical success factors (CSFs) for various infrastructure projects have been the subject of numerous research, but there are relatively few studies available for airports, and none have been done as yet to identify the CSFs for the development of PPP airports in India. To bridge this gap, this study was carried out using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to identify the critical factors for the development of PPP airports in India. The success of the PPP airport was estimated using ordinary least square (OLS) and tobit models. The result shows that effective project management, procurement process, profit expectations, and information disclosure have statistically, and significantly positive impacts on the success of PPP airport as perceived by professionals in India. The study recommends that the government and all other PPP airport stakeholders must properly take into account the identified CSFs for the development of PPP airports in India to be successful.

Keywords: critical success factors; CSFs ranking; public-private partnership; PPP; analytical hierarchy process; AHP; airport development; PPP airport.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2024.138831

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 2024 Vol.20 No.3, pp.241 - 260

Received: 14 Sep 2022
Accepted: 07 Nov 2022
Published online: 31 May 2024 *

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