KOVİD-19 SÜRECİNDE HAVALİMANI HİZMET KALİTESİ: TÜRKİYE HAVALİMANLARI ANALİZİ

Year 2021, , 15 - 37, 30.11.2021

Kasım Kiracı , Sedat Baştuğ , Ercan Akan

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.907174

Cited By: 3

Abstract

2019 yılının sonlarına doğru baş gösteren Covid-19 salgını, başta havayolu endüstrisi olmak üzere birçok sektörü olumsuz olarak etkilemiştir. Bu süreçte havayolları, Covid-19’un olumsuz etkilerini azaltmak amacıyla sefer sayısını azaltma, işletim maliyetleri yüksek olan uçakları filodan ayırma ve bazı uçuş rotalarına seferleri durdurma gibi uygulamalara başvurmuştur. Covid-19 süreci hava taşımacılığı endüstrisinin en önemli paydaşları olan havayolu ile havaalanı arasındaki ilişkiyi de etkilemiştir. Havayollarının, havalimanlarından hizmet kalitesi ile ilgili istek ve beklentilerinde birtakım değişiklikler meydana gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada Covid-19 sürecinde havaalanlarında sunulan hizmetlerin, havayolları açısından önemi incelenmiştir. Bu sayede Covid-19 sürecinde havayollarının önem atfettikleri faktörlerin ortaya çıkarılması hedeflenmektedir. Çalışma kapsamında bulanık AHP yönteminden yararlanılmıştır. Çalışmanın bulguları, sırasıyla güvenilirlik (0,442) ve fiziki varlıklar 0,278 ağırlık kriterlerinin en yüksek önem derecesine sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Bulgular aynı zamanda cevap verebilirlik (0,030) kriterinin en düşük değerde olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Hizmet Kalitesi, Hava Taşımacılığı, Kovid-19, SERVQUAL

AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY IN THE COVID-19 PROCESS: ANALYSIS OF AIRPORTS IN TURKEY

Abstract

The Covid-19 epidemic, which started in late 2019, adversely affected many sectors, especially the airline industry. In this process, airlines resorted to the practices such as reducing the number of flights, removing aircraft with high operating costs from the fleet and halting flights to some flight routes to reduce the negative effects of Covid-19. The Covid-19 process has also affected the relationship between the airline and the airport, which are the most important stakeholders of the air transport industry. There have been some changes in the demands and expectations of the airlines regarding the service quality from the airports. In this study, the importance of the services offered at airports in the Covid-19 process for airlines has been examined. In this way, it is aimed to reveal the factors that airlines care about during the Covid-19 process. The fuzzy AHP method was used in the study. The findings of the study indicate that the weight criteria of reliability (0.442) and physical assets 0.278, respectively, have the highest degree of importance. The findings also reveal that the responsiveness (0.030) criterion has the lowest value.

Keywords

Service quality, air transportation, SERVQUAL, Covid-19, Service quality, air transportation, SERVQUAL, Covid-19

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