Abstract Airports are important drivers of economic development and thus under tremendous pressure from emerging competitors. However, few studies have analysed the operational efficiency of Asia–Pacific airports. This study therefore evaluated the operational efficiency of 21 Asia–Pacific airports between 2002 and 2011. A two-stage method was used: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess airport efficiency, followed by the second-stage regression analysis to identify the key determinants of airport efficiency. The first-stage DEA results indicated that Adelaide, Beijing, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Shenzhen are the efficient airports. The second-stage regression analysis suggested that percentage of international passengers handled by an airport, airport hinterland population size, dominant airline(s) of an airport when entering global airline strategic alliance, and an increase in GDP per capita are significant in explaining variations in airport efficiency.
Highlights Compared the operational efficiency of 21 Asia–Pacific airports. Identified the key determinants that explain variations in airport efficiency. Four efficient airports were identified among Asia–Pacific airports. Four significant factors are found to explain variations in airport efficiency.
Operational efficiency of Asia–Pacific airports
Journal of Air Transport Management ; 40 ; 16-24
2014-01-01
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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