Abstract:
The purposes of this research were, first, to study the behaviour and the attitudes of passengers towards low-cost airline services and, second, to study the personal factors to offer information to operators of budget airlines, ordinary airlines, and other mass transporttation systems to be used as a parameter in laying out plans, modiflying management strategies and improving service quality to meet maximum customer satisfaction. Data for this research was collected from the questionnaires filled out by 400 sample groups in the area of the domestic terminal of Bangkok International Airport.
The result from studying passenger behavior traveling on budget airlines was that the majority of the sample groups chose to use this services due to saving time asn savinf traveling expenses. Passenger decide to use this service themselve with the pirpose of either going to work conducting business. Travel frequency and travel time were uncertain. Most passengers purchased their tickets directly from the airline's website.Payments were done by credit card. The result from studying passenger attitudes towards service of low-cost airline can be concluded taht the sample groups largely agrees on distribution channels and service procedures followed by marking promotions, service staff, and the facilities. Few people of the sample groups preferred the fares and services remdered. The tested hypothesis found that individual age and education factors did not create any differences towards attitude concerning services but opnions of individual in different professions and incomes produced various attitudes regarding services thus creating different attitudes towards low-cost airlines.
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