Abstract:
The independent study was conducted to investigate the factors that affected the purchase intention for the airline services: a comparison study between the Thai Smile Air and the Thai AirAsia, Bangkok-Krabi Flights. The data were collected from the samples which comprised 225 Thai Smile Air passengers and 225 Thai AirAsia passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport and Krabi Airport. The statistics used for the data analysis consisted of Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, Independent Samples t-test, One-way ANOVA, and Multiple Regression Analysis.
The results of the study showed that the characteristics and behavior of the passengers of the Thai Smile Air and the Thai AirAsia were almost the same. The passengers expressed a rather high level of opinion toward the factors of the service marketing mix and the intention to use the services of the airlines.
The results of the hypothesis testing demonstrated that different gender, age, level of education, and occupation made differences in the overall intention to use the services of the Thai Smile Air. The service application behavior on reservation and payment methods had influences on the differences in the overall intention to use the services of the Thai Smile Air. The service application days had influences on the differences in the overall intention to use the services of the Thai AirAsia. The factors of the service marketing mix of the Thai Smile Air in the aspects of product and service ([Beta] = 0.305), promotion ([Beta] = 0.325), and personnel ([Beta] = 0.174) had effects on the intention to use the services. While the price aspect of the Thai AirAsia ([Beta] = 0.156) had effects on the intention to use the services.