Delivering quality services — Austin style

Ghizlane Badawi

Journal of Airport Management, 2012, vol. 6, issue 4, 329-338

Abstract: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) serves an external customer base of passengers as well as internal customers consisting of employees and business partners. ABIA's committed leadership uses different management tools to focus, plan and execute; empowers staff at all levels to take action, keeping them focused, holding them accountable and incentivising them; and engages all the airport community in improving service quality. ABIA continues to grow its brand around a quality customer experience, providing passengers with exceptional facilities and services and improving workflow processes. ABIA has a character and feel that is truly reflective of Austin, a city known for its hospitality and music, and the airport delivers a standard of service that passengers rate among the best in the USA. This paper describes the key factors in ABIA's success.

Keywords: leadership commitment; strategic planning; enterprise risk management; alignments; execution; quality services; employee engagement; empowering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 R4 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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