Passengers’ perception of airlines’ services: Addressing systematic and random variation in tastes

dell’Olio, Luigi, Laura Eboli, Maria Pia Fotino and Gabriella Mazzulla

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2025, vol. 191, issue C

Abstract: This paper investigates heterogeneities in passengers’ perceptions of airlines’ services considering systematic and random variations in users’ tastes. For this purpose, an efficient design of a stated preference survey is carried out, where attributes related to the in-flight travel and to the passenger’s experience before and after the flight are considered. A Random Parameter Multinomial Logit model is estimated with the obtained data, which also considers systematic variations in user tastes. The obtained results show that most of the parameters associated with the considered variables fit better to a normal or uniform distribution, and that part of their variance can be explained by interacting these variables with other variables such as gender, age, travel frequency or income level.

Keywords: Systematic variation in taste; Random Parameter Logit; Stated Preference Survey Air Transport; Quality of Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2024.104329

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