Do low cost carriers provide low quality service?

Nicholas Rupp and Tejashree Sayanak ()
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Tejashree Sayanak: Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, IL 62901, U.S.A.

Revista de Analisis Economico – Economic Analysis Review, 2008, vol. 23, issue 1, 3-20

Abstract: This paper addresses the question of whether low cost carriers provide low quality service. Considerable work has been done on various aspects of airline service quality, including: examining the causes of flight delays and cancellations, investigating service quality during irregular airport operations, and exploring the link between on-time performance and airline ticket prices. Little research has been conducted, however, on the performance of low cost carriers. This paper attempts to fill this void in the literature by examining the on-time performance of six million domestic flights in 2006. We find considerable evidence indicating that low cost carriers offer more reliable flight schedules.

Keywords: Service Quality; Low Cost Carriers; Flight Delays. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L13 L93 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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