Airline environmental efficiency measures considering materials balance principles: an application of a network range-adjusted measure with weak-G disposability

Qiang Cui and Ye Li

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2018, vol. 61, issue 13, 2298-2318

Abstract: In this paper, we focus on assessing airline environmental efficiency with network structure and build a three-stage efficiency production process. Then, we propose a new model, network range-adjusted measure with weak-G disposability, to measure the environmental efficiency of 29 global airlines based on the data from 2008 to 2015. Finally, a second-stage regression analysis is done to explore the important influencing factors. The main findings are as follows: (1) Eva Air is the airline with the highest efficiency among these 29 airlines; (2) Delta is at the bottom of the efficiency ranking among the 29 airlines and this result is in correlation with its old aircraft fleet; (3) the average efficiency change index in 2014 is the highest in the period 2009–2015; (4) only average fleet age has a slightly significant impact on the overall efficiency and Services efficiency.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1393401

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