Abstract
In France, the regional airport’s demand for services is facing challenges due to the continuous expansion of the high-speed train, high-speed line, and highway networks. This study focuses on the viability of regional airports in France through technical efficiency using data envelopment, principle component analysis, Malmquist productivity index, and regression analysis using bootstrapping. To face the current competitive environment, the regional airports in France adopted strategies, such as the construction of low-cost carrier (LCC)-dedicated terminals (LCCTs) with lower expenses to attract more LCCs, increasing non-aeronautical revenue, and hosting regional hubs of LCCs. This is the first study that analyzes all of the French regional airports. The findings indicate that the existence of LCCTs positively affects technical efficiency on the airport’s performance, and share of LCCs at a regional airport leads to neither the efficiency nor the profit level.
Highlights
An efficiency measurement of an airport’s management and operations is one of the critical issues to ensure that resources are used efficiently [1] and to verify that policies are applied effectively
Airports are recognized as having a catalytic effect on economic growth and investment, and they compete for airline services to ensure global connectivity for the communities they serve [8]
This study focuses on the viability of regional airports in France that provide global or regional connectivity, considering technical efficiency (TE) as a performance measurement, how other variables influence efficiency, and how efficiency changes operations
Summary
An efficiency (or performance) measurement of an airport’s management and operations is one of the critical issues to ensure that resources are used efficiently [1] and to verify that policies are applied effectively. Other researchers have examined countries like the United States [14], Britain [15], France [1], Italy [16], Spain [3], China [17], Japan [5], Korea [18], and Brazil [6]. This measurement gives insight into the operating characteristics and performance (efficiency) of airports [10].
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