ANALYSIS OF SELECTION AIRPORT PRIORITY BY LCC AIRLINE AT SMALL AIRPORTS BASED ON STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE (CASE STUDY: MALUKU ISLAND AIRPORTS)

• Main Author: Sari, Fatmawati
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Transportasi ; transportasi darat
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/73654
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Maluku Province has a program of 12 island clusters to improve air connectivity. There are currently 13 airports, 5 of which are used for commercial flights. This figure is remarkably low as compared to other BKSDK provinces. To improve the service and open up isolation, Low-Cost Carriers (LCC) airlines are suitable to solve the problem. LCC airline has characteristics and advantages for Indonesia’s condition which has secondary airports and the economy as a developing country. The operation of LCC is inseparable from the airline business which has standards in selecting airports. The research on selection airports has been done a lot, but the research gap is there has no been research on small airports with island geographical conditions and based on stakeholder perspectives. This study is to determine the priority selection factors for LCC at small airports in the Maluku Islands using stakeholders’ perspectives. The research used Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method to minimize subjective responses. Respondents are the stakeholders directly related to LCC flights in the Maluku Islands. Using 5 main factors namely general, airport-related, catchment area, tourism, and cost. The priority factor is cost (32%), followed by airport-related (23%), catchment area (18%), tourism (14%), and general (13%). The top global priority factor is the incentive scheme at 15% and fuel costs at 13% following the LCC context of making savings on operational costs. The results are expected to help gain and maintain LCC flights in the Maluku Islands.