Introduction to Singapore Airlines

Dsicuss about the Investigation satisfaction of passengers in airlines.

In the year 1947, the Singapore airline was established as the flag air carrier of the Singapore Republic. It ranks in the 15 among the top air carriers in the world. Changi Airport is the airport on which it is based. Singapore Airlines was the launch customer for the Airbus A380, which is the largest aircraft for passengers worldwide. By 2010, the Singapore Airline was named as the second largest air association for transport by the international air transport association. The worth of the Singapore airline at present is US$14 billion ( Leong, et al., 2015). When it comes to consumer satisfaction Singapore airlines has spread it name far and across for the ultimate satisfaction level it provides to its customers. It has flourished as one of the high standard airline service providers, providing satisfaction to its passengers both on and off the ground (Heracleous & Wirtz, 2014). However, the marketing manager wants to make sure that the quality of service of the service remains intact. This proposal intends to gather feedback from the customers of the Singapore airlines about the level of satisfaction they obtain from the service quality and point out the weaknesses of the service if any.

The airline companies in order to prosper, pays more attention in the delivery of service to provide the best quality of satisfaction (Smits, 2018). For sustained growth in airlines and increase in profitability, the provision of high quality service to customer has a core advantage of  competition. It is very important for airline companies to understand the customer’s needs and promote a sound customer loyalty (Adapa & Roy, 2017).

The customers can term the quality of service as both inferior and superior, according to Parasuraman, Zeithaml, and Berry (1994), the most distinguishing feature of the airlines is the high quality service, it is a very sensitive issue and a slight problem may lead to decline of the consumer loyalty by 20%. The service quality  of airlines consists of various tangible and intangible characteristics on and off the ground. It starts from purchase of the tickets and ends with cab facilities at the destinations. The quality service includes, time of performance, in-flight service, frequency of service and good behavior (Saha & Theingi. 2009).

In order to achieve a high quality consumer satisfaction, Singapore airlines focuses on the  quality of service, the Parasuraman et al. (1988) proposed the  five service dimensions namely, reliability, tangibles responsiveness, empathy and assurance. Another aspect of consumer satisfaction is price, Anderson, Fornell and Lehmann (1994) emphasized perceived price as an important factor of satisfaction of consumer. The extent of satisfaction obtained from price is broader than what the consumer obtains from service quality. For a rational consumer, less the price, more the level of satisfaction, that is there exist a negative relation (Lin, 2015). The Singapore airline tries its best to provide the best offers to its customers along with high quality of service. However, due to snob affect many for many consumers’ who wants to travel exclusively, the concept is reverse, for that reason there should be a sound balance in the price range and proper price and service relationship (Wirtz & Zeithaml, 2018). The Singapore airlines launched its new generation cabin products in order get the new industry benchmark for premium air travel. Along with the same, the new seats and Kris-world in-flight entertainment system has been introduced that would cover all the routes covered by the Singapore air travel (Adapa & Roy, 2017). Therefore, new ideas and innovations regarding the improvements in the airlines is always welcomed, however, Because of its high service quality, fare charges of Singapore air lines are comparatively high. In comparison with the low cost carriers such as Tiger Airways, the  charges are far beyond the reach of many  people  belongingto the middle class (Hung, 2015). Moreover, there are many routes that are not totally covered by the airline, whereas its   competitors such as Emirates and Thai Airways cover those areas (Hussain, Al Nasser & Hussain, 2015). There is a regular increase the passengers expectations and they show almost no tolerance to any slight mistake by any staff of the airlines, therefore, the management needs to be more cautious (Airlines, 2016).

Importance of Service Quality in Airlines

As a marketing anger of the Singapore airlines, the satisfaction of the consumer is to be given the highest priority. The problems faced by the consumers are based on the quality, price and the boundaries of the airlines. The concerned problems the research intends to highlight are, whether the customers are getting the ultimate satisfactions or not, what are the changes that are to be made by the company to enhance the level of satisfaction and what are the problems the customers are facing in the service.

Based on the problem statement, the research questions can be designed as follows:

Primary questions:

• What is the level of satisfaction prevailing with the customers in the concerned area of the Singapore Airlines?
• What are the pros and cons if the level of satisfaction is not attained?

     Secondary questions

• What are the areas that are needed to be covered to enhance the level of consumer satisfaction?
• What are the changes that are to be needed to enhance the consumer satisfaction?
• Whether the consumers are getting the ultimate satisfaction or not.
• What are the complaints, grievances and the drawbacks of the Airline Service?

The aims of this research according to the SMART approach are as follows:

• Specific: To point out the ways in which the ultimate level of satisfaction of consumers can be obtained.
• Measurable: To highlight the grievances and complains of the consumers faced while travelling in the Singapore Airlines by obtaining quantitative data by conducting primary survey.
• Achievable: To recommend the ways in which the level of satisfactions of the consumers of the Singapore airline service can be increased.
• Realistic: To examine in detail various limitations in the quality of service of the Singapore Airlines.
• Time bound: To set a target to achieve a specific level of satisfaction in a particular financial year to analyse the improvements in the quality of service, price and other aspects.

It is important to understand the fact where it is considered that Research Process as a synchronized process in way for data collection aligning with the research topic on passenger satisfaction of the Singapore airline service (Perçin, 2017). The proposed research will take relevant attributes for the research topic.

In the first step, the research will define the actual idea of the research that is related to the topic. This would help the researchers translate the research questions into the analysis.

The next step is followed by the research design; this part includes the methodology of the research such as the research philosophy, methods and investigations. The research philosophy includes three research policies namely, Positivism, Interpretivism and Realism. Positivism Philosophy refers as considering scientific data collection method. On the contrary, Interpretivism Philosophy refers as considering human emotional side of human beings in future course of action. The last type of research philosophy is the Realism explained as combined philosophies of Positivism and Interpretism (Namukasa, 2013). In the pr4sent case the researchers will follow the philosophy of positivism will be used at the time of conducting the research as data collection attributes are taken into consideration. The research methods includes two broad categories one is inductive and the other is deductive. The deductive approach concerns testing theory, therefore, for this research deductive method is used.

In the next step, researchers will be considering analyzing data in the most appropriate way. This means information will be gathered as collected from both primary sources like market survey and secondary sources of information such as census reports after use of marginal probability in payoff matrix.

In the last step, Researchers will be concerned with the Publication Process. This means deciding for starting for writing paper and psychology manuscripts. In this particular research on consumer satisfaction of the Singapore airlines will be using secondary sources of data such as academic journal articles, books and authentic websites. This is one of the processes enabling understanding for data collection methods after using marginal probability analysis.

Factors Affecting Customer Satisfaction in Airlines

Conclusion

As a marketing manager, it is really important to maintain the consumer satisfaction. Passengers are the assets of the organization. They are the factors for the generation of revenues for any airlines. It is important to make sure that maximum satisfaction level is being provided to them. To maintain a well known image, sound goodwill, and a positive influence on the customers, quality service is needed to be provided to them with proper price ranges. The main research objective is to find out the Singapore airlines services performance and to know about the service they provide on a daily basis in their job. Singapore airlines have to maintain a huge brand loyalty and value in the worldwide airline industry.

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