Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between personal factors, the use of airline services, and the perceived value affecting passenger loyalty of Thai Airways International and Bangkok Airways.
The samples used in this study were 400 passengers who used Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways and frequently traveled internationally during the last 3 years. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. The statistics used to test the hypothesis were Independent Sample t-test, One-Way ANOVA, Simple Linear Regression, and Multiple Linear Regression with the statistical significance of 0.05 level.
The results of hypothesis testing showed that personal factors and the use of different airlines had different effects on the loyalty of Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways passengers. Service quality and perceived value correlated with the loyalty of Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways passengers. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the prediction equation was Loya = -0.142 + 0.525 Pric + 0.474 Repu + -0.446 Qual + 0.294 Reli + 0.236 Resp + -0.177 Emot.
In conclusion, in term of the service quality: reliability, responsiveness, the perceived value for price, reputation, quality, and emotion had effect on the loyalty of Thai Airways and Bangkok Airways passengers at the statistical significance level of 0.05.