An empirical analysis of customer satisfaction in international air travel

Innovative Marketing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 49-62

  Clemes, Michael D ^a   Gan, Christopher ^a   Kao, Tzu Hui ^a   Choong, Michelle ^a  

^a NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air travel; Airline; Behavioral intentions; Customer satisfaction; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957942330     PISSN: 18142427     EISSN: 18166326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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