Create superior customer values: New direction for Middle Eastern airlines

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-299

  Ahmed, Abdel Moneim M B ^a  

^a ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Airlines; Competitive advantage; Middle East; Total quality management; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054770454     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537980810930009     Document Type: Article

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