A hybrid AHP/DEA-AR model for measuring and comparing the efficiency of airports

Keskin B., KÖKSAL C. D.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, vol.68, no.3, pp.524-541, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 68 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1108/ijppm-02-2018-0043
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.524-541
  • Keywords: Data envelopment analysis, Airport performance evaluation, Assurance region, DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS, MAJOR AIRPORTS, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY, UNDESIRABLE OUTPUTS, MALMQUIST INDEXES, DOMESTIC AIRPORTS, UK AIRPORTS, PRODUCTIVITY
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to employ an efficiency analysis and compare the efficiency scores of publicly or privately operated airports in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach This study uses analytic hierarchy process, which is one of the widely known multi-criteria decision-making methods to calculate the relative weights of input and outputs. This study also uses data envelopment analysis and assurance region (AR) method to calculate the efficiency scores of airports at the empirical analysis stage. Findings The empirical results reveal that DEA-BCC and DEA-CCR methods produced almost the same efficiency scores, and 14 airports were found as efficient. Also, AR method was employed and under this method, it was only two airports operated by the private sector that were found as efficient. None of the publicly operated airports was found as efficient.