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Full title: The choice behaviour of shippers in selecting cargo providers and the effects of choice behaviour on the formation of business partnerships in the emerging airfreight business structure

This research defines factors which influence a customer's decision to choose an airline in cargo markets and to analyse the importance and relationship between each of the factors. 

In addition, it analyses the competition between airlines by using certain key variables affecting competitiveness. Also, this research analyses the productivity in major airlines in cargo markets by several factors.

Category: Aviation finance

Researcher:Ìý´³³Ü²Ô²µ°ì²â³ÜÌý°ä³ó´Ç¾±

Supervisor: Dr Cheng-Lung (Richard) Wu

Level:Ìý±Ê³ó¶Ù

Status: Completed

Patterns such as power law and destination groups can be observed in various distributions in global and intra-national aviation and tourism. A behavioural basis, which can be a complement to the conventional statistical mechanics approach inspired by other fields, is necessary to explain the patterns and provide an integrated link between, for example, visitor mobility and the power law in the aggregated visitor distribution. 

The main aims of the research project include: 

• the identification and empirical examination of the destination groups/tiers observed in the spatial distribution of travel and tourism in a given context (e.g., Australia, or Australia-Asia) 
  
• the development of a (geographical) economics approach to connect the visitor mobility and the theoretical assumptions of statistical mechanics for the power law 
  
• the detection and evaluation of distributional patterns, including power law and destination groups, by modifying and developing spatial inequality/concentration measurement methods to analyse the visitor distribution. 
  

The outcomes may assist the monitoring and management of sustainable tourism and mobility at all scales. The research may also provide insight into the forecasting of tourist distribution and the evaluation of impact of policy/law changes or structural shift in air transport and tourism industries on rankings and tiers. 

Category: Aviation finance 

Researcher: Pong Lung (Dragon) Lau 

Supervisor: Dr Tay Koo 

Level: ±Ê³ó¶ÙÌý

Status: °ä³Ü°ù°ù±ð²Ô³ÙÌý

The aim of this research is to obtain a thorough understanding of current airline fuel policy by: 

• collecting data from an operating multi-fleet airline  
  
• carrying out research among the industry 
  
• utilising computer programming to carry out risk modelling and cost-benefit analysis of the fuel management in flight operation. 
  

The research will propose optimisation on current fuel policy. 

Category: Aviation finance

Researcher: Agnes Tang 

Supervisor: Dr Cheng-Lung (Richard) Wu 

Level: ±Ê³ó¶ÙÌý

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