Study of Airlines\' Cargo Hub Airport Selection: An Empirical Study in Taiwan

This research employs AHP questionnaires to survey major air carriers in Taiwan, and to identify the most important service attributes and the performance of the CKS airport freight terminal, as evaluated by the major airlines serving the CKS airport, so that the core competence of the air cargo terminal can be found and employed to develop the Taoyuan international airport (CKS airport) into a major cross-continent hub airport in East Asia.

Of the many service attributes that possibly influence an air carrier’s cargo hub airport selection decision-making strategy in the great China region, geography of airports is perceived as the most important service attribute, followed by congestion and delay, operational availability, bilateral agreement, local demand, political risk, and airport user charge attributes. These attributes are some of the most frequently reported service attributes which influence an air carrier’s hub airport’s decision-making behaviour, according to previous literature.