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Analysis of Success Factors for Converting Passenger Aircrafts to Freighters Using AHP

AHP 기법을 활용한 여객기의 화물기로의 개조사업 성공요인 분석

  • 조광조 (항공우주산학융합원 항공산업교육훈련팀) ;
  • 이현철 (한국항공대학교 경영학부)
  • Received : 2023.07.31
  • Accepted : 2023.09.04
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

The air transport industry is experiencing unprecedented fluctuations in aviation demand through the Covid-19 pandemic, and is more focused than ever on maintaining and generating business profitability. During the pandemic, demand for air cargo has soared, and the conversion business from passenger aircrafts to freighters(P2F) is drawing attention as a new business in the aviation maintenance industry. This study derives important factors to be considered in order to successfully carry out the P2F project through a wide range of cases and related literature, and analyzes the relative importance of each factor using the analytic hierarchy process. Through a survey of 33 aviation maintenance experts with more than 20 years of field experience, the importance of main factors and their sub factors was determined and implications were drawn. As a primary result, in order to succeed in the P2F project, the main factors were identified in the order of skill, finance, and location. The most important sub factors for each main factors were identified in order of securing airframe modification skill, securing infrastructure construction cost, and creating P2F business complex and district. The quantified success factors suggested the critical direction for the successful development of Korea's P2F business, and presented viable and specific business strategies and implementation plans for each factors.

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