• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.344-354
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effect of service value in the effect of service fairness on service quality and structural causal relationship between service quality and reuse intention of domestic airlines. The impact between the variables was analyzed using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 based on a survey of 320 airline users. The results are as follow. First, all the three factors of airline service fairness had a significant effect on service quality. Second, out of the three service fairness factors, distribution fairness and interactivity, had a positive effect on reuse intention. On the contrary, interactive fairness had no significant effect on reuse intention. Third, airline service quality had a significant effect on reuse intention. Finally, there was a moderating effect of value orientation in the relationship between service fairness and service quality.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.520-529
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• 2019

This paper has made an empirical research on airline staff working at Incheon international airport, who perceived safety culture in their organization and delivered safety information while the staff were providing service against passengers. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the relationship among safety culture, service quality and service provider efficacy to find out which factor of safety culture had a significant effect on both service quality and service provider efficacy. Following the results from empirical research, this paper would provide administrative implications which could be applied to improve airline's service quality and to manage effectively the airline staff at field. According to research, it was found fairness culture among safety cultures had a positive and significant effect on both service quality and service provider efficacy. However, reporting/studying culture had a negative effect on them. In other words, it would decrease airline service quality and prevent active service provider's efficacy at airport if a airline management focused reporting/studying culture of safety. It is important to settle down fairness culture of safety to motivate and improve service quality.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.413-423
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• 2011

The objective of this study was to explain structural relations among perceived justice of service recovery, customer's emotion and satisfaction in the airline service sector. For this purpose, using a sample of 272 airline service customers who experienced complaints with airline service, we investigate the effects of the dimensions of perceived justice on the emotions triggered by service recovery. In this study, 4 hypotheses based on literature reviews were employed. The data and hypotheses were examined using Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) by AMOS. The main findings are as follows. Firstly, procedural justice has an effect on both positive and negative emotions. Secondly, both interaction justice and distributive justice have effects on positive emotion but not on negative emotion. Lastly, only positive emotion has influence on recovery satisfaction.

• The Journal of Aerospace Industry
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• s.68
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• pp.80-94
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• 2006

유효경쟁시장은 사업자의 수와 시장구조 측면에서는 독과점적인 시장이더라도 기존사업자간 경쟁이 상당히 치열하거나 잠재적 진입에 의한 경쟁압력이 커서 특정사업자가 시장지배력을 보유하거나 이를 행사하기 어려운 시장상태를 말하며, 항공산업의 경우 일반적인 네트워크 산업과 마찬가지로 대규모 설비투자가 필요하고 높은 고정비용과 규모의 경제가 뚜렷한 특성을 갖고 있으며 네트워크효과도 강하게 나타나 비대칭적 규제가 필요한 대표적인 산업이라고 할 수 있다. 우리나라 경제당국은 평균비용이 장기적으로 하락하는 대규모 자본산업에서 자연독점이 발생할 경우, 그 피해는 자연히 소비자에게 돌아 갈 것이며, 미국과 EC의 경쟁법상의 유효경쟁의 개념으로 제시되고 있는 요소들을 보면 주로 어느 한 기업이 시장지배력을 행사하는 시장상황을 나열하여 규제함으로써 최대의 이익이 소비자에게 돌아가도록 규제하고 있다. 항공운송사업은 자본집약적 서비스산업으로 일반서비스 산업에 비해 상대적으로 일정수준까지 자본투자가 전제되어야 하는 자본집약적 특성을 지닌다. 따라서 항공운송산업의 성패는 대규모 자본을 통한 운송능력에 대한 효율화 정도에 따라 결정된다. 여기에 시장에 진입 시기와 독점 유지기간도 중요한 역할을 한다. 또한 항공운송산업은 정부의 면허사업으로 선발항공사가 수익노선을 선점하여 운항할 경우, 정부의 별도 허가에 의하여 복수취항이 이루어진다고 하더라도 운항편수 및 고객 선호 시간대를 미리 선점할 수가 있어 후발항공사에 비해 우월적 지위를 갖게 되어 공정경쟁이 극히 어렵다고 할 수 있는데, 이는 수십년간 아시아나의 압도적인 서비스/안전에 대한 높은 평가에도 불구 대한항공과 아시아나의 격차는 2000년 이후 일정하게 유지되고 있다는 점에서 확인할 수 있다. 국내 항공운송산업은 면허산업으로, 운수권의 확보에 따라 항공사의 매출 차이가 결정되는 바, 항공운송산업에서의 유효경쟁을 확보는 1차적으로는 정부의 운수권 배분을 통하여 실현되며 양사의 운수권 배분내역에 의하면 선발사업자에 대한 유효경쟁정책이 실현되지 않고 있다고 할 수 있다. 대부분의 노선에서 복수취항이 허용된다고 하더라도 강력한 스케줄, 가격(운임) 경쟁력, 선발항공사의 이점, 고객 선호도의 미반영 등으로 인하여 공정한 경쟁이 이루어지지 않을 가능성이 매우 높다. 이처럼 평균비용이 장기적으로 하락하는 항공산업에서 선발항공사에 대한 쏠림 현상이 가중된다면 향후 10년내에 국내 항공운송산업에 자연 독점이 발생할 가능성은 매우 크며 그 피해는 소비자에게 돌아갈 것이 자명하다. 결국 우리나라의 항공운수산업에서의 유효경쟁환경을 조성하기 위해서는 운수권 배분 절차에서의 비대칭규제의 원리가 상당기간 적용되어야 하며, 복수취항이 허용된 노선에서도 후발사업자가 공정하게 경쟁할 수 있도록 비대칭규제방안이 강구되어야 한다. 뿐만아니라 보충적으로 공정거래법상의 시장지배적 지위의 남용규제와 같은 비대칭규제도 강력하게 집행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.163-199
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• 2010

A frequent flyer program is a loyalty program offered by many airlines. Typically, airline customers enrolled in the program accumulate frequent flyer miles corresponding to the distance flown on that airline or its partners. There are other ways to accumulate miles. In recent years, more miles were awarded for using co-branded credit and debit cards than for air travel. Acquired miles can be redeemed for free air travel; for other goods or services, such as travel class upgrades, airport lounge access or priority bookings. The first modern frequent flyer program was created Texas International Airlines in 1979. This program was also adopted in Korean Air in 1984. Since then, the mileage programs have grown enormously. As of June 2009, the total member of two national airlines in Korea had been over thirty million. However, accumulated miles could be burden of airlines, because the korean corporations should record the annual financial report the accumulate mileage on a liability account by 'the international financial report standards(IFRS)' next year. The korean airlines need to minimize the accumulated miles, so that for instance Korean Airlines SKYPASS-miles expire 5 years after being earned. It means that miles earned on or after July 2008 will expire after five years if unredeemed. Thus, this paper attempt to analyze the unfairness of the mileage rules of korean airlines by examining a specific portion of the conditions relating to consumer protection, because many mileage users has difficulties using mileage programs and complained the amendment of the mileage rules. In conclusion, the contemporary mileage rules in Korea are rather unsatisfactory, because airlines is not only recognizing a mileage into a kind of benefit but also denying inheritance of mileage and the legal nature of mileage as a property right. It is necessary to amend relevant mileage rules in view of consumer protection, because air mileage is not simple benefit but a right of mileage user.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.83-95
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• 2011

This research is the ever first trial to demonstrate how consumer perceives price fairness of airfare. That, I did research on airline's flexible price changes and its effects on consumer's perceiving price fairness, proved the causality between before and after of airline service experience and examined the interest in moderating role of airline service. In addition to this, you also can see a markdown can have effects on consumer's perceiving price fairness. The main results are: Perceived price fairness before experience airline service had positive effects on perceiving price as fair. Since the direction of perceived price fairness coincides with in the context of the consumer's experience, so the preliminarily evaluated fairness had positive effects on the post fairness acceptance. With the second result, when you see consumer's perceived price fairness beforehand service experience has effects on post service experience in perceiving price fairness, you see the activation of a markdown, in-flight service, after-flight service as moderating roles as they strengthen the tie between the two perception modes and exhibited interaction with the price fairness beforehand service experience the independent variable. As the last one, a markdown of airfare had positive influence on consumer in perceiving price fairness. So, even if he/she becomes aware of overcharging, he/she will not pursue price being unfair. With these results, you can tell a markdown of airline service could have positive influence on both new and established consumers in the aspect of perceiving price fairness.

• The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.83-138
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• 2017

Korea-China FTA entered into force on the 20th of December 2015, and one year elapsed after its effectuation as the FTA with China, our country's largest trading partner. Therefore, this study looks at the trends of air transport trade between Korea and China, and examines the contents of concessions to the air transport services sector in Korea-China FTA, and analyzes the impact on the air transport sector by Korea-China FTA, and proposes our country's aviation policy direction in order to respond to such impact. In 2016 the trends of air transport trade between Korea and China are as follows : The export amount of air transport trade to China was 40.03 billion dollars, down by 9.3% from the last year, and occupied 32.2% of the total export amount to China. The import amount of air transport trade from China was 24.26 billion dollars, down by 9.1% from the last year, and occupied 27.7% of the total import amount from China. The contents of concessions to the air transport services sector in Korea-China FTA are as follows : China made concessions to the aircraft repair and maintenance services and the computer reservation system services with limitations on market access and national treatment in the air transport services sector of the China Schedule of Specific Commitments of Korea-China FTA Chapter 8 Annex. Korea made concessions to the computer reservation system services, selling and marketing of air transport services, and aircraft repair and maintenance without limitations on market access and national treatment in the air transport services sector of the Korea Schedule of Specific Commitments of Korea-China FTA Chapter 8 Annex. The impact on the air transport sector by Korea-China FTA are as follows : As for the impact on the air passenger market, in 2016 the arrival passengers of the international flight from China were 9.96 million, up by 20.6% from the last year, and the departure passengers to China were 9.90 million, up by 34.8% from the last year. As for the impact on the air cargo market, in 2016 the exported goods volumes of air cargo to China were 105,220.2 tons, up by 6.6% from the last year, and imported goods volumes from China were 133,750.9 tons, up by 12.3% from the last year. Among the major items of exported air cargo to China, the exported goods volumes of benefited items in the Tariff Schedule of China of Korea-China FTA were increased, and among the major items of imported air cargo from China, the imported goods volumes of benefited items in the Tariff Schedule of Korea of Korea-China FTA were increased. As for the impact on the logistics market, in 2016 the handling performance of exported air cargo to China by domestic forwarders were 119,618 tons, down by 2.1% from the last year, and the handling performance of imported air cargo from China were 79,430 tons, down by 4.4% from the last year. In 2016 the e-commerce export amount to China were 109.16 million dollars, up by 27.7% from the last year, and the e-commerce import amount from China were 89.43 million dollars, up by 72% from the last year. The author proposes the aviation policy direction of Korea according to Korea-China FTA as follows : First, the open skies between Korea and China shall be pushed ahead. In June 2006 Korea and China concluded the open skies agreement within the scope of the third freedom and fourth freedom of the air for passenger and cargo in Sandong Province and Hainan Province of China, and agreed the full open skies of flights between the two countries from the summer season in 2010. However, China protested against the interpretation of the draft of the memorandum of understanding to the air services agreement, therefore the further open skies did not take place. Through the separate aviation talks with China from Korea-China FTA, the gradual and selective open skies of air passenger market and air cargo market shall be pushed ahead. Second, the competitiveness of air transport industry and airport shall be secured. As for the strengthening methods of the competitiveness of Korea's air transport industry, the support system for the strengthening of national air carriers' competitiveness shall be prepared, and the new basis for competition of national air carriers shall be made, and the strategic network based on national interest shall be built. As for the strengthening methods of the competitiveness of Korea's airports, particularly Incheon Airport, the competitiveness of the network for aviation demand creation shall be strengthened, and the airport facilities and safety infrastructure shall be expanded, and the new added value through the airport shall be created, and the world's No.1 level of services shall be maintained. Third, the competitiveness of aviation logistics enterprises shall be strengthened. As for the strengthening methods of the competitiveness of Korea's aviation logistics enterprises, as the upbringing strategy of higher added value in response to the industry trends changes, the new logistics market shall be developed, and the logistics infrastructure shall be expanded, and the logistics professionals shall be trained. Additionally, as the expanding strategy of global logistics market, the support system for overseas investment of logistics enterprises shall be built, and according to expanding the global transport network, the international cooperation shall be strengthened, and the network infrastructure shall be secured. As for the strengthening methods of aviation logistics competitiveness of Incheon Airport, the enterprises' demand of moving in the logistics complex shall be responded, and the comparative advantage in the field of new growth cargo shall be preoccupied, and the logistics hub's capability shall be strengthened, and the competitiveness of cargo processing speed in the airport shall be advanced. Forth, in the subsequent negotiation of Korea-China FTA, the further opening of air transport services sector shall be secured. In the subsequent negotiation being initiated within two years after entry into force of Korea-China FTA, it is necessary to ask for the further opening of the concessions of computer reservation system services, and aircraft repair and maintenance services in which the concessions level of air transport services sector by China is insufficient compared to the concessions level in the existing FTA concluded by China. In conclusion, in order to respond to the impact on Korea's air passenger market, air cargo market and aviation logistics market by Korea-China FTA, the following policy tasks shall be pushed ahead : Taking into consideration of national air carriers' competitiveness and nation's benefits, the gradual and selective open skies shall be pushed ahead, and the support system to strengthen the competitiveness of air transport industry and airport shall be built, and entry into aviation logistics market by logistics enterprises shall be expanded, and the preparations to ask for the further opening of air transport services sector, low in the concessions level by China shall be made.