Title: Applying AHP for supplier selection in aviation: a multi-criteria decision-making approach

Authors: Omar Alharasees; Utku Kale

Addresses: Department of Aeronautics and Naval Architecture, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary ' Department of Aeronautics and Naval Architecture, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary; Faculty of Technology, Aviation Academy, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract: The current systematic framework of aviation has developed complex air transport systems where reliability and performance are sensitive and instantly adaptive to the supply side due to the growing and elevated degree of demand in aviation market circumstances. The role of quality measurements has increased. Determining quality performance indicators is difficult because of the system's uniqueness, interdependency, and unsupportable characteristics. This is accomplished by using the 'analytical hierarchy process (AHP)' by developing a survey based on a three-level hierarchical model of the air transport supply-side quality dispersed among four groups of aviation professionals, namely 1) pilots 2) ATCOs 3) aircraft engineers, and 4) aviation managers. The scope of this study is to analyse the crucial components of the present air transportation system and draw a distinction between all the current system components.

Keywords: air transport; supply quality; multi-criteria decision-making; analytical hierarchy process; AHP; pilot; ATCO.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSA.2023.134344

International Journal of Sustainable Aviation, 2023 Vol.9 No.4, pp.293 - 313

Received: 17 Jan 2023
Accepted: 08 May 2023
Published online: 18 Oct 2023 *

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