Analysis of the satisfaction of the passengers of Mexican low-cost airlines
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https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2020.157.3860Keywords:
responsiveness, reliability, satisfaction, loyalty, behavior intention, low-cost AirlinesAbstract
This work is developed in the low-cost airline sector. The aim was to inquire in low-cost airline passengers in Mexico about satisfaction as a mediating between responsiveness and reliability and between loyalty and behavioral intentions. A quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational, and non-probabilistic research design was used. Structural modeling with partial least squares was used as a statistical analysis technique. According to the results, three links stand out: 1) reliability and satisfaction; 2) satisfaction and loyalty; and 3) satisfaction and behavioral intentions. The direct relationship between reliability and loyalty was not significant.
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