Review Article

A Review of Data Envelopment Analysis in Airline Efficiency: State of the Art and Prospects

Table 5

Details of literature with network DEA.

PapersStagesInputs and outputs of the 1st stageInputs and outputs of the 2nd stageInputs and outputs of the 3rd stage

[21]Two stages: cost efficiency and service effectivenessInputs: fuel cost, personnel cost, and aircraft cost
Outputs: number of flights and seat miles
Inputs: number of flights and seat miles
Outputs: passenger miles and embarkation passengers
[57]Two stagesInputs: cost per ASM, salaries per ASM, wages per ASM, benefits per ASM, and fuel expense per ASM
Outputs: Load factor and fleet size
Inputs: load factor and fleet size
Outputs: RPM
[53]Two phases: operational performance and financial performanceInputs: aircraft fuel, wages, salaries and benefits, and cost per ASM
Outputs: RPK
Inputs: the inverse of efficiency in phase 1
Outputs: flight revenue and flight income
[55]Two stages: production efficiency and marketing efficiencyInputs: number of employees, fuel consumption, total number of seats, cost of flight equipment, maintenance expenses, and cost of equipment and property
Outputs: ASM and ATM
Inputs: ASM and ATM
Outputs: RPM and nonpassenger revenue
[70]Two stages: technical efficiency and service effectivenessInputs: number of passenger planes, number of employees, and number of cargo planes
Outputs: passenger-plane-km and cargo-plane-km
Inputs: passenger-plane-km and cargo-plane-km
Outputs: passenger-km and ton-km;
[73]Two stages: production process and sales processInputs: fuel cost, noncurrent assets, wages and salaries, and other operating costs
Outputs: ASK and ATK
Inputs: ASK, ATK, and selling costs
Outputs: RPK and RTK
[72]Two stages: production process and consumption processInputs: employee, fuel, and fleet
Outputs: seat-mile and destination-adjusted GDP
Inputs: seat-mile and destination-adjusted GDP
Outputs: pass-mile
[56]Three stages: operations stage, services stage, and sales stageInputs: operating expenses
Outputs: ASK
Inputs: ASK, fleet size, and destinations
Outputs: RPM
Inputs: RPM
Outputs: operating revenue
[74]Three stages: operations stage, services stage, and sales stageInputs: number of employees and aviation kerosene
Outputs: ATK and ASK
Inputs: ATK, ASK, and fleet size
Outputs: RTK and RPK
Inputs: RTK, RPK, and sales costs
Outputs: total business income
[77, 87, 88]Three stages: operations stage, services stage, and sales stageInputs: number of employees and aviation kerosene
Outputs: ATK and ASK
Inputs: ATK, ASK, and fleet size;
Outputs: RTK, RPK, and greenhouse gases
Inputs: RTK, RPK, and sales costs
Outputs: total business income
[69]Two stages: operations stage and carbon abatement stageInputs: salaries, wages and benefits, fuel expenses, and total assets
Outputs: RPK, RTK, and estimated carbon dioxide
Inputs: estimated carbon dioxide and abatement expense
Outputs: carbon dioxide
[52]Two stages: intermediate efficiency and final efficiencyInputs: capital, labor, and materials
Outputs: RTK/load factor
Inputs: RTK/load factor
Outputs: revenue ton-kilometers
[80]Four stages: operating stage, fleet maintenance stage, services stage, and sales stageInputs: number of employees and aviation kerosene
Outputs: ASK and ATK
Inputs: maintenance costs
Outputs: fleet size
Inputs: ASK, ATK, fleet size, and number of destinations
Outputs: RPK and RTK
Inputs: RPK, RTK, and sales cost
Outputs: total business income
[50]Two stages: network efficiency and flight efficiencyInputs: fuel, number of plants, and number of employees
Outputs: number of landings and delays
Inputs: number of landings
Outputs: CO2, cargo, and number of passengers
[81, 85, 89, 90]Three stages: operations stage, services stage, and sales stageInputs: operating expenses
Outputs: ASK
Inputs: ASK and fleet size
Outputs: RPK and greenhouse gases
Inputs: RPK and sales costs
Outputs: total business income

Notes: ASM, available seat miles; RPM, revenue passenger miles; ATM, available ton-miles; ASK, available seat kilometers; ATK, available ton-kilometers; RPK, revenue passenger kilometers; RTK, revenue ton-kilometers.