This study is based on the necessity to provide efficient suggestions for the programs to elevate the users' satisfaction of Daegu International Airport by making a definite analysis of the quality of the total service provided by Daegu International ...
This study is based on the necessity to provide efficient suggestions for the programs to elevate the users' satisfaction of Daegu International Airport by making a definite analysis of the quality of the total service provided by Daegu International Airport and the service perceived by the airport users through the grasp of the properties of the quality of the service of Daegu International Airport perceived as an important element in this period of the local autonomy.
Thus, this study has established the standards of the measurement and evaluation of the quality of the service of Daegu International Airport by classifying the quality of the service and by grasping and systemizing the properties through the analysis of the theories of the quality of the service and the precedent studies. And this study aims to broaden the scope of theories of the existing the service quality of airports and customers' satisfaction through the grasp of the accompanying effect relations with customers' satisfaction and at the same time to present the marketing strategies for the airport service.
This study has conducted study in literature and positive study simultaneously to approach this aim of the study. The service quality has been classified and the properties have been systemized with a focus on various precedent studies on the service quality, and the positive study has been conducted at the same time by composing the items of the questionnaire on the basis of them. The positive study was conducted for ten days from the 3rd of May, 2005 to the 13th of May. Out of the 288 questionnaires collected from the users of Daegu International Airport, the 278 questionnaires fit for this study were chosen as the final subjects of analysis, and the influence of the service quality of Daegu International Airport on the users' satisfaction.
The important findings of the analysis of this study are as follows:
First, the tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy, which are the qualities of the airport human service, all have shown that they have a significant amount of correlation with the satisfaction with .airport uses. Out of them, responsiveness is found to be the highest quality factor influencing the airport users' satisfaction, and the next factors are in the order of empathy, assurance, tangibles and reliability. Accordingly, first of all it is necessary to improve the service quality of airport workers in terms of responsiveness.
Second, the qualities of airport facilities are found to have a significant influence on the airport service satisfaction in terms of statistics. Accordingly, the airport facilities are an important service quality factor in terms of the users' satisfaction. Therefore, it is necessary to repair and maintain the airport facilities continuously and to devise the active programs to use the facilities for the users.
Third, as the airport service includes the service of the airport and the service of various firms and organizations there, the composition is very complex. Therefore, in order for Daegu International Airport to be born again as a global airport, it is necessary for the airport and all the firms and organizations there to establish a cooperative system and provide various educational programs for the customers' satisfaction and participate in them so that the perfect customers-oriented service may be accomplished in general, not only in terms of the service quality factors of facilities and resources, but also in terms of the service quality factors managed by the human resources.