Assessment of Turkish airports' efficiency using data envelopment analysis

Abstract

After the second half of the 20th century, airline transportation increased its influence very rapidly having become the today's most important transportation sector. Consumer demand for airline transportation was increasing during several decades. Accordingly, airports which are the infrastructure centres of the aviation sector became crucially important for maintaining such growing demand. In this context, the assessment of efficiency of Turkish airports becomes pivotal, in particular with the increasing demand and air transaction movements. In this study, Turkish airports' efficiency will be evaluated through the data envelopment analysis. © Ugur Gok, Sevin Ugural, 2014.