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    DECLARATION

    We hereby declare that this project paper is we original work except for quotations and citations

    which have been duly acknowledged and that it has not been previously or concurrently

    submitted for any degree at UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL or other institutions.

    18 October 2010 JAYANTHY A/P SHUNMUGASIGAMANY

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    JESSLYN RAJ A/P CHARLES JEYARAJ

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    THATCHEENEE A/P MUNUSAMY

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    YAMUNA DEVI A/P GANAESON

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    ADAM HAZREIN BIN HARIS

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    MUHAMMAD NOORAZRIN BIN ABDUL RAZAK

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    We wish to record our appreciation and speeches to thank our lecturer that Prof Dr. Hussain AliBekhet for giving us the opportunity to do the research on analyzing about the competition

    between Malaysian Airlines Service (MAS) in 2009 among airline passengers of both MAS and

    AIRASIA in Kuala Lumpur International Airport and also at the LCCT terminal. Without his

    guidance and supervision in completing this thesis project, there would not be a thesis if it were

    not for Prof Hussain guidance.

    During the period of doing the assignment, we have faced a lot of difficulties and barriers on

    collecting data and also analysis. Due to this difficulties and barriers, it had slow down the pace

    of the work on this assignment but the support of several individuals does not stop.

    Therefore, we had managed to complete the whole assignment with guidance assistance from

    those who willing to give guide and assist. Not to forget, we also would like to thank all parties

    who have provided support to us in various aspects of the research until assignment essence is

    complete successfully. We also want to thank both our parents for supporting us from behind to

    done this assignment and also to the member UNITEN because our opportunity to learn subjects

    Research Methods in this semester.

    Thanks also to members all of our group members, namely Jayanthy, Jesslyn Raj, Thatcheene,

    Yamuna , Adam Hazrein and Muhammad Noorazrin because they have tried hard to prepare

    this assignment and provide full cooperation. In addition, we also strengthen our friendly

    multiracial relations. Thank you.

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    ANALYZING THE COMPETITION BETWEEN MALAYSIAN

    AIRLINES SERVICE (MAS) IN 2009

    ABSTRACT

    This dissertation reports the results of research study focused on describing and coming to the

    determinants of customer satisfaction on Malaysian Airlines Service among airline passengers in

    Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and also at the LCCT terminal. This study seeks to

    contribute to the development of a conceptual framework that integrates service quality,

    corporate image, and level price.

    The study was conducted using based on probability sampling in Sepang with focus point is on

    the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and also the LCCT terminal area. The research sample

    was selected from a range of demographic elements for processing based on convenience

    sampling. Methods of data-collection included self-administered questionnaire. Quantitative data

    obtained and the data gathered were being treated by using the statistical software program

    namely Statistical Package for Social Research (SPSS) version 18.0 for analysis and

    summarization purposes.

    In preparation for the study, a comprehensive literature review was performed. The literature

    review informed the theoretical framework which guided the study. Additional literature, where

    needed, was introduced through the data collection and analysis processes. The study uncovered

    that service quality, corporate image, and price are found to act on service loyalty via customer

    satisfaction. Price has been found to be the most important input to customer satisfaction. It gives

    implications for differentiated marketing strategies according to the perceived value and type of

    customer loyalty and summative overview topics for further study.

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    INTRODUCTION

    ANALYZING THE COMPETITION BETWEEN MALAYSIAN

    AIRLINES SERVICE (MAS) IN 2009

    1.1 BACKGROUND

    As a start we have chosen the title of analyzing the competition between Malaysian airlines

    system in 2009. The main reason that we have chosen is to do a research on MAS airlines is

    mainly to create awareness among the passengers that are boarding MAS about the qualityservice that they have been providing and also to inform the public at large about the challenges

    that MAS is facing recently.

    Malaysia Airlines began in 1947 as Malayan Airways. However, it was renamed Malaysian

    Airways following the creation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. The company is publicly

    called Malaysia Airlines System. While MAS has grown to become Southeast Asias largest

    airlines, it also becomes one of the worlds premier international carriers.

    Recently, MAS had been suffered high losses over the years because of the fuel price increases

    and poor management. Malaysias government overhauled the operations of the airline. Under

    Idris Jala who was appointed as the new CEO in 1 December 2005 leadership, Malaysia Airlines

    unveiled its Business Turnaround Plan (BTP) in February 2006 which highlighted low yield, and

    an inefficient network and low productivity.

    Another factor that has been affecting MAS is the competitive challenges by the newcomer

    airasia airlines which have influence the public that everyone can fly at the cheapest rate fare.

    These has caused majority of the traveller to switch airlines to airasia because of the cheap air

    price, zero fuel price and also provide a discount for their members.

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    Because of this issues that MAS has been facing, thus it has made us excited and also increased

    our curiosity to do research about MAS airlines which we believe will benefit everyone

    especially the airline passengers.

    1.2 QUESTIONS OF THE RESEARCH:

    1. Does the passenger have enough knowledge about MAS service?2. What are the competitive effects faced by MAS?3. Is the challenge faced by MAS, will lead to the decline of MAS?4. What is the knowledge that MAS must possess when it comes to competitions?5. How to help MAS to overcome the barriers from its competitors?

    1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH:

    1. To ensure that the passenger have the complete knowledge about MAS service provider.2. To understand the effects of having competition between other airlines.3. To identify the challenges faced by MAS by analyzing the factors contributing to its

    decline

    4. To increase the knowledge and awareness about competitiveness in the airline services.5. To restrain MAS by improving its structure and strategy.

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    1.4 PROBLEM STATEMENT

    In order to completed this research, our group are also faced some problems. But we try to

    handle it together and give full commitment to complete this research. So we have discussed the

    problem and finish it together. All of the group members try to agree and respect with others

    ideas when make a decision. We had the problem such as dont have enough material which is

    the information. We need more information from many resources to complete this project. To

    solve these problems, our group members always refer to our lecturer. Beside that we try to find

    the article that related to the topic from the internet such as the UNITENs library online

    database and also other website.

    We also have a financial problem. We dont have enough money in because conducting theresearch will cost the money to get more information. We also need money to make more copy

    of the questionnaire and distribute it to the public, printing, binding and so on. But we try to find

    the solution together to overcome this problem such as collect the money from all group

    members to cover all the cost and expenses that will incurred during this research. Besides that,

    we also faced the problems to get the best solution about the determination of customer

    satisfactoin at the Kuala Lumput International Airport and also at the LCCT terminal. From the

    airline passengers we were able to know their perception. To get the information, we will

    distribute the questionnaire to the airline passengers to get their opinion about the things that we

    were discussed.

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    1.5 SIGNIFICANT OF STUDY

    This study is apparently one of the first few attempts to knowing the determinants of customer

    satisfaction on airline services among the airline passengers in KLIA and also at the LCCT

    terminal. This study would therefore, try to provide some feedback from consumer perception

    refers to the product quality, level of services that are being provided, level of price, brands and

    level of satisfaction with the service provide. Based on the research question, we will know how

    to cope with this problem and knowing the views of consumer on the purchase price

    commensurate with quality airline services. In this research consumers perceive price in both

    positive and negative roles that ultimately influence purchasing behavior. The findings of this

    study could provide some information how to determine the variety of airline services available

    in term of purchasing decision It could perhaps also help the passengers among the airline

    passengers to solve the solution either to pay more or pay less for the service that are being

    provided.

    1.6 SCOPE OF STUDY

    This study focuses on determinant of customer satisfaction on the services that are being

    provided by the types of airlines, which has five major independent at time of writing which are

    experience of the airline quality, service, level of price, level of satisfaction and brands with the

    service provider. The data for this study was collected through self-administered questionnaire

    during the period from 02th Oct 2010 to 09th Oct 2010. Periodical researches have been referred

    in justifying and supporting the design of an effective research study. Reviewing the literatures

    could provide a basis for revising the proposed study by extending parts of previous studies. It

    also gives an idea to researchers on how to conduct a study. Based on literature review, the scope

    of this study uses perceived all the element of independent and customer satisfaction as

    dependent variable.

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    1.7STRUCTURE OF STUDY

    This paper is divided into five chapters that covered Introduction, Literature Review,

    Research Methodology, Research Result, and Conclusion & Recommendation. The

    outlines of the five chapters are as below.

    Chapter 1: Introduction

    This chapter gives an overview of the study. It contains general introduction to the issues with

    which the study is concerned, purposes and significance of the study, followed by the research

    objectives, and scope of the study.

    Chapter 2: Literature Review

    This chapter assesses to previous literature and studies relevant to the fields and related topics. A

    literature review also provides a rationale for the proposed study by placing it next to previous

    studies.

    Chapter 3: Research Methodology

    It describes and explains the research methodology used in the study. Key topics of this chapter

    include theoretical framework, methodologies, and hypotheses, selection of measures, sampling

    design, data collection procedures, and data analysis techniques.

    Chapter 4: Research Result

    This chapter describes overall findings, summarizes the statistics of respondents, result of

    statistical analysis, and discussion of the research result. Results and data analysis are presented

    in the form of text, figures, tables, etc.

    Chapter 5: Conclusion and RecommendationIn this chapter, the findings are summarized and implications of the findings are being discussed.

    It looks at the implications of the findings practice, accepted theoretical model or paradigm,

    limitation of study and indicate the overall importance of the research to the field. This chapter

    also outlines recommendation for future research.

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    LITERATURE REVIEW

    2.0LITERATURE REVIEW

    This chapter assesses to previous literature and studies relevant to the fields and related topics. A

    literature review also provides a rationale for the proposed study by placing it next to previous

    studies. For our research project, the literature review is to help us to identify theories and ideas

    that we test using data. It will plan to explore our data and develop theories from it that we will

    subsequently relate to the literature.

    2.1 Our research questions are:

    1. Does the passenger have enough knowledge about MAS service?

    2. What are the competitive effects faced by MAS?

    3. Is the challenge faced by MAS, will lead to the decline of MAS?

    4. What is the knowledge that MAS must possess when it comes to competitions?

    5. How to help MAS to overcome the barriers from its competitors?

    2.2 Our research objectives are:

    1. To ensure that the passenger have the complete knowledge about MAS service provider.

    2. To understand the effects of having competition between other airlines.

    3. To identify the challenges faced by MAS by analyzing the factors contributing to it decline

    4. To increase the knowledge and awareness about competitiveness in the airline services.

    5. To restrain MAS by improving its structure and strategy.

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    From our research objective and research question, we can identify the relationship regarding the

    concept that determinant of customer satisfaction are on the (1) product quality, (2) service, (3)

    level of price, (4) brands and (5) level of satisfaction with the service provide.

    Service quality:

    Customer satisfaction often depends on the quality of product or service offering. Inthe context

    of services, some describe customer satisfaction as an antecedent of service quality (Bitner,

    1990; Cronin and Taylor, 1992). Service quality is thus related, though not equivalent, to

    satisfaction (Oliver, 1980). For this reason, research on customer satisfaction is often closely

    associated with the measurement of quality(East, 1997).

    Customer satisfaction can thus be based not only on the judgment of customers towards the

    reliability of the delivered service but also on customers'experiences with the service delivery

    process (Naser et al., 1999).De Ruyter et al. (1997) summarized the conceptual gap between the

    two constructs as the following: customer satisfaction is directly influenced by the intervening

    variablesof disconfirmation (the difference between perceptions and expectations), whileservice

    quality is not; satisfaction is based on predictive expectation while service quality is based on an

    ideal standard expectation; and the number of antecedents of the two concepts differ

    considerably. Therefore, it is worthwhile to investigate the relative importance of service quality

    dimensions to customers satisfaction.

    In summary, satisfaction and quality seem like twin concepts, both revolving around expectation,

    experience, perception and evaluation of service as key variables (Jamali, 2007). The conclusion

    by Jamali (2007) is that satisfaction is a super-ordinate construct to service quality, and that a

    management-by-satisfaction approach will necessarily need to integrate the various quality

    dimensions. Satisfaction is a super ordinate construct because it can result from a large variety ofdimensions that may lie beyond those specified in the gap model and the SERVQUAL

    instrument. As illustrated in Figure 2.4, aside from an assessment of the basic service quality

    dimensions, a number of affective processes (equity considerations, emotions, attributions, cost

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    benefit analyzes, and tolerance zones) have also been found to influence customers subjective

    assessments and their overall satisfaction (DeRuyter et al., 1997).

    Figure 2.4: Relationship between Customer Satisfaction and Service Quality

    (Source: Jamali, D. (2007), A Study of Customer Satisfaction in the Context of a

    Public Private Partnership.)

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    Product quality:

    Quality has been widely discussed in the literature (e.g. Juran 1951; Crosby 1979; Gronroos

    1982; Garvin 1984). But what does quality really mean in todays context?. The customer is the

    key to define quality, and a companys internal definition of quality is meaningless if it fails to

    reflect consumer requirements (Hansen and Bush 1999). Therefore, in todays context, there is

    an intense focus on meeting and exceeding customer requirement, and this leads to the concept

    of perceived quality.

    In current study, product quality is defined from customers point of view, as customers

    judgment of the superiority of the product. Many researchers (e.g. Stone- Romero, Stone and

    Grewal 1997; Sousa and Voss 2002) have provided the empirical evidence of multi-

    dimensionality of the product quality construct. Among them, Garvins eight dimensions (Garvin

    1987, 2001) is one of the most widely accepted frameworks for measuring product quality. The

    eight dimensions are performance, features, reliability, conformance, durability, serviceability,

    aesthetics and perceived quality. Most of the dimensions could be understood from respective

    names. Perceived quality dimension though, refers to the image or reputation of a product instead

    of the overall quality judgment. His framework is considered as a basis on which to develop

    industry specific measurable attributes (Karnes, Sridharan and Kanet 1995). Yet no matter how

    extensive the scale is, Reeves and Bednar (1994) stated that there is a need to develop conceptual

    frameworks and measuring methods of product quality in specific context.

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    Brand or corporate image:

    According to Nguyen & LeBlanc, satisfaction has no significant direct effect on brand or

    corporate image. However, it contradicts with other findings that indicate that corporate image is

    a function of the accumulated effect of satisfaction or dissatisfaction (Bolton & Drew, 1991;

    Fornell, 1992). In other way, image acts as a filter of satisfaction in a simplification of the

    decision process that was indicated in the works of Weiner (1985) and Folkes (1998). However,

    it can be seen that in the study of Nguyen & LeBlanc (1998), there is an indirect effect on image

    through the perceived value of the service. It reinforces the assertion of Barich & Kotler (1991)

    that a company has a strong image if the clients believe that they receive good value in their

    transactions with the company. Andreassen & Lindestad (1998) verified that corporate image has

    a string influence on customer satisfaction, especially if the customer has little knowledge about

    the service.

    Price:

    It is common knowledge that price influences a customers buying decision. Although

    companies offering superior service levels are able to charge a slightly higher price than their

    competitors are, the marginal difference is often modest and requires a better than average

    performance on service quality (Gale, 1992), which then jeopardizes the cost effectiveness.

    Among the several factors that affect to customers buying behavior, two important ones are

    price and quality of service (Jacoby & Olson, 1977). This means that there is trade-off

    between price and service quality (Tse, 2001) which is most often materialized in terms of

    customer satisfaction. As such, price has been observed as an important element affecting to

    customer satisfaction paradigm.

    Zeitham et al. (1990) have suggested that improving service quality in the eyes of customerscreates true customers through higher customer satisfaction. Although Nagle and Holden

    (2002) believe that price merely represents the monetary value a buyer must give to a seller as

    part of a purchase agreement, customers price perception is closely related on their perception

    of quality, value and other beliefs. It is more or less known how customers of mobile service

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    perceive the charged prices and what are the dynamics affecting to price perceptions. The

    perceived price is formed from the bases of a customers experience about mobile services and in

    comparison to prices of other optional service delivery channels.

    The marketing literature emphasizes price as an important factor of consumer satisfaction,

    because whenever consumers evaluate the value of an acquired product or service, they usually

    think of the price (Fornell, 1992; Cronin et al., 2000). As for the relationship of price to

    satisfaction, Zeithaml and Bitner (1996) indicated that the extent of satisfaction was subject to

    the factors of service quality, product quality, price, situation, and personal factors.

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    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

    3.0DATA and METHODOLOGY

    There are many ways to get information. The most common research methods are: literature

    searches, talking with people, focus groups, personal interviews, telephone surveys, mail

    surveys, email surveys, and internet surveys.

    In this project, we going to focus on internet surveys because it is clearly the most cost effective

    and fastest method of distributing a survey and to search for the information needed for our

    research. Since the data for the major and giant company are often updated on their companys

    profile page on the internet, we decided that we going to refer most of the information needed

    from the internet. Before doing online research, we going to carefully consider the effect that

    this bias might have on the results and the authenticity of the information through compare and

    contrast method

    Along with internet online research, we going to conduct literature search involves reviewing all

    readily available materials. These materials can include internal company information, relevant

    trade publications, newspapers, magazines, annual reports, company literature, on-line data

    bases, and any other published materials. It is a very inexpensive method of gathering

    information, although it often does not yield timely information. Literature searches over the web

    are the fastest, while library literature searches can take weeks.

    Other than that, we also are going to interview some of the people. Talking with people is a good

    way to get information during the initial stages of a research project. It can be used to gather

    information that is not publicly available, or that is too new to be found in the literature.Examples might include meetings with prospects, customers, suppliers, and other types of

    business conversations at trade shows, seminars, and association meetings.

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    We also conducting a survey to a focus group and we going to distribute a set of questionnaire

    that contain question that are related to the company that we chosen. Used as a preliminary

    research technique to explore peoples ideas and attitudes. It is often used to test new

    approaches, and to discover public concerns.

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    3.1Research Design

    Research design can be thought of as the structure of research. It is the glue that holds all of the

    elements in a research project together. We often describe a design using a concise notation that

    enables us to summarize a complex design structure efficiently. What are the elements that a

    design includes? It was observation, questionnaire, group, treatment and much more.

    In this research, we have using the questionnaire as part as our research design.

    A questionnaire is a research instrument consisting of a series of questions and other prompts for

    the purpose of gathering information from respondents. Although they are often designed

    for statistical analysis of the responses, this is not always the case. The questionnaire was

    invented by Sir Francis Galton.

    In the questionnaire that we had distributed consist of 25 questions which is 3 question is more to

    a demographic section and 8 question in related to their opinion which is we provide a scale for

    them to choose that related to the case that we had study.

    We want to research and learn the factors influencing airline passengers in choosing the airline

    service that they are more interested in flying with. Today, there are so much different types of

    airline service that are being provided for people to choose and this selection processes are

    widely affected by many factor that eventually has been a competition for the Malaysian Airline

    Service. Our variable of primary interest which is the dependent variable is the satisfaction

    towards Malaysian Airline Service. The variance of the choosing procedure can be generally

    explained by five independent variables which are (1) product quality, (2) service, (3) level of

    price, (4) level of satisfaction with (5) brands.

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    The above mentioned hypotheses are organized in the following research framework:

    All the independent variables will affect the customer satisfaction on using Malaysian Airline

    Service. Product quality is defined from customer point of view, as customer judgment of the

    superiority of the service being provided. Perceived quality dimension though, refers to the

    image or reputation of a product instead of the overall quality judgment. Service quality is taken

    from customer point of view, as customer judgment about the superiority of the service. This

    research also provide the airline industry with an understanding of benefits and costs in relation

    to use of airline, and this understanding should help MAS make industry-wide decisions to

    ensure that the use of the airline service impacts the quality of life of users in positive way and

    also it would be an advantage were it would reduce the competition for MAS.

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    3.2Research Hypotheses

    The research hypotheses were developed based on the conceptual framework above.

    Hypothesis 1: Service quality has a positive effect on customer satisfaction.

    Hypothesis 2: Corporate image has a positive effect on customer satisfaction.

    Hypothesis 3: Price has a positive effect on service loyalty.

    Hypothesis 4: Corporate image is significantly related to customer satisfaction.

    Hypothesis 5: The pricing plans are significantly related to customer satisfaction.

    Hypothesis 6: Customer satisfaction has a positive effect on service loyalty.

    Hypothesis 7: Customer satisfaction is the mediator of the relationship among service

    quality, corporate image, and price and service loyalty.

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    3.3 TYPES OF INVESTIGATION

    There are 3 main types of research investigations. Descriptive research for examples, case

    studies, naturalistic and observation which is describes the variables under investigation, but

    little else. Relational research not only describes the variables in the investigation, but also tells

    us if there is a relationship among the variables we are investigating. Although relational

    research can tell us that variables are related, it cannot tell us anything about the causal

    relationship among the variables. Experimental research accomplishes everything that

    Descriptive and Relational research accomplish, but can tell us the direction of causation among

    the variables we are studying.

    During the research, by distributing questionnaire to the airline passengers in KLIA and LCCT

    terminal is the biggest thing that we had done in collecting data. By the questionnaire, we have

    gathered a lot of information to complete our research. These types of studies usually involve the

    collection of data in a process when there is some manipulation of a variable that are assume to

    affect the outcome of a process being studied. This usually involves keeping other variables

    fixed as far as possible.

    In many cases the same statistical analysis can be used with either observational or experimental

    data. However the validity of any inferences that result from the analysis depends very much on

    the nature of the data. An effect that is seen consistently in replications of a well designed

    experiment can only reasonably be explained as being caused by the manipulation of the

    experimental variables. With an observational study the same consistency of results might be

    obtained because all the data are affected in the same way by some unknown unmeasured

    variable. The obvious explanation for an effect that is seen in the result of an observational study

    may be quite wrong.

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    Some experiments cannot be performed either because the variables involved are not

    controllable or because the experiment is unethical. For example, suppose that a medical

    researcher wants to study the relationship between the levels of certain air pollutants and the

    incidence of cancer in cities. Changing the levels of pollutants in cities would probably not be

    possible with resources of the researcher, and, even if it could be done increasing levels on

    purpose would be unethical. Hence the only study possible may be one involving analyzing the

    prevailing levels of pollutants in the atmosphere and cancer rates, with an attempt being made to

    allow for the possible effects of some other factors that are thought to influence cancer rates.

    This research uses an appropriate approach which is the distribution of questionnaire. We

    choose this type of approach it is because it easy to do the survey and not burden the airline

    passengers with their busy life. We also can identify the determinants of customer satisfaction on

    which airline service that they prefer. It also investigates about theairlinein the matter of price,

    service, brand name, quality and design.

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    3.4 STUDY SETTING

    Data collection for the research strategy is by using survey strategy. The survey had been

    developed among the airline passengers. The questionnaire are already distributed to get the

    sample to collect the passengers perception about the determinants of customer satisfaction on

    airline service particularly MAS. The survey strategy allows capturing vital information with

    little effort and expenses. That can make the research easily develop and the purposed is clear

    with the straightforward responses. In the other hand the information that will be gathering can

    easily analyze. This survey is conduct by group members and the questionnaire is response by

    the airline passengers in KLIA and LCCT terminal.

    The data analysis will use the SPSS software to ensure the collecting data have been compiling

    in systematic way. This is because the SPSS software is effective way to do analysis about the

    data that have been collected. SPSS software easy to use to key in the data and SPSS also

    calculate all the data.

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    3.5 UNIT OF ANALYSIS

    One of the most important ideas in a research project is the unit of analysis. The unit of analysis

    is the major entity that we are analyzing in our study. It is the 'what' or 'whom' that is being

    studied. For instance, any of the following could be a unit of analysis in a study:

    y Individualsy groupsy artifacts (books, photos, newspapers)y geographical units (town, census tract, state)y social interactions (dyadic relations, divorces, arrests)

    This unit of analysis allows us to recognize important themes, patterns and relationship as we

    collect data: in other words, to allow these to emerge from the process of data collection and

    analysis. Why is it called the 'unit of analysis' and not something else like the unit of sampling,

    because it is the analysis we do in our study that determines what the unit is. For different

    analyses in the same study we may have different units of analysis. If we decide to base an

    analysis on student scores, the individual is the unit. But we might decide to compare average

    classroom performance.

    In our research, our units of analysis are the airline passengers. We had focusing on this

    population because it would be easier for us to approached them and knowing their perception

    and views towards this research. This group had been divided into a different group which is that

    they had a different demographic and social class.

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    RESEARCH RESULTS

    4.0

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    CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

    5.0 conclusion

    Overall it can be said that MAS has the most potential higher competitive advantage compared to

    AIRASIA. This can be seen thru the research that we have done which is by collecting data

    about MAS and AIRASIA and also distributing questionnaires. The result shows that MAS

    provide a better quality customer satisfaction compared to AIRASIA which focuses more on

    price reduction in order to attract their customer.

    From the result of the research we find that even though MAS airline fares are higher but still

    they were able to provide comfortable service for their customer in where the customer do notmind in paying extra price in order to travel comfortably.

    Most of the customers prefer MAS because it is well established in the airlines market compare

    to AIRASIA which is new to the market. In this case, corporate image plays an important role

    towards customer satisfaction in where customers perceive MAS as an standard airlines which

    has an higher corporate image compared to AIRASIA.

    5.1 recommendations

    Based on our findings from the SPSS, customer has given their suggestions upon improvement

    for MAS airlines. First suggestion was that MAS should increase the number of their flights and

    routes in order to support the demand of passenger who travels around the world. Thus, through

    this increment, the passengers will end up relying more on MAS compared to AIRASIA because

    it has sufficient plane and provide additional routes for their passenger who actually do not need

    to postponed any vacation due to the sold out tickets.

    Next, is the increment in per day flight. Customer suggest that MAS should increase the per day

    fly in order to support the customers demand who wants to fly at any times. By this increment

    customer will approach MAS all the times as a result of MAS who actually understands the

    customers needs and wants.

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    Last but not least is the improvement towards the overall management system. Currently MAS is

    providing a quality and good management system which can be actually improved for the better

    so that customer can rely more on MAS compared to AIRASIA.

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