Rationale

The research is the efficientlearning of sources for the purpose of establishing the actual facts and reach new results. The research will be made on thetopic of Customer satisfaction in airlines industry- A case study of Ryanair Airline.This research will entail the various factors in order to get better the customer satisfaction in Ryanair, UK. These aspects are service quality, assurance and occurrence to flight in week or month, and strategies of pricing. Furthermore, this study gives the precise and dependable result due to use pragmatism philosophy and mixed research method. This task recognizes the aspects that further to the process of research project assortment (Ariffin, Salleh, Aziz and Asbudin, 2010).

The role of the customer satisfaction keeps huge importance in the airline industry as there are number of researchers that have shown the customer satisfaction in positive manner which influence the profitability of the organization. Because of this, the results of customer satisfaction and discontent should be focused in an effective manner for up gradation or whatever to attain best productivity. According to David, (2013), customer satisfaction is entirely relied on the attitude of the customer towards the service provider or an emotional reaction to the disparity between what customers expect and what they attain, in relation to the completion of some need, desire or aims. Wong and Musa, (2011), argued that customer loyalty is considered as the

outcome of an organization to develop the advantages for a customer so that they will uphold their purchase from the company.

In the context of Ryanair, it has been found that it was introduced in 1985 with a share capital of 1£ with 25 employees. The firs route was started from Waterford to London Gatwick and now it has become popular airline in which around 67 million passengers served by Ryanair annually. It has been found that there are many issues in Ryanair which become the cause of trouble for many customers. Booking online tickets are the major issue for the customer which decreases the satisfaction level of the customers from Ryanair (Ryanair, 2018). The recent problem in airline is found that the number of customer is increased and the current resources are unable to satisfy the customers. It is necessary for the airlines to focus on the development of the customer satisfaction. It has been found that Ryanair is an effective option for people who want to travel at affordable prices. It is necessary for the customers to acknowledge all conditions, and for less experienced traveller, it can provide a lot of work to get recognizable with the rules (Thompson, 2018).

Ryanair Airline and Customer Satisfaction

Research Question

The research question is mentioned below:  

• What is the impact of customer pleasure with Ryanair airline

The research aim is to recognize the prospects of the clients and take suitable measures to fulfil such prospects. Along with that another aim is to bring better understanding regarding customer satisfaction in Ryanair.

The objective of this research is mentioned below:

• To examine the concerns in Ryanair regarding the customer satisfaction.
• Toassess customersatisfaction level regarding services provided by Ryanair.
• To analyze solutions to customer problemoffer byRyanair.

Potential Impact of this study for future research

This study will be helpful in providing future researchers with a depth detail in the context of the customer satisfaction as it entails the various journal articles related to the proposed topic. The comprehensive understanding can be made regarding making improvements in the customer satisfaction such as better service quality, price fairness and accessibility. This research study can facilitate in encouraging researcher to do further research beyond the topic by applying different method of data collection.

Ryanair Airline and Customer Satisfaction

Importance of customer satisfaction

According toOnomo, (2016), there are many companies that put a lot of effort in keeping customers and it is necessary for the companies to make a lot of effort in improving the stronger loyalty with their customers. An organization that attains the customers within one week and loses the similar amount of consumers the following weeks is a company that deals on the “leaky bucket” business theory. According to this theory, company has a belief that there will always be customers that replace the lost ones. Organization is to provide a safe low-fare flight but nothing more than that and that is why it is called a no-frill airline. It is necessary for the organization to offer lowest possible rates for the purpose of increasing the number of customers (Onomo,2016).

It has been found that there is a concept of zero of tolerance which anticipates that customers can have many expectations of a service feature in number of levels. This model described that there are a two levels of customer satisfaction which is a desired level and adequate level (Thompson, 2018). The desired level referred as the level in which the service could be, on the other hand, the adequate level is the level of thinking of the customers towards the services. it has been analysed that the expectations of the customers are not similar and the majority of the service zone of tolerance says that it will fall in between the two levels.

Customer value and satisfaction in airline industry

Customers choose products that they think can provide the best customer value which is the dissimilarity between customer value and the total customer cost.

Customer value

The customer value is increased after examining the core product and the system of delivery. It has been found that the cost of the customer can be physical costs and money (Chotivanich, 2014). For instance, airline passenger can select the straight charter flight in place of a low-fare airline, although it is not cheap by cost. It has been noted that low-fare airline would be helpful for the passenger to get connection between flights which consumes a lot of time of travelling. This kind of activity increases the risk of absent the connection flight when the first flight is delayed or cancelled. Ryanair low fare airlines have not policy to refund the amount in case of any cancellation which increase the customer dissatisfaction.

Customer Satisfaction

According to Kim and Lee, (2011), there are number of aspects to customer satisfaction of Ryanair like dependability, viability and accessibility. The role of these factors keeps huge importance in amplifying the profitability. Service quality is a vital aspect which should be considered by any kind of business to raise the benefits of the organization because it links with the customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.

Customer satisfaction in Ryanair airline

Sukri, Abdullah and Waemustafa, (2014), supported this argument that there are number of tools which are taken into consideration for the purpose of measuring the service quality tool named SERQUAL and this kind of tool directly influences the customer satisfaction of Ryanair Airlines. This measurement of quality entail five various dimensions such as sympathy, dependability, tangibility, receptiveness and assurance. This tool is simple to operate by Ryanair airlines organisations. It has been stated by this airline that the customer has to wait for booking for a long time which create dissatisfaction among employees. This tool is an inexpensive tool but it is simple to operate.

Research Question

Niinimaa, (2011), summarized that there are different techniques to develop the customer satisfaction such as accessibility, convenience and price fairness. Price is considered as the major factor which can influence the customer satisfaction. Consequently, it is found that Ryanair airlines can indict the fair price to get better the clienthappiness and expand the client loyalty. According toAriffin, Salleh, Aziz and Asbudin, (2010), the buying decision of the customer is relied on the specific price and it affects the contentment level of the client. In such way, the customer honestly prejudiced by the insight of price and not directly prejudiced by the justice of the price. Subsequently, affair pricing policy can be effectual to improve the satisfaction level of the customers. It is required for the management to consider the buyer decision process which entails the need recognition, Evaluation of Alternatives, Purchase Decision, Information Search, and Post purchase behaviour.Relate this to customer satisfaction in Ryanair Airline

Research Method

There are two kinds of method of the research that is qualitative and quantitative method. This research will entertain the quantitative method as it is helpful in collecting the data regarding the proposed topic. The contribution of the research method in the chosen objectives is great as it helps in collecting information with different approaches.

Research philosophy

The role of the research philosophy keeps huge importance in the research projects as it develops the better understanding regarding the research concerns. Interpretivism and positivism research philosophy will use under this research due to subjective nature of the research issues (MorlandandBos, 2011). Positivism philosophy is taken into consideration for the purpose of revealing the factual knowledge on the basis of the observations and measurements, which will help to focus on the research concern on the basis of the statistical data.  

Research Approach

Inductive and deductive are two kinds of research approach which allow researchers to rationalize the employ of specific data collection and analysis process for projects. Deductive approach is appropriate with the positivism philosophy, at the same time as inductive approach is suitable with the interpretivism philosophy. For this research, Inductive approach is taken into consideration and would be used to resolve the research issue (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault, 2015). With the help of this approach, the researcher would be able to develop the reliability and validity of research outcomes.

Research Design

There are three kind of research design which that considerably help researchers to decide the design of a research project. Exploratory, descriptive and causal research are kinds of research design in which both exploratory and descriptive research designs are chosen by the researcher. The researcher is enabled to gather in-depth data regarding the customer satisfaction in Ryanair airlines. It is the design which will help researcher to gather the data by observing the perceptions and views of participants for the purpose of meeting the aim and objective of the research questions (Panneerselvam, 2014).

Research Strategy

Research strategy is considered as the vital factors which help researchers to explore the research issue by responding to the questions of the research in a systematic manner. With the help of an effective research strategy, researcher gathers the background information and evaluates this data for the purpose of developing specific conclusion (Matthews and Ross, 2014). Survey, which isinterview research strategies are selected for this research because with the help of this strategy, the researcher will be able to gather adequate amount of information and data related to the customer satisfaction in Ryan Airlines.

Research Aim and Objectives

Data Collection Method

Data collection is considered as the method that focus on the collection of the data in a systematic manner by which the research objectives met. It helps researcher to gather the data in order to improve the knowledge regarding the research issues which is an effective for drawing the conclusion. Primary and secondary are two kinds of research resources in which primary data is new and collected very first time by the researcher. On the other hand, secondary data can be collected through used material by which the researcher can easily obtain the determined objectives (Tarone, Gass and Cohen, 2013). The researcher will select both data collection methods by which the researcher can make direct interactions with participants for the purpose of knowing their views regarding the research issues. There will be two methods used in this research i.e. survey through questionnaire and face-to-face interview methods.

Sampling

Sampling strategy considers as the selection of suitable applicants for the studies with the purpose of reply the research questionnaire for achieve research objectives (Mackey and Gass, 2015). Probability and non-probability are two method of sampling strategies which facilitates researchers to plump for the definite observations from distinct population. Both sampling strategies will be used under this research in which random sampling strategy will use to choose the participants for survey questionnaire. For this, 10 customers will be selected to observe the satisfaction services of the customers of airlines.

Convenience sampling method will be used which come under the non-probability sampling strategy. This method will be taken into consideration for the purpose of selecting the participants of interview which is based on their knowledge, experience and skills. For this, 2 employees of management of Ryanair airlines will be selected to conduct face to face interview with them.

Data Analysis

Data analysis helps researcher to develop reliable and valid results regarding the research issues. In this issue, there are a variety of data analysis methods such as, statistical analysis, conversational analysis, thematic/content analysis, and disclosure analysis to facilitate a good and important analysis of composed data. With the purpose of analyze collected data, statistical data analysis method is used. With the help of this, descriptive statistics of the data in the form of graphs and charts will be shown.

Ethical consideration

Ethical consideration is refereed as the process which entails the ending of the task in valid and ethical manner. Prior permission will be taken from all participants involve in the survey and ensure them that all personal information will be vanished after accomplishing the research.

Research Limitation

There are some limitations within the research which express that the research can be more effective it researcher get more access of data. Due to lack of data access, the researcher is bound to provide huge information regarding the proposed topic. the value of time for the research has significant importance and the researcher did not get an efficient time to research more on proposed topic which being the cause of limitations.

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