The impact of brand image and service quality on customer satisfaction: The mediating role of green marketing in the airline transport industry

The context of this study is that the degree of customer satisfaction attained by airline businesses in the air transportation industry does not align with management goals. The purpose of this study is to ascertain how customer perceptions of satisfaction are impacted by brand image and Quality of Service, as mediated by green marketing, in the aviation industry. Clients or users of air transportation business services were given online questionnaires as part of the study's quantitative survey methodology. In order to address hypotheses and identify the best structural equation model with Smart-PLS, this study goes through the steps of evaluating the reliability and validity of instruments, KMO-MSA, Factor analysis, Bartlett tests, and Path analysis. The findings demonstrated that the hypotheses namely, Direct relationship (1) Brand Image on Green Marketing, (2) Quality of Service on Green Marketing, (3) Green Marketing on Satisfaction Perceived of Customer, (4) Quality of Service on Satisfaction Perceived of Customer, (5) Brand Image on Satisfaction Perceived of Customer were successfully demonstrated to be Positive and Significant. Green marketing also has the Indirect relationship impact of somewhat mediating the relationship (6) Brand Image on Satisfaction of Customer Mediated by Green Marketing, and (7) Quality of Service on Satisfaction of Customer Mediated by Green Marketing. The results of this study provide several managerial implications that can be applied to improve Brand Image and Quality of Service in the Air Transport Business.