Global Geographic Reach: A Delphi study into the future of the airline industry

The thesis data were collected across five sequential stages and based on a mixed-methods Delphi study. The five stages were: Workshop, Pilot Survey, Main Survey 1, Main Survey 2 and In-Depth Interviews. The latter two stages were only completed by defined experts, the parameters of which were established at completion of the Main Survey 1. Participants were mostly academics and postgraduate students with a knowledge and/or experience of aviation, although there were also smaller cohorts of aviation industry insiders and aviation industry consultants.

本论文所用数据集通过五个连续阶段采集，基于混合方法德尔菲（Delphi）研究法构建。五个阶段依次为：工作坊（Workshop）、预调研（Pilot Survey）、首轮主调研（Main Survey 1）、次轮主调研（Main Survey 2）以及深度访谈（In-Depth Interviews）。后两个阶段仅由预先确定的专家参与，该类专家的遴选标准于首轮主调研完成后确立。调研参与者主要为具备航空领域知识与/或从业经验的高校学者及研究生，同时亦有少量由航空行业从业者与航空行业顾问组成的群体参与。