Applying DEA window and MPI in measuring the performance efficiency of airline industry in the Asia-Pacific region

The aim of this study is to assess the performance and the efficiency of the aviation industry in the Asia-Pacific region through two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In the first stage, the relative efficiency was measured through a Window model in DEA. Then, at the second stage, the efficiency improvement was examined by the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI).