The study defined relationship quality as “a
customer’s general evaluation of the strength of the
relationship between the customer and the focal
airline.” Relationship quality was made up of trust
and satisfaction, with each having three items for
assessment [5, 18]. Furthermore, customer loyalty
which is defined as “a customers’ promise of
maintaining the relationship with a specific airline
based on his/her attitude and behavior.” The study
used the theories of Chaudhuri and Holbrook [4]
and Mandhachitara and Poolthong [17] to divide
customer loyalty into behavioral and attitudinal
loyalty with three items that were used to assess
behavioral loyalty and three items in attitudinal
loyalty. As indicated in Fig. 1, the conceptual
framework shows the relationship quality as
constructed of trust and satisfaction.