Interorganizational support and strategies for the ASEAN aviation sector: an application of canonical correlation analysis

The international and political bargaining process in the aviation sector is heavily influenced by the views of stakeholders, especially regulators, airlines and airport authorities. These views are diverse and often complex to synthesise. We use the method of non-linear canonical correlation to analyse the views of ASEAN officials sampled from aviation authorities, airline executives, airport executives, industry coordinators, air transport consultants, and international organisations in a systematic way so as to reveal the primary positions of vested interests. In doing so we have a very powerful policy tool for qualitatively predicting likely future organisational responses to initiatives in the reform of the aviation sector such as liberalisation and strategic alliances.