An evaluation of digital marketing applications in airline sector

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Digital marketing, social media, customer relationship management, airway sector, mobile applications

Abstract

In the age of digital transformation , enterprises use digital marketing practices effectively in order to increase customer loyalty considering customer relationship management, to create difference and to provide competitive advantage. The airway sector, where the acceleration is fast and the competition is high, aims to present fast and secure user experience and make the customer live a different traveler experience by using all technology and marketing related  platforms. Research problem is that it is a necessity for airline brands to digitalize by utilizing the richness of technology and to offer digital applications to consumers at the local / global platform. The aim of this study is to investigate the digital marketing strategies of a number of national and international airway companies such as e-mail marketing, web marketing, social media marketing and mobile applications and to analyze the positioning of digital marketing applications. Because digital marketing is the leading actor of marketing and it is presented as the real throne of virtual world in the airway sector. For this reason, best practices from Turkey and abroad were analyzed in the context of the effect of digital marketing on the customer relations management by using descriptive method and screening method. The findings of the research shows that, by the changes in the customer expectations and demands, the airway companies try to use the digital marketing tools effectively. However, the usage of right strategy for digital management is important to make difference and compete in the airway sector.

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Author Biographies

Nuran Karaağaoğlu, Maltepe University

Lecturer, Maltepe University, Vocational School, Department of Marketing and Advertising, Public Relations and Publicity Programme

Meltem Çiçek, Maltepe University

Asst. Prof. (PhD), Maltepe University, Vocational School, Department of Marketing and Advertising, Public Relations and Publicity Programme

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Published

2019-05-13

How to Cite

Karaağaoğlu, N., & Çiçek, M. (2019). An evaluation of digital marketing applications in airline sector. Journal of Human Sciences, 16(2), 606–619. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/5661

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Marketing