5. Conclusions
This study sought to find out effects of recovery quality elements on behavioral intention of customers. It aimed to find recovery quality elements that positively influence the behavioral intention and satisfy passengers helping airlines to design behavioral guidelines in case of customer complaints or necessary recovery strategies. Therefore, this study has analyzed the influence of major elements of recovery quality elements such as tangible compensation, swiftness, apology/explanation, and attentiveness on the image of airlines, recovery satisfaction, and behavioral intention. Data analysis of this study found out that promptness has positive influence on the image of an airline. This represents how much important swift action on service failure is to improve the image of an airline. In addition, recovered image of an airline turned out to have a positive influence on the recovery satisfaction and behavioral intention supporting the importance of recovery. The findings of this study are expected to help airline companies establish more effective strategies to prevent service failures, thus improving customer satisfaction, willingness to spread good wordof-mouth, and willingness to re-purchase.