A research management of airports and its importance in civil aviation sector in the context of international competition

This thesis focuses on the development of the civil aviation sector and the management of airports, which have become an important element of management and trade. In the first part of the study, a general framework of civil aviation sector is given. Accordingly, the general structure of the sector and the effective actors of the sector are included in the first section. On the other hand, in the first chapter, the civil aviation sector has a financial status. In the second part of the study, the place, importance and management of airports in the civil aviation sector are included. In the second part, however, the values of airports are considered as a competitive factor. In the last section of the thesis, the airport managers, who have been working in various levels for long years, were interviewed at the international airports that have been operating in Istanbul. Due to the fact that the airports have a busy working environment, it has been difficult to reach to many officials for a long time, only the officials responsible for the airport management who can accept the interview at the workplace were interviewed. Interviews were held with managers who have at least 10 years of experience at international airports at the university, master's and doctoral level as education level.