In this study, it was aimed to develop a scale to determine the international competitiveness level of the airline industry. 36 items in the survey were applied on 181 airline managers, aviation experts and academics. At the end of the study, a scale consisting of 25 items describing 62.973 % of the total variance was obtained. The exploratory factor analysis showed that the scale consisted of five sub-dimensions called government, firm strategy, structure and rivalry, demand conditions,

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... and support industries and factor conditions. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, five-dimensional model was determined to be appropriate (χ²=366.936; df=262; p=0.00; χ²/df=1.401; RMSEA=0.047; CFI=.951; GFI=.862).