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This 4 page paper considers the way in which a questionnaire may be designed to assess a potential link between hedging of fuel costs and airline, identifying and explaining why certain questions should be included. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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concerning profitability for analysis may be taken from the published accounts. Following the identification of a suitable sample and respondents that are prepared to undertake the survey; those with
knowledge of the airlines hedging practices and strategy the questionnaire will be used to assess how and why hedging takes place. The questionnaire will be made up of a mixture
of closed and open questions to facilitate analysis and gain relevant data where there may be a wide range of answers (Denscombe, 2010; Saris and Gallhofer, 2007). 1. Does,
your airline currently or in the past, undertake any form of fuel hedging? o Yes o No (go to question 3) This question
is being asked as it is a basic question to assess the different airlines. In assessing the potential value of hedging it is necessary to look at the results with
the airlines classified as hedging. The results from those which do not undertake hedging is important, guiding those that do not undertake hedging past the questions that are not applicable
is likely to result in more answers from that sample as non relevant questions will loose respondents (Siminski, 2008) 2. In which financial years (if any) has fuel hedging taken place
(classified by the maturely date of the hedge tool), and what percentage of fuel was hedged (even if the option was not exercised) Year Fuel hedged Percentage of fuel hedged
(if any) 2010 Yes/no 2009 Yes/no 2008 Yes/no 2007 Yes/no 2006 Yes/no 2005 Yes/no Airlines may not undertake hedging in all years. The
airlines need to be classified on a yearly basis in the correct group where the analysis takes place over several years. However, it is not only the presence of hedging
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