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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain.

Sec. Sustainable Organizations

Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frsus.2025.1581348

Corporate Agility and Government Regulation as Drivers of Airport Performance and Airport Sustainability: An SEM-Based Study in Indonesian Airports

Provisionally accepted
  • 1University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
  • 2Faculty of Administrative Sciences, University of Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

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This study examines the effect of Corporate Agility and Government Regulation on Airport Performance and Airport Sustainabili ty with Airport Performance acting as a mediating variable. This study utilized Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze data obtained from an Indonesian airport managed by PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia. The result indicate that Responsiveness is the strongest indicato r of Corporate Agility (loading = 0.830), followed by Workplace & People, Technology, Quality, Process Planning, and Competency. The Regulator indicator contributes the most to the Government Regulation variable (loading = 0.875), followed by Catalyst and Fa cilitator. In terms of Airport Sustainability, Environmental factors emerge as the most dominant (loading = 0.884), followed by Social and Economic aspects. Among five tested direct relationships between variables, four are statistically significant. However, one of the tw o indirect effects from Government Regulation to Airport Sustainability via Airport Performance is not significant. Overall, the structural mode l explains 57.1% of the variance in the observed phenomena. These findings offer useful insights for airport policymakers and managers to improve sustainability performance through targeted agility initiatives and regulatory alignment. The study contributes to strategic airport management by identifying key levers that drive both operational performance and environmental responsibility.

Keywords: Airport performance, Airport sustainability, Corporate agility, Government Regulation, SEM

Received: 22 Feb 2025; Accepted: 19 Aug 2025.

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* Correspondence: Faik Fahmi, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

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