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Table 3 Confirmatory factor analysis of FCO (CFA)

From: Evolving base for the fuel consumption optimization in Indian air transport: application of structural equation modeling

Constructs/items

Standardized factor loadings

Standard error

t-values

R2(Item-reliability)

AVEa

Composite reliability (CRb)

Aircraft operations (AO)

    

0.72

0.91

 AOF

0.798

F

–

0.636

  

 AOE

0.756

0.054

17.59

0.572

  

 AOB

0.834

0.073

13.71

0.697

  

 AOD

0.835

0.070

13.85

0.609

  

 AOC

0.780

0.073

12.67

0.482

  

 AOA

0.650

0.074

9.91

0.695

  

Technology & design (ATD)

    

0.73

0.94

 ATDG

0.784

f

–

0.615

  

 ATDF

0.760

0.055

17.17

0.578

  

 ATDE

0.804

0.069

16.19

0.646

  

 ATDB

0.894

0.083

14.91

0.800

  

 ATDD

0.871

0.073

14.42

0.758

  

 ATDC

0.816

0.084

13.27

0.666

  

Socio-economic & political (SEP)

    

0.74

0.92

 SEPA

0.771

f

–

0.594

  

 SEPE

0.875

0.075

13.42

0.766

  

 SEPD

0.872

0.080

13.13

0.761

  

 SEPB

0.831

0.077

14.59

0.691

  

Aviation infrastructure (AI)

    

0.84

0.96

 AID

0.939

f

–

0.542

  

 AIC

0.940

0.041

25.32

0.678

  

 AIE

0.808

0.052

16.50

0.653

  

 AIB

0.823

0.049

18.30

0.884

  

 AIA

0.737

0.055

14.39

0.882

  

Alternate fuels & fuel properties (AFP)

    

0.53

0.81

 AFPB

0.709

f

–

0.503

  

 AFPC

0.695

0.098

9.78

0.500

  

 AFPA

0.694

0.096

9.81

0.495

  

 AFPD

0.776

0.099

9.47

0.602

  

Fuel consumption optimization in air-transport (FLOATA)

0.910

0.046

    
  1. aAverage variance extracted (AVE)= (Summation of the square of the factor loadings )/[( Summation of the square of the factor loadings) + (summation of error variance)]
  2. bComposite reliability= (Summation of factor loadings )2/[(Summation of factor loadings )2 + (summation of error variance)]
  3. f = Indicates a parameter fixed at 1.0 in the original solution