“…Other researchers further established the causal reciprocity of service quality and customer satisfaction, which creates further confusion [Salazar, Paulo, 2004;Wang, Chich-Jen, 2006]. Similarly, the claim that customer satisfaction leads to loyalty appears even less convincing [Egan, 2004;Pritchard, Silvestro, 2005]. Although a number of researchers have examined the relationship among perceived Unauthenticated Download Date | 5/12/18 12:34 PM service quality, customer satisfaction and loyalty in the airline industry internationally [Faheed, 1998;Saha, Theingi, 2009], to the best of the author's knowledge no study has yet investigated these relationships in the Nigerian airline industry.…”