China Southern Airlines

China Southern Airlines
中国南方航空
Airbus A350-900
IATA ICAO Callsign
CZ CSN CHINA SOUTHERN
Founded1 July 1988 (1988-07-01)
Commenced operations1 February 1991 (1991-02-01)
(as China Southern Airlines)[1]
Hubs
  • Guangzhou
  • Beijing–Daxing
Secondary hubs
  • Chongqing
  • Shanghai–Pudong
  • Shenzhen
  • Ürümqi
  • Wuhan
  • Zhengzhou
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programSky Pearl Club
AllianceSkyTeam (2007–2018)
Subsidiaries
  • Chongqing Airlines (60%)
  • GAMECO
  • Sichuan Airlines (39%)
  • XiamenAir (55%)
  • Xiongan Airlines
Fleet size675
Destinations235[2]
Parent companyChina Southern Air Holding
Traded as
HeadquartersGuangzhou, Guangdong
Key peopleHan Wen Sheng (vice chairman & president)
Ma Xu Lun (chairman)
RevenueIncrease CN¥127.806 billion (2017)[3]
Operating incomeIncrease CN¥8.798 billion (2017)[3]
Net incomeIncrease CN¥9.156 billion (2017)[3]
Total assetsIncrease CN¥149.14 billion (2017)[3]
Total equityIncrease CN¥62.543 billion (2017)[3]
Employees100,000 (2015–2016)[4]
Website
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China Southern Airlines, also known as just China Southern, is a large airline in China, headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong. It is one of the three largest airlines in the country, along with Air China and China Eastern Airlines. It moves cargo[a] and passengers.

Started on 1 July 1988, the airline later became the world's sixth-largest airline measured by number of people flying and Asia's largest airline by fleet size, revenue, and people carried. It was the 9th largest airline in the world in 2024.[5] Its main airports are Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport. The airline does more than 2,000 flights to over 200 places each day.[6]

Boeing 777F cargo plane

References

  1. ↑ "China Southern Airlines Cargo Application". Seuic. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "China Southern Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. – 2017 Annual Results" (PDF). China Southern Airlines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "SkyTeam – 2015 Facts and Figures" (PDF). China Southern Airlines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Savio D'souza (2024). "Airlines 50 2024". Brand Finance. London: Branddirectory. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  6. ↑ China Southern Airlines. Retrieved on 10 June 2017. Company Profile: China Southern Airlines Archived 2025-05-06 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

  1. ↑ With the callsign SOUTHERN CARGO and ICAO code CSG.


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