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China Southern Airlines
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
CZ
CSN
784
 China Southern

China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-700

China Southern Airlines
278 Airport Road
Guangzhou
Guangdon 510405
CHINA

Tel.: +86 20 8612 0114
Fax: +86 20 8665 8984
SITA:
Email:
Website: www.cs-air.com
Type: Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger, cargo
Owner: China Southern Air Holding Company (50.3%); others
Subsidiaries: Guangxi Airlines (95%); Air Bleu (75%); Chongqing Airlines (60%); Zhuhai Airlines (60%); Shantou Airlines (60%); Guizhou Airlines (60%); Xiamen Airlines (60%); China Postal (49%); Sichuan Airlines (39%)
Employees: 46,209
Base: Guangzhou (CAN)
Hubs: Wuhan (WUH); Urumqi (URC); Zhuhai (ZUH); Shantou (SWA); Beijing (PEK); Xiamen (XMN); Changsha (CSX); Guilin (KWL); Haikou (HAK); Shenyang (SHE); Guiyang (KWE); Zhengzhou (CGO)
Start of ops: 1989
Alliances: Air France, Asiana, Continental, Delta, Dragonair, Garuda, JAL, KLM, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, PIA, Vitetnam Airways
China Southern operates this equipment: Executives:
  • 2 x Airbus A300-600 (to be converted to freighter)
  • 41 Airbus A319-100 (14 on order)
  • 62 x Airbus A320-200 (80 on order)
  • 56 x Airbus A321-200 (37 on order)
  • 9 x Airbus A330-200 (16 on order)
  • 8 x Airbus A330-300 (8 on order)
  • Airbus A380-800 (5 on order)
  • 5 x ATR 72-500
  • 26 x Boeing 737-300
  • 31 x Boeing 737-700 (25 on order)
  • 50 x Boeing 737-800 (30 on order)
  • 17 x Boeing 757-200
  • 4 x Boeing 777-200
  • 6 x Boeing 777-200ER
  • Boeing 787-8 (10 on order)
  • 6 x Embraer ERJ-145
  • 13 x McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30
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Head of Flight Operations: 		Wan Geng Tang
Jie Bo Xu
Qian Qian

China Southern Airlines is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. China Southern operates domestic, regional and international services. In 2008, China Southern was the world's 5th largest airline by passengers carried, and Asia's largest airline in terms of both fleet size and in passengers carried. It is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance.
Its main operation hubs are Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport, with other focus cities at Changchun Longjia International Airport, Changsha Huanghua International Airport, Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Urumqi Diwopu International Airport, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, and Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport.[citation needed] The airline plans to develop Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and Urumqi Diwopu International Airport as hubs, along with the current hubs at Beijing and Guangzhou.

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