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China Southern Airlines

China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. is a main air transportation business of China Southern Air Holding Company.

With flight operations based at Guangzhou's brand-new, award-winning Baiyun International Airport, China Southern Airlines'  company logo can be seen around the globe with a brilliant red kapok delicately adoring a blue vertical tail fin.

China Southern Airlines has 13 branches located throughout China, including: Beijing, Dalian, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Northern, Shenzhen, Xinjiang and Zhuhai Helicopter Company. Four holding subsidiaries are located in Guizhou, Shantou, Xiamen and Zhuhai with 21 domestic sales and ticket offices situated throughout China, including Hangzhou and Shanghai.

As China's largest airline, China Southern Airlines has 43 International offices located in major metropolitan markets around the world, including: Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, Seoul, Sharjah, Sydney and Tokyo.

China Southern Airlines operates the largest and most technologically advanced airline fleet --- as well as the most extensive domestic air network in The People's Republic of China.

Currently, China Southern Airlines operated more than 300 modern Boeing 777, 747, 757, 737 and Airbus A330, 321, 320, 319 and 300 jet aircraft serving more than 600 domestic and International routes with destinations to 142 cities throughout China, regionally and throughout the world, with 49.2 Million passengers carried in 2006 ---- forming an extensive network, with Guangzhou and Beijing as its hubs, covering all of China with convenient connections to Australia, Europe and the United States.

In 2006, China Southern Airlines carried 49.21 Million passengers, ranked as the largest airline in China for 28 consecutive years - based on annual passenger traffic volume. The airline is now firmly positioned as one of the world's Top 10 passenger airlines, the only carrier in mainland China so honored. As of the end of 2006, China Southern Airlines had achieved more than 3 Million safe flight hours and was honored the Three-Star Safety Award by the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) -- the current most prestigious award in safe flight operations in the Chinese aviation industry.

China Southern Airlines places the highest priority on safety and flight reliability.

The airline owns and operates its own independent pilot training centers for pilots and flight attendants. China Southern Airlines, with more than 3,300 comprehensively trained and experienced pilots, is the only Chinese carrier that has the independent capability of "building its pilots from the ground up" as it trains young aviators at its Western Australia Flying College in Perth --- then moves these graduates to advanced cadet training at its Zhuhai Flight Training Center, a joint venture with Montreal-based CAE Inc.

International Services Operated by Southern Airlines

Asia

Country Short form City
The United Arab Emirates United Arab Iran Dubai, Sharjah
The Kingdom of Cambodia Emirates Phnom Penh
The Republic of Tajikistan Cambodia Dushanbe
Japan Tajikistan Osaka, Oita, Okayama, Fukuoka, Fukushima , Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Kita Kyushu, Hiroshima, Hakodate, Hanamaki, Nagoya, Nagasaki, Niigata, Saga, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Toyama, Takamatsu
The Republic of Korea Japan Cheju, Cheongju Seoul, Pusan, Kwangju
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Korea Pyongyang
The Islamic Republic of Iran North Korea Tehran
The Republic of India India New Delhi, Mumbai
The Republic of Indonesia Indonesia Jakarta
The Lao People's Democratic Republic Laos Vientiane
Malaysia Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Kota Kinabaln, Penang
The Union of Myanmar Myanmar Mandalay, Rangoon
The Kingdom of Nepal Nepal Katmandu
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan Pakistan Islamabad
The Republic of the Philippines The Philippines Manila, Laoag
Singapore Singapore Singapore
The Kingdom of Thailand Thailand Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Phuket, Siem Reap
The Republic of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Tashkent
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vietnam Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

Note: China Southern Airlines operates scheduled flights to Hong Kong and Macau.

Oceania

Country Short form City
Australia Australia Sydney, Melbourne

North America

Country Short form City
Canada Canada Vancouver
The United States of America United States Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Honolulu, Losvegas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Saipan (belongs to America, but locates in Asia)

Europe

Country Short form City
The Republic of France France Paris
The Kingdom of the Netherlands The Netherlands Amsterdam
The Russia Federation Russia Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United Kingdom (UK) London

Customer Service:

Consulting hotline: +86-20-86130873
Ticket hotline: 950333
Website: http://www.cs-air.com/en/ (both English and Chinese versions)

China Airlines

 Air China (Code: CA)    
Acquired as the largest and most advanced airlines in China, Air China Limited was first set up in 1988 and the present company was formed in 2004 by amalgamating with China National Aviation Company and China Southwest Airlines.
   China Eastern Airlines (Code: MU)  
    China Eastern Airlines is one of the three largest state-owned airlines in China. Set up in 1988, the present scale formed by annexing the Northwest Airlines and integrating with Yunnan Airlines.
  China Southwest Airlines(Code: sz)  

 Southwest AirlinesChina Southwest Airlines (CSWA), was established on October 15,1987. It was China's first major airline to abide by the principle of separation of responsibility between administration and enterprise.
    Hainan Airlines (Code: HU)
    Commencing operation in 1993, Hainan Airlines was established by restructuring the former Hainan Provincial Airlines Company.
   Shanghai Airlines (Code: SF) 
     Coming into existence in 1985, Shanghai Airlines aims at building itself into one of the best corporation which will become first choice for customers and of international standard.
 

 Xiamen Airlines (Code: MF) 
    Xianmen Air is mainly dealing with domestic air passengers' and freight transportation and acting as a business agent in air transportation from Fujian province to other neighbor countries or regions.

   ShandongAirlines(Code: SC)
 Accompanied by the vigorous development of China Civil Aviation Shandong Airlines - a new star of aviation, becomes the'Latest-beginning, highest-starlingpoint, and fastest-developing'airline in our country, which is constructed in the shortest time.
 

Sichuan Airlines(Code: 3U)
Sichuan Airlines Co. Ltd is restructured on the basis of its predecessor. Sichuan Airlines, which was established on September 19, 1986 and began its operation on July 14, 1988.

 

 Shenzhen Airlines(Code: 4G)
 Shenzhen airlines Co. Ltd, which was called "Shenzhen airlines Co.", in Jan. 2001 changed its name to "Shenzhen airlines Co. Ltd."