China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines (branded as China Southern) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong. It is one of the three major airlines in the country, along with Air China and China Eastern Airlines.
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| Founded | 1 July 1988 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Sky Pearl Club | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 662 | ||||||
| Destinations | 237 | ||||||
| Parent company | China Southern Air Holding | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Guangzhou, Guangdong | ||||||
| Key people | Tan Wangeng (Vice Chairman & President) | ||||||
| Revenue | CN¥127.806 billion (2017) | ||||||
| Operating income | CN¥8.798 billion (2017) | ||||||
| Net income | CN¥9.156 billion (2017) | ||||||
| Total assets | CN¥149.14 billion (2017) | ||||||
| Total equity | CN¥62.543 billion (2017) | ||||||
| Employees | 100,000 (2015–2016) | ||||||
| Website | www www | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国南方航空 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國南方航空 | ||||||||||
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| China Southern Airlines Company Limited | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国南方航空股份公司 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國南方航空股份公司 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | China Southern Airlines, Company Limited by Shares | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 南方航空 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Southern Airlines | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 南航 | ||||||||||
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Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of CAAC Airlines that acquired and merged a number of domestic airlines, the airline became the world's sixth-largest airline measured by passengers carried and Asia's largest airline in fleet size, revenue, and passengers carried. With its main hubs at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport, the airline operates more than 2,000 flights to more than 200 destinations daily and was a member of SkyTeam until 1 January 2019. The airline started a frequent flyer program partnership with American Airlines in March 2019. The logo of the airline consists of a kapok flower (which is also the city flower of Guangzhou) on a blue tail fin. The company slogan is Fly towards your dreams (飞向您的梦想).
The parent company of China Southern Airlines Company Limited is China Southern Air Holding Company, a state-owned enterprise that is supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.