China Southern Airlines

China Southern Airlines
中国南方航空

Airbus A350-900
IATA ICAO Callsign CZ CSN CHINA SOUTHERN
Founded	1 July 1988 (1988-07-01)
Commenced operations	1 February 1991 (1991-02-01) (as China Southern Airlines)
Hubs	Guangzhou Beijing–Daxing
Secondary hubs	Chongqing Shanghai–Pudong Shenzhen Ürümqi Wuhan Zhengzhou
Focus cities	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi Changchun Changsha Chengdu–Shuangliu Dalian Guiyang Haikou Hangzhou Harbin Jieyang Kunming Sanya Seoul–Incheon Shenyang Xi'an Zhuhai
Frequent-flyer program	Sky Pearl Club
Alliance	SkyTeam (2007–2018)
Subsidiaries	Chongqing Airlines (60%) GAMECO Sichuan Airlines (39%) XiamenAir (55%) Xiongan Airlines
Fleet size	675
Destinations	235
Parent company	China Southern Air Holding
Traded as	SSE: 600029 (A share) SEHK: 1055 (H share)
Headquarters	Guangzhou, Guangdong
Key people	Han Wen Sheng (vice chairman & president) Ma Xu Lun (chairman)
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	csair.com/en (in English) csair.com (in Chinese)

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 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. 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.

Boeing 777F cargo plane