China Southern Airlines

China Southern Airlines
中国南方航空

IATA ICAO Call sign CZ CSN CHINA SOUTHERN
Founded	1 July 1988; 36 years ago (1988-07-01)
Hubs	Beijing–Daxing Guangzhou
Secondary hubs	Chongqing Shanghai–Pudong Shenzhen Ürümqi
Focus cities	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi Changchun Changsha Chengdu–Shuangliu Dalian Guiyang Haikou Hangzhou Harbin Jieyang Kunming Sanya Seoul–Incheon Shenyang Wuhan Xi'an Zhengzhou Zhuhai
Frequent-flyer program	Sky Pearl Club
Subsidiaries	Chongqing Airlines (60%) GAMECO Sichuan Airlines (39%) XiamenAir (55%) Xiongan Airlines
Fleet size	662
Destinations	237[1]
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)[2]
Operating income	CN¥8.798 billion (2017)[2]
Net income	CN¥9.156 billion (2017)[2]
Total assets	CN¥149.14 billion (2017)[2]
Total equity	CN¥62.543 billion (2017)[2]
Employees	100,000 (2015–2016)[3]
Website	csair.com/en (in English) csair.com (in Chinese)

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.

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. It is the 9th largest airline by brand market in the world.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[4] The company slogan is Fly towards your dreams.

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.