China Southern Airlines

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China Southern Airlines Company Limited, also known as China Southern, is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of the CAAC Airlines that acquired and merged a number of domestic airlines, the airline became one of China's "Big Three" airlines (alongside Air China and China Eastern Airlines), 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.[3] The company slogan is Fly towards your dreams (Chinese: 飞向您的梦想).

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China Southern Airlines
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IATA ICAO Callsign
CZ CSN CHINA SOUTHERN
Founded1 July 1988; 35 years ago (1988-07-01)
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programSky Pearl Club
Subsidiaries
Fleet size900 (including cargo)
Destinations216
Parent companyChina Southern Air Holding
Traded as
HeadquartersGuangzhou, Guangdong
Key peopleTan Wangeng (Vice Chairman/President)
RevenueIncrease CN¥127.806 billion (2017)[1]
Operating incomeIncrease CN¥8.798 billion (2017)[1]
Net incomeIncrease CN¥9.156 billion (2017)[1]
Total assetsIncrease CN¥149.14 billion (2017)[1]
Total equityIncrease CN¥62.543 billion (2017)[1]
Employees100,000 (2015-2016)[2]
WebsiteOfficial website (in English)
Official website (in Chinese)
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China Southern Airlines
Simplified Chinese中国南方航空
Traditional Chinese中國南方航空
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 meaningChina Southern Airlines, Company Limited by Shares
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese南方航空
Literal meaningSouthern Airlines
Third alternative Chinese name
Chinese
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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.