Airline Overview
China Southern Airlines is the airline based in Guangzhou. The Baiyun district is where the headquarter of the company is located. It is ranked as the 5th airline in the world in terms of the passengers carried and it is also the largest airline in Asia in terms of the passengers carried as well as the fleet size. The airline has recorded profits of over 5 billion RMB in the previous years, which is a great number to the airline industry.
China Southern Airlines operates the Sky Pearl Club to encourage frequent traveller to continue to use China Southern Airlines as their airline.
Company Profile
China Southern Airlines was founded in 1988. It was established because of the decision from the government. At that time, the government wanted to split the Civil Aviation Administration of China into several airlines which operate separately. Therefore, 4 major airlines, including China Southern Airlines, were created.
Unlike some of the traditional Chinese airlines, China Southern Airlines looked for opportunities to cooperate with the foreign companies. Therefore, it was active in launching cooperation plans with the foreign businesses. It established joint-venture with companies like Hutchison Whampoa from Hong Kong.
Later, the Chinese government decided to loosen the control over the aviation industry and it did not refuse the airlines in China to cooperate with foreign investors. Therefore, China Southern Airlines grabbed the opportunities to seek opportunities to cooperate with more foreign businesses and equipped the company with solid financial support. Through series of mergers and acquisitions, the company was able to become one of the leaders in the Chinese aviation industry.
Fleet
China Southern Airlines uses a wide range of aircrafts in the formation of fleets. There are Airbus A300, Airbus A330, Airbus A321, Boeing 777, Boeing 737, Boeing 787, etc. There are also aircrafts from McDonnell Douglas, Embraer, Comac, etc. This helps the airline establish a team of experts for carrying passengers around.
Destinations
Passengers can travel to different destinations within China and outside China when they take flights of China Southern Airlines. For example, they can reach Auckland of New Zealand, Bangkok of Thailand, Frakfurt of Germany, Fukuoka of Japan, Gwangju of South Korea, Irkutsk of Russia, Jakarta of Indonesia, Islamabad of Pakistan, etc. They can also reach provinces like Liaoning, Jiangxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shandong, etc, in China. The wide range of destinations helps passengers travel from place to place conveniently using China Southern Airlines as the only airline to serve them.
