China Southern Airlines: Route Exchange Carrier

China Southern serves 884 cities in 169 countries, forming an extensive network with Guangzhou and Beijing as its hubs. Its network covers all of China, radiating throughout Asia and linking Europe, America, Australia & Africa with convenient connections to all main cities in the world via close cooperation with all the SkyTeam member airlines.

Besides operating from its main base at Guangzhou, also operates from sub-divisions at: Beijing, Changchun, Dalian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Harbin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jilin, Sanya, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Xinjiang, Zhuhai & Zhuhai-Heliport.

FLEET

China Southern Airlines operates 400 modern Boeing 777, 747, 757, 737 and Airbus A330, 321, 320, 319 and 300 jet aircraft.

NETWORK STRATEGY:

China Southern has its main base at Guangzhou and is currently planning S2011services for its fleet of narrowbody and widebodied jets.

China Southern would like to receive information regarding slot availability; available traffic rights as well as key traffic data regarding the O+D market as well as behind and beyond traffic. Airports should also consider its SkyTeam connections at the destination airport.

With the widebody aircrafts such as A380, A332 and B787 arriving, China Southern will operate more long haul routes and frequency from China to North America, Europe and Australia, we are interested in the large primary airports in terms of passenger throughput.

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Personnel

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Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…