China Southern plans new Australasian service

Skyteam member China Southern has applied to the CAAC to launch new double drop service from its Guangzhou base to Brisbane and Auckland, if successful service is slated to commence in September and on a daily rotation with B777 aircraft.

China Southern operates a 3x weekly to Melbourne and a daily to Sydney but has no non-stop service to New Zealand.

IATA BSP data shows that over 12,000 O+D pax have travelled to Brisbane and Auckland from Guangzhou in the 12 month period between Jan 09-10.