China Southern Airlines Company Limited, with world headquarters based in Guangzhou, has its company logo seen around the globe with a brilliant red kapok delicately adoring a blue vertical tail fin.
As the largest airline in the People’s Republic of China, China Southern Airlines is pleased to operate eight holding public air transportation subsidiaries including Xiamen Air, Henan Airlines, Guizhou Airlines and Zhuhai Airlines; 20 branches including Xinjiang, Northern and Beijing Branches; 23 domestic sales offices in nearly every major Chinese city including Hangzhou and Qingdao as well as 54 international sales offices located in major metropolitan destinations such as Singapore, New York City and Paris.
In 2019 and 2020, China Southern safely transported more than 152 million passengers and 97 million passengers, leading all Chinese carriers for 42 consecutive years. The airline is ranked 1st in Asia and 2nd globally in terms of annual passenger traffic and the top 10 globally in terms of cargo and mail volume (Source: IATA).
As of December 2020, China Southern had a fleet of more than 860 passenger and cargo aircraft, including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, B777 and B737, as well as the Airbus A380 superjumbo, A330 and A320. It was one of the first airlines in the world to operate the A380 superjumbo.
Currently, China Southern operates an extensive route network of more than 1,000 routes with 3,000 daily flights to 224 destinations in 40 countries and regions around the world, offering more than 500,000 seats.
China Southern is singularly honored to hold the best safety record among all Chinese carriers with outstanding safety management levels in the world.
In June 2018, China Southern was honored with the Two-Star Flight Safety Diamond Award by the Civil Aviation Administration of China with the highest safety rating in China.
As a SKYTRAX-listed Four-Star Airline, China Southern was, in 2016, honored as "The World's Favorite Airline" and in 2018 named "The World's Most Improved Airline" by SKYTRAX.
Subsequently in 2017 and 2020, China Southern was honored twice as the national "Customer Satisfaction Benchmark" enterprise by the China Association for Quality and was awarded the AAA certification, the highest quality credit rating in the market.
In 2020, China Southern became the first airline in Asia and the third in the world to be certified by IATA for luggage tracking and “Green Flight”, featuring China Southern’s exclusive “On-Demand Dining” catering service, has reduced waste of nearly 1.2 million in-flight meals, with which China Southern won the championship at the first “GoldenKey-China Action for SDG” championship competition.