- CEO
- Xu Lun Ma
- Full Time Employees
- 108,176
- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Airlines
- Address
- Guanhao Science and Technology Park Phase I Office Building Guangzhou GD China 510403
- IPO Date
- Jul 30, 1997
- Business
- China Southern Airlines Company Limited (600029.SS) operates as one of China's three largest airlines, providing passenger air transportation, cargo services, and ancillary aviation offerings including maintenance, leasing, and ground handling; its core products encompass scheduled domestic and international flights via a fleet of approximately 700 aircraft comprising Airbus A319neo/A320/A321/neo/A330/A350, Boeing 737/787, Comac C919, and Boeing 777F freighters, alongside flagship services such as China Southern e-Travel, Premium Services, Luggage Priority, Seamless Transit, and 360-Degree In-Flight Entertainment. Headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong province since its founding in 1988 as part of the Civil Aviation Administration of China restructuring, the carrier maintains primary hubs at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport, with secondary hubs in Shanghai Pudong, Chongqing Jiangbei, Urumqi Diwopu, and Wuhan Tianhe, serving over 200 destinations across 40 countries and regions with a focus on Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America. It holds majority stakes in subsidiaries Xiamen Airlines and Chongqing Airlines, a significant share in Sichuan Airlines, and maintains codeshare partnerships with carriers including American Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Vietnam Airlines.
Recent developments include the introduction of its first Comac C919 aircraft in 2024 on Guangzhou-Shanghai routes with plans for substantial fleet expansion, the inauguration of new long-haul services such as Guangzhou-Vancouver in September 2025 using Boeing 787-9s and a planned Guangzhou-Spain route for winter 2025-2026, alongside the resumption of Guangzhou-Adelaide flights in December 2024 and expanded "Pets on Board" services to nine Chinese cities covering 46 routes as of mid-2025. In 2024, China Southern injected nearly CNY4.7 billion into associate Sichuan Airlines including an Airbus A330-300 transfer to bolster working capital and regional presence, while strengthening ties through a June 2024 memorandum of understanding with Qatar Airways for codeshares, cargo collaboration, and frequent flyer integration. The airline reported 2024 revenue of RMB174 billion and passenger traffic of 165 million, marking a return to profitability with net income of RMB25 million amid network recovery and strategic shifts like phasing out Boeing 787-8s by 2026 and suspending Beijing-Moscow services through March 2025.