Happy Birthday China Southern

IATA    ICAO                 Callsign
CZ         CSN         CHINA SOUTHERN 

In 1984, the Chinese government disclosed the decision to decentralise the CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China). On the 1st July 1988 China Southern Airlines was born and began flying under its own name and livery. At this time, the airline operated some 160 flights a day on 100 routes using the Antonov An-24, Boeing 737 and Boeing 757, along with helicopters and agricultural aircraft. In December 1992, the airline placed an US$800-million order for six Boeing 777s and the associated spare parts and training. China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline with its headquarters in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. The airline became one of China's "Big Three" airlines (alongside Air China and China Eastern Airlines). It is the world's seventh-largest airline measured by passengers carried and Asia's largest airline in fleet size. China Southern Airlines is the only Chinese airline to order and to operate an Airbus A380.

CHINA SOUTHERN A380-841 B-6138 (CN 054)

The airline initially operated these aircraft on Beijing–Hong Kong and Beijing–Guangzhou routes. However, these services struggled to be profitable. Due to the demand limitation of the airlines' international hub at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, few routes from Guangzhou have the demand to support an A380. In effort to make its A380s viable, China Southern started operating the A380 on its Guangzhou–Los Angeles route and on the Guangzhou–Sydney route. The A380 only comes to Sydney every summer (southern hemisphere) during its peak travel period. With its main hubs at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport, the airline operates more than 2,000 flights to 208 destinations daily and up until the end of December last year was a member of SkyTeam member.

CHINA SOUTHERN "SKYTEAM" A330-323 B-5928 (CN 1430)
China Southern joined Skyteam in 2007 and left it in Dec 2018

The logo of the airline consists of a kapok flower, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombax_ceiba) which is also the city flower of Guangzhou, on a blue tail fin. The parent company of China Southern Airlines Company Limited is China Southern Air Holding Company, a state-owned enterprise that was supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

Current Fleets

The China Southern Airlines Passenger fleet as of June 2019 stand at 604.

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers					Notes
			F	C	W	Y	Total
Airbus A319-100	22	—	—	8	24	90	122	2 leased to Chongqing Airlines 19 in the process of being sold to United Airlines.
Airbus A320-200	117	—	—	8	24	120	152	5 leased to Chongqing Airlines B-6738 leased to Royal Cambodian Air Force B-1696 and B-1697 were in SkyTeam livery B-6255 in GAC-Mitsubishi Outlander livery
Airbus A320neo	20	80	—	4	24	138	166	Planes to have new interiors. 24 leased from AerCap, equipped with PW1100G.
Airbus A321-200	99	—	—	12	24	143	179	B-6398, B-6553 and B-6578 were in SkyTeam livery
				4		167	195
Airbus A321neo	25	25	TBA
Airbus A330-200	14	—	4	24	48	142	218	B-6528 was in SkyTeam livery B-6057 in 2010 Asian Games livery. Older aircraft will be returned to their lessors gradually starting in 2019
			—	24	50	184	258
			—	12	24	242	278
Airbus A330-300	34	—	4	24	48	208	284	B-5928 and B-5970 were in SkyTeam livery. Some of the older aircraft will be returned to their lessors gradually starting in 2019
			—	30	48	197	275
			—	30	42	187	259
			—	28	—	258	286
Airbus A350-900	1	19	TBA					First aircraft was delivered early 2019 the rest will be delivered between 2019 to 2022.
Airbus A380-800	5	—	8	70	—	428	506
Boeing 737-700	26	—	—	8	24	88	120	B-5283 with 4000th 737NG sticker
				—		119	143
Boeing 737-800	165	—	—	8	24	132	164	B-2693, B-5469 and B-5640 were in SkyTeam livery
					24	129	161
					27	127	159
				4	24	150	178
Boeing 737 MAX 8	24	56	—	4	24	150	178	4 were delivered in 2017. Order for 30 is still pending Chinese government and shareholder approval.
Boeing 777-300ER	12	4	4	34	44	227	309	B-2049 was in SkyTeam livery. 8 aircraft will enter service from 2019 to 2020
Boeing 787-8	10	—	4	24	—	200	228
Boeing 787-9	12	8	—	28	—	269	297	Estimated to be delivered from 2018 to 2020 8 aircraft will be acquired through lease agreements. 8 leased aircraft will feature a 3-cabin layout comprises business, premium economy, and economy class
Comac C919	—	20	TBA
Embraer 190	18	—	—	6	16	76	98	Leased from CLC

China Southern slogan is Fly your Dreams