China Southern Airlines

China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Southern"), headquartered in Guangzhou, with a blue vertical tail fin adorned with a red kapok flower as its corporate logo, has 16 branch companies including Xinjiang and Northern, 22 domestic sales offices in Hangzhou, Qingdao, and other locations, and 69 overseas offices in Singapore, New York, and other cities. In addition, China Southern Airlines has invested in 23 wholly-owned and holding subsidiary companies such as Xiong'an Airlines and Xiamen Airlines, 12 associated companies, and 4 joint venture companies.
In 2018, China Southern's passenger traffic reached 140 million person-times, ranking first among Chinese airlines for 40 consecutive years. As of January 2019, China Southern operates over 840 passenger and cargo aircraft, including Boeing 787, 777, and 737 series, and Airbus A380, A330, and A320 series, and is one of the world's first airlines to operate the Airbus A380. In June 2018, China Southern won the "Flight Safety Diamond Two-Star Award" from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Currently, China Southern operates more than 3,000 flights daily to over 40 countries and regions and 224 destinations worldwide, with an extensive route network of over 1,000 routes, providing more than 500,000 seats. Through close cooperation with partners, the route network extends to more global destinations. In recent years, China Southern has continuously opened and increased the frequency of its flight network, strengthened transfer functions, and utilized the Sixth Freedom Traffic Rights to fully build the "Canton Route" as an international aviation hub, forming a route network layout with Europe and Oceania as two core sectors, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia as the hinterland, and comprehensively radiating to North America, the Middle East, and Africa. It has become the gateway hub from Mainland China to Oceania and Southeast Asia. In 2018, China Southern reached 145 destinations in the Guangzhou hub, including 51 international and regional destinations, and the Guangzhou hub handled over 4.42 million transfer passengers throughout the year.
China Southern actively responds to national initiatives and provides strong support for the construction of the "Belt and Road". In regions such as South Asia, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, and Central and West Asia, which are key to the "Belt and Road" initiative, China Southern has established a comprehensive route network. The number of routes, flight frequency, and market share all rank first among domestic airlines, making it a main force for aviation connectivity between China and the countries and regions along the route. Currently, China Southern operates 172 routes to 68 cities in 38 countries and regions along the "Belt and Road", carrying over 15 million passengers annually.
Through sincere service and humanistic care, pursuing standardization, humanization, and China Southern's unique characteristics in air and ground services, China Southern is committed to meeting and exceeding customer expectations. As of January 2019, China Southern's Sky Pearl Club has over 40 million members. In 2011, China Southern was awarded the "Four-Star Airline" title by the international aviation service certification authority SKYTRAX; in 2016, it was ranked 13th among SKYTRAX's "World's Most Loved Airlines". In 2017, China Southern was rated as a national "Customer Satisfaction Benchmark" enterprise by the China Quality Association. In 2018, China Southern received the SKYTRAX "World's Most Improved Airline Award".