China Southern Airlines was founded in December 20, 1992. In July 1997, after the joint-stock system reform, China Southern Airlines successfully listed in New York and Hong Kong, and in July 2003 in Shanghai Stock Exchange. On October 11, 2002, China Southern Airlines, China Northern Airlines and Xinjiang Airlines jointly restructured and established China Southern Aviation Group Co., headquartered in Guangzhou, which is one of the three major aviation groups under central management. The company mainly deals in air transport business, and also deals with aircraft engine maintenance, import and export trade, financial management, media advertising, real estate and other phases. Close the industry.
China Southern Aviation Co., Ltd. is the group's main air transport company, with 16 branches in Xinjiang, North China and 6 holding aviation subsidiaries in Xiamen Airlines. It has Southern Airlines in Zhuhai, 22 domestic business offices in Hangzhou and Qingdao, and 68 foreign offices in Singapore and New York. It's the place. In addition, China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. also holds shares of Sichuan Aviation Co., Ltd., wholly owned by Zhuhai Xiangyi Aviation Technology Co., Ltd., joint venture Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Nanlian Aviation Food Co., Ltd.
In recent years, China Southern Airlines has continuously opened and encrypted its network of flights, strengthened its transit function, made full use of the Sixth Aviation Authority to create an international air hub of Canton Route, with more than 50 international and regional air traffic points in Guangzhou, forming two sectors with Europe and Oceania as the core and Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia as the hinterland. It has become the first gateway hub from mainland China to Oceania and Southeast Asia.
At present, China Southern Airlines has more than 2,000 flights a day to more than 40 countries and regions around the world, 224 destinations, providing 300,000 seats. Through close cooperation with members of the Sky Alliance, the network extends to 1,062 destinations worldwide, connecting 177 countries and regions.