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China Southern Airlines

China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. ?the newest member of SkyTeam - is a main air transportation business of China Southern Air Holding Company.

With flight operations based at Guangzhou’s brand-new, award-winning Baiyun International Airport, China Southern Airlines?company logo can be seen around the globe with a brilliant red kapok delicately adoring a blue vertical tail fin.

China Southern Airlines has 13 branches located throughout China, including: Beijing, Dalian, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Northern, Shenzhen, Xinjiang and Zhuhai Helicopter Company. Five holding subsidiaries are located in Chongqing, Guizhou, Shantou, Xiamen and Zhuhai with 2 bases in Shanghai & Xian and 18 domestic sales and ticket offices situated throughout China, including Chendu,Hangzhou,Nanjing and Taibei,etc.

China Southern Airlines operates the largest and most technologically advanced airline fleet ?as well as the most extensive domestic air network in The People’s Republic of China.

Currently, China Southern Airlines operated 342 modern Boeing 777, 747, 757, 737 and Airbus A330, 321, 320, 319 and 300 jet aircraft serving destinations to 841 cities in 162 countries ?forming an extensive network, with Guangzhou and Beijing as its hubs, covering all of China and radiating throughout Asia with convenient connections to all main cities in the world via close cooperation with all the SkyTeam member airlines.

In 2007, China Southern Airlines carried nearly 57 Million passengers, being ranked world #4 and Asia #1 and the only one Asian airline listed top 5 from China,ranked as the largest airline in China for 29 consecutive years and is the only carrier in mainland China entering into the world’s Top 10 passenger airlines - based on annual passenger traffic volume.

As of 16 July 2008, China Southern Airlines had achieved more than 5 Million safe flight hours and carried 2.5 hundred Million passengers safely and was honored the Five-Star Flight Safety Award by the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) ?the current most prestigious award for safe flight operations in the Chinese aviation industry, becoming the only Chinese carrier maintaining the longest safety record and occupying a leading position in the international aviation industry.

The airline owns and operates its own independent pilot training centers for pilots and flight attendants. China Southern Airlines, with more than 3,300 comprehensively trained and experienced pilots, is the only Chinese carrier that has the independent capability of “building its pilots from the ground up?as it trains young aviators at its Western Australia Flying College in Perth ?then moves these graduates to advanced cadet training at its Zhuhai Flight Training Center, a joint venture with Montreal-based CAE Inc.

China Southern Airlines enjoys a strong aircraft maintenance capability through its joint-venture company GAMECO - Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Co., Ltd. ?the largest aircraft maintenance hanger in Asia and via its MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Co., Ltd. - in partnership with the German MTU - the biggest aero engine overhaul facility with the highest level in maintenance in mainland China. Additionally, China Southern Airlines has earned two second prizes in the National Science & Technology Progress Award, one for its System Operations Control Center and the other for its Engine Performance Monitoring System.

In 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2007, China Southern Airlines was honored by the CAAC with the “Golden Roc Cup??the previous most prestigious award in the Chinese aviation industry.

China Southern Airlines is committed to putting the customer first and dedicated to exceeding its customers?expectations by offering reliable, on-time and convenient quality customer service.