China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Its main operations hub is at Baiyun International Airport, although some of its international flights operate from Beijing Capital International Airport. It signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 28, 2005 with SkyTeam Alliance, which it will then be able to join, thus becoming the first Chinese airline to enter a global airline alliance.
History
Accidents
On May 8, 1997, a China Southern Boeing 737 jetliner crashed on approach into Shenzhen's Huangtian Airport killing 35. On February 24, 1999, a China Southern Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashed on approach to Wenzhou Airport in eastern China killing 61.
Destinations
Asia
- Bangkok Don Muang Airport
- Fukuoka Airport
- Hanoi International Airport
- Ho Chi Minh International Airport
- Hong Kong International Airport
- Incheon International Airport
- Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta Airport
- Kansai International Airport
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport
- Penang International Airport
- Singapore Changi Airport
- Sharjah International Airport (from Urumqi)
- Surabaya International Airport
- Vientiane International Airport
Other
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (from Beijing)
- Brisbane International Airport
- Los Angeles International Airport
- Melbourne Airport
- Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
External links
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