China Southern Airlines
| China Southern Airlines 中国 南方 航空 |
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| IATA code : | CZ |
| ICAO code : | CSN |
| Call sign : | CHINA SOUTHERN |
| Founding: | 1988 |
| Seat: |
Guangzhou , People's Republic of China
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| Home airport : | Guangzhou |
| Company form: | Centrally managed company |
| IATA prefix code : | 784 |
| Management: | Wan'geng Tan ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 100,000 (2015-2016) |
| Sales: |
¥ 127.806 billion
EUR 18.6 billion (2017) |
| Passenger volume: | 126 million (2017) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Sky Pearl Club |
| Fleet size: | 617 (+ 65 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | global.csair.com |
China Southern Airlines ( 中國 南方 航空 / 中国 南方 航空 ) is Asia's largest airline based in Guangzhou and based at Guangzhou Airport . She was a member of the SkyTeam aviation alliance and left it on January 1, 2019.
It emerged as one of six new airlines from CAAC Airlines , which was dissolved in 1988 . Air China initially had a monopoly on long-haul flights. The other five companies were responsible for domestic flights and traffic in the Asian region.
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China Southern Airlines was established on July 1, 1988 after the reorganization of Chinese air traffic. The Guangzhou-based airline has relied on modern western aircraft since it was founded. So come u. a. Boeing 757 , 777 and 787 in use. The airline also operates numerous Airbus aircraft, such as the A320neo, A330 and A380.
China Southern also participates in the general Chinese economic policy of advancing more and more into the high-tech areas and subcontracting fewer jobs abroad. In 2002, for example, a 50:50 joint venture was opened with the German MTU Aero Engines with the aim of overhauling the engines of the aircraft in the China Southern fleet in China. With Zhuhai , a strategically favorable location was chosen, on the one hand in a free trade zone with special state support, on the other hand it is close to Hong Kong , a central hub in Asian air traffic. In the meantime, the aircraft units of other companies are being overhauled there with the aim of achieving market leadership in China in the medium term. In autumn 2006, maintenance for the CFM56-3 / -5 / -7 and the IAE V2500 was offered. All Chinese airlines with V2500 engines are now supported by this joint venture.
As a result of a state-ordered restructuring of Chinese air traffic, China Northern Airlines and China Xinjiang Airlines were integrated into the airline in 2003.
On November 15, 2007 the company was accepted into the international aviation alliance SkyTeam . On July 4, 2008, a China Southern Airlines plane landed in Taoyuan , opening the first direct connection between mainland China and Taiwan .
With 115 million passengers in 2016, China Southern was the largest airline in China and Asia and the fourth largest in the world (IATA ranking).
On October 14, 2011, China Southern received its first Airbus A380 . This makes the airline the world's seventh and first Chinese operator of the A380. The five planes now have 506 seats in three classes , eight of them in First Class, 70 in Business Class and 428 in Economy Class.
Destinations
In addition to numerous Asian destinations, China Southern serves destinations in Europe , North America , Oceania and Africa from its aviation hubs . In the German-speaking area , Frankfurt am Main and, since summer 2019, Vienna are served.
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As of May 2020, China Southern's fleet consists of 617 aircraft with an average age of 7.4 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( First / Business / Eco + / Eco ) |
Average age
(May 2020) |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 10 | 122 (- / 8/24/90) | 13.5 years | ||
| Airbus A320-200 | 115 | 152 (- / 8/24/120) | 9.9 years | ||
| Airbus A320neo | 31 | one inactive | 152 (- / 8/24/120) | 1.6 years | |
| Airbus A321-200 | 99 | 179 (- / 12/24/143) | 9.2 years | ||
| Airbus A321neo | 27 | 15th | 195 (- / 4/24/167) | 1.5 years | |
| Airbus A330-200 | 14th | 258 (- / 24/50/184) 218 (4/24/48/142) |
10.8 years | ||
| Airbus A330-300 | 32 | 275 (- / 30/48/197) 284 (4/24/48/208) |
5.6 years | ||
| Airbus A350-900 | 6th | 14th | 313 (- / 28/24/261) | 0.7 years | |
| Airbus A380-800 | 5 | 506 (8/70 / - / 428) | 8.6 years | ||
| Boeing 737-700 | 26th | 120 ( - / 8/24/88) 128 ( - / 8/24/96) 143 (- / - / 24/119) |
12.6 years | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | 163 | 159 (- / 8/27/124) 161 (- / 8/24/129) 164 (- / 8/24/132) |
7.2 years | ||
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 24 | 26th | inactive | 178 (- / 4 / -174) | 1.9 years |
| Boeing 747-400F | 2 | China Southern Cargo cargo planes | - | 17.9 years | |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 15th | 309 (4/34/44/227) 360 (14/30 / - / 316) |
3.7 years | ||
| Boeing 777F | 12 | China Southern Cargo cargo planes | - | 8.0 years | |
| Boeing 787-8 | 10 | 228 (4/24 / - / 200) | 6.8 years | ||
| Boeing 787-9 | 15th | 5 | 276 (- / 28/28/220)
297 (- / 28 / - / 269) |
1.4 years | |
| Comac C919 | 5 | - open - | |||
| Embraer 190 | 11 | 98 (- / 6/16/76) | 7.8 years | ||
| total | 617 | 65 | 7.4 years |
In September 2018, the airline announced a fleet of 2,000 aircraft for 2035.
Incidents
- On October 2, 1990, a hijacked Boeing 737-247 of Xiamen Airlines (B-2510) collided with two other aircraft at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (old) . When the pilots wanted to make an emergency landing due to lack of fuel, there was a scuffle with the kidnapper during the landing phase, whereupon the plane landed hard and came off the runway. It collided with a parked Boeing 707 from China Southwest Airlines (B-2402) and a Boeing 757-21B from China Southern Airlines (B-2812) , the pilots of which were waiting for take-off clearance. In the runaway Boeing 737, 82 of the 102 people on board were killed, while in the Boeing 757, 46 of the 122 occupants were killed. In the Boeing 707, the only crew member on board survived (see also Xiamen Airlines flight 8301 ) .
- On November 24, 1992, a Boeing 737-300 of China Southern Airlines (B-2523) coming from Guangzhou crashed while approaching Guilin-Qifengling Airport . All 141 people on board, 131 passengers and 10 crew members, were killed (see also China Southern Airlines flight 3943 ) .
- On May 8, 1997, a China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-300 (B-2925) crash-landed at Shenzhen Airport on its flight from Chongqing . On the second attempt to land after a very hard landing, the machine overshot the end of the runway under thunderstorm conditions after the machine had already been damaged in the previous landing attempt. Of the 65 passengers and nine crew members on board, 33 passengers and two crew members were killed (see also China Southern Airlines flight 3456 ) .
See also
Web links
- Data on the airline China Southern Airlines in Aviation Safety Network (English)
- China Southern Airlines website
Individual evidence
- ↑ SkyTeam - 2015 Facts and Figures . China Southern Airlines. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
- ↑ China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. - 2017 Annual Results . China Southern Airlines. Accessed March 31, 2018.
- ↑ Factsheet 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.0 MB), (English) April 20, 2013
- ^ China Southern Airlines to Leave SkyTeam Alliance. Aviation Tribune, November 15, 2018.
- ^ Businesswire.com, China Northern Airlines & Xinjiang Airlines Now Using China Southern Flight Code on All International Flights
- ↑ finanznachrichten.de - China Southern Airlines becomes number one in Asia May 14, 2010
- ↑ airliners.de - First A380 for China Southern
- ↑ csair.com - Destination guide (English), accessed on November 15, 2015
- ↑ Viennaairport - Press releases & news. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
- ↑ a b China Southern Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 21, 2020, accessed on May 22, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Orders & deliveries. Airbus , November 15, 2015, accessed September 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Orders and deliveries. Boeing , November 15, 2015, accessed September 15, 2017 .
- ↑ abcdlist.nl - COMAC C919 Production List ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed November 15, 2015
- ↑ Ch-aviation - China Southern adds maiden A320neo , accessed September 15, 2017
- ↑ Ch-aviation - ALC confirms China Southern B787-9 lease deal , accessed September 15, 2017
- ↑ csair.com - Cabin layout , accessed on September 15, 2017
- ^ China Southern outlines plan for 2,000 aircraft fleet. FlightGlobal, September 18, 2018.
- ↑ Accident report of the collision in Guangzhou: B-707 B-2402 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report of the collision in Guangzhou: B-737-200 B-2510 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report of the collision in Guangzhou: B-757 B-2812 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 27, 2019.
- ^ Accident report B-737-300 B-2523 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 6, 2020.
- ^ Accident report B-737-300 B-2925 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 6, 2020.
