China Southern Airlines is the largest airline in China having been established in 1988. China Southern Airlines operates from Beijing Capital International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport serving as its main hubs. Chongqing, Shanghai-Pudong and Ürümqi are focus cities of China Southern Airlines. The airline serves 16 focus cities that include Chengdu, Harbin, Seoul Incheon and Wuhan.
China Southern Airlines serves 193 destinations in 40 countries across the world with 1,930 daily departures. The airline is able to offer these services because of its large fleet of 514 passenger aircraft comprising 297 Airbus, 197 Boeing and 20 Embraer aircraft. The fleet includes 5 Airbus A380 aircraft that can seat 506 passengers.
The IATA code for China Southern Airlines is CZ
The ICAO code for China Southern Airlines
is CSN. The Callsign for China Southern Airlines is CHINASOUTHERN.
Travel Classes on China Southern Airlines
The airline offers three travel classes in First Class, Business Class and Economy Class. The First Class is offered differently based on the aircraft. Some have flatbed suites while other have cocoon seats keeping privacy in mind. The Business Class seats are also similarly configured to become flat beds depending on the aircraft it is offered. The Economy Class seat is comfortable with adjustable head rests, seat cushions and back rests.
China Southern Airlines SkyTeam Alliance
China Southern Airlines is a part of the SkyTeam Alliance since 2007. Due to the alliance the airline is able to offer 1062 more destinations in 177 countries with daily departures of 17,343. It is also able to offer 672 lounge services.
China Southern Airlines Codeshare Agreements
China Southern Airlines has codeshare agreements with 24 leading airlines of the world that include Aeroflot, Air France, Delta Airlines, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Qantas, Vietnam Airlines and Virgin America.
China Southern Airlines Sky Pearl Club
The Sky Pearl Club is China Southern Airlines frequent flyer program. The program is versatile as it has tied up with many of the airline’s partners to provide great rewards for frequent flying and spending.
Because of its alliance with SkyTeam the Sky Pearl Club members are allowed to earn FFP miles on SkyTeam alliance airlines. Besides flying on Sichuan Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and China Airlines' flights would also earn rewards. A number of other partners in hotel, banking, and lifestyle and car rental businesses are also tied up with the frequent flyer program to offer rewards.
China Southern Airlines Dining
The airline offers tremendous variety in meal selection from authentic Chinese meals to well prepared Western meals. Special meals are also on offer on certain designated flights.
China Southern Airlines In-flight Entertainment
The airline offers great program to keep the flyer entertained. Advanced audio and video systems are on board to select the best program to suit the flyer be it films, TV or simply music.
Other services such as a book store and games are also made available.
China Southern Airlines Standing in Airlines Industry
The airline is not only the largest airline in China but also in the whole of Asia. The airline is the fourth largest airline in the world in terms of passenger traffic. It is also the fourth largest airline in the world carrying domestic passengers.