China Southern Air Holding Company Limited

China Southern Air Holding Company Limited, abbreviated as China Southern Air Holding Group (CSAH), is headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and is a centrally administered state-owned large air transport group, with SASAC performing the responsibilities of investor. Its main business is air transport and related supporting services. It directly or indirectly controls ten passenger and cargo airlines including China Southern Airlines Company Limited, Xiamen Airlines, Chongqing Airlines, China Southern Airlines Henan Airlines, Guizhou Airlines, Zhuhai Airlines, Shantou Airlines, Hebei Airlines, Jiangxi Airlines and China Southern Cargo Airlines, as well as China Southern General Aviation, and holds a stake in Sichuan Airlines. Around the air transport industry chain it also develops aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, general aviation, aviation catering, digital technology, and flight training and equipment manufacturing. As of June 2026 it had 1,007 passenger aircraft, freighters and helicopters.

China Southern Air Holding Company Limited, abbreviated as China Southern Air Holding Group (CSAH), is headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and is a centrally administered state-owned large air transport group, with SASAC performing the responsibilities of investor. Its main business is air transport and related supporting services. It directly or indirectly controls ten passenger and cargo airlines — China Southern Airlines Company Limited, Xiamen Airlines, Chongqing Airlines, China Southern Airlines Henan Airlines, Guizhou Airlines, Zhuhai Airlines, Shantou Airlines, Hebei Airlines, Jiangxi Airlines and China Southern Cargo Airlines — as well as China Southern General Aviation, and holds a stake in Sichuan Airlines. On the basis of strengthening its main business, it continues to develop related industries along the upstream and downstream of the air transport industry chain, including aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, general aviation, aviation catering, digital technology, and flight training and equipment manufacturing. As of June 2026, it had 1,007 passenger aircraft, freighters and helicopters. It has set out an overall high-quality development approach of "adhering to five major developments, implementing five major strategies, advancing six major actions and realizing six major transformations," and implements hub network, ecosystem, innovation-driven, lean management and control, and brand management strategies. It also states that it is a national backbone airline and a "transport envoy" carrying out the national "Belt and Road" strategy.

• 2026

  As of June 2026, the group owned 1,007 aircraft including passenger planes, freighters, and helicopters.

• 2025

  As of June 2025, the group operated 943 passenger and cargo aircraft and had maintained 308 consecutive months of flight safety and 373 months of aviation security.

• 2023

  In 2023, China Southern Airlines became the first in the industry to receive the Civil Aviation Administration of China's 'Flight Safety Diamond Three-Star Award'.

• 2021

  China Southern Airlines was awarded the highest 'Seven-Star Safety Rating' by AirlineRatings.com in 2021.

• 2018

  China Southern Airlines Logistics Co., Ltd. (南航物流) was established in June 2018 to unify the group's logistics business.

Building a world-class air transport enterprise with global competitiveness; brand goal of a globally renowned aviation brand.

• Air passenger transport

  China Southern Airlines Company Limited, abbreviated as China Southern Airlines or CSN, is a transport airline controlled by China Southern Air Holding Company Limited, headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong.

• Air logistics

  China Southern Airlines Logistics Co., Ltd. ("China Southern Logistics") is a subsidiary of China Southern Air Holding Company Limited, established in June 2018, operating the group's logistics business.

• 2017

  Former Chairman Si Xianmin Sentenced to 10 Years and 6 Months in First-Instance Bribery Ruling

  On April 28, 2017, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court sentenced Si Xianmin, former chairman of China Southern Airlines, to 10 years and 6 months in prison and a fine of 1 million yuan in a first-instance ruling. The court found that he used his positions as general manager and chairman of China Southern Airlines to seek benefits for others in business operations, contracting projects, and other matters, and accepted property in return.

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