Southern Strength – Aircraft Orderbook Reflects China Southern Ambitions

International capacity at China Southern Group airlines is growing at 12%, and with 35 long haul aircraft on order the Group is set for rapid long-haul expansion.

The China Southern group is the largest airline group in China, operating 208 million airline seats in the year to June 2018, which is 25% of total Chinese capacity.  Comprising 6 significant airlines[1] with scheduled passenger operations, China Southern (CZ) is the largest and accounts for three in every five China Southern Group aircraft seats. Xiamen Airlines (MF) and Sichuan Airlines (3U) are the next largest with 18% and 16%, respectively, of group capacity.  Hebei Airlines (NS), Chongqing Airlines (OQ) and Jiangxi Air (RY) make up the rest of the group.

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