DATA SPOTLIGHT: China Southern Airlines

This year The Blue Swan Daily will feature some of the leading airlines, airports and country markets for air travel. Here, using the extensive profile insights available to CAPA – Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot, we look at China Southern Airlines, one of the state controlled carriers in China.

The airline is one of a few in the world right now that has been growing its operations as China appears to have effectively overcome COVID-19. This is mainly just in the domestic market currently as there are fears that nationals returning from abroad could cause another spike. As such, while China Southern is reintroducing many international flights, these are operating at a restricted frequency, but it is boosting its activity at Beijing's Daxing International Airport, supporting its main hub at Guangzhou's Baiyun International Airport.

ABOUT
Established in 1988, China Southern Airlines is the largest airline in China and has hubs in Guangzhou and Beijing. The carrier operates an extensive domestic network within China, as well as international services to the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. China Southern Cargo is the cargo subsidiary of China Southern Airlines. China Southern had been a member of the SkyTeam alliance since 2007, with it's cargo subsidiary joining the SkyTeam Cargo alliance in Nov-2010. China Southern departed the SkyTeam alliance in 2019.

GLOBAL RANKING (as at 13-Apr-2020)

NETWORK MAP (as at 13-Apr-2020)

DESTINATIONS (as at 13-Apr-2020)

ANNUAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC (2010 – 2020YTD)

CAPACITY SNAPSHOT (versus same week last year)

ANNUAL CAPACITY (2012-2020*)(NOTE:The values for this year are at least partly predictive up to 6 months and may be subject to change)

WEEKLY DOMESTIC CAPACITY (2017 – 2020*)

WEEKLY INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY (2017 – 2020*)

CAPACITY SPLIT BETWEEN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS (w/c 13-Apr-2020)

LARGEST NETWORK POINT (w/c 13-Apr-2020)

BUSIEST DOMESTIC ROUTES BY CAPACITY (w/c 13-Apr-2020)

LARGEST INTERNATIONAL MARKETS BY COUNTRY (w/c 13-Apr-2020)

BUSIEST INTERNATIONAL ROUTES BY CAPACITY (w/c 13-Apr-2020)

AVERAGE FLIGHT LENGTH (w/c 13-Apr-2020)

FLEET SUMMARY (as at 13-Apr-2020)

AVERAGE FLEET AGE (as at 13-Apr-2020)

AIRCRAFT OWNERSHIP SPLIT (as at 13-Apr-2020)

MORE INSIGHT...

Coronavirus: China offers to pay airlines to return to the air

US-China aviation market: open skies remain overcast

UK-China airlines: Virgin Atlantic to join AF-KLM/China Eastern JV

Chinese airlines: rapid international growth impacts foreign airlines