China Southern Airlines
Airline of China; based in Guangzhou
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| January 2025 | China Southern Airlines suspended its daily service between Beijing Daxing and Moscow Sheremetyevo from 20 January to 30 March 2025, potentially due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. |
| 2024 | Ranked as the 9th largest airline by brand market in the world. |
| December 12 2024 | China Southern Airlines resumed direct flight routes between Guangzhou and Adelaide, South Australia, which were originally launched in 2016 but had been suspended since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| August 2024 | China Southern Airlines received its first Comac C919-100STD aircraft, marking a significant milestone in their fleet modernization with a domestically produced aircraft. |
| 2023 | Recovery beginning with 142 million passengers, 908 aircraft, and reduced net loss of 2.9 billion RMB. |
| November 2023 | Due to a technical glitch, the airline accidentally priced tickets as low as 10 yuan (approximately $1.37) on its mobile app and travel websites. The airline confirmed on Weibo that all tickets sold during the two-hour window would be honored. |
| 2022 | Dramatic decline with only 62.6 million passengers, 894 aircraft, and a substantial net loss of 33.7 billion RMB. |
| November 6 2022 | Completed last scheduled Airbus A380 flights, retiring the aircraft type from its fleet. |
| November 6 2022 | Last scheduled flights of Airbus A380-800 were operated by China Southern Airlines. |
| November 5 2022 | China Southern operated its last commercial Airbus A380 flight, remaining the only Chinese airline to have operated the A380. |
| 2021 | Continued pandemic challenges with 98.5 million passengers, 878 aircraft, and a net loss of 11.0 billion RMB. |
| 2020 | Severely impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, with passenger numbers dropping to 96.8 million, fleet at 867 aircraft, and first significant net loss of 11.8 billion RMB. |
| 2019 | Fleet expanded to 862 aircraft, passenger numbers hit 151 million, with revenue of 154 billion RMB. |
| March 2019 | The airline started a frequent flyer program partnership with American Airlines. |
| January 1 2019 | China Southern Airlines left the SkyTeam airline alliance. |
| 2018 | Reached 840 aircraft, 139 million passengers, with revenue increasing to 143 billion RMB. |
| December 24 2018 | China Southern Airlines officially announced its decision to discontinue SkyTeam membership and terminate partnerships with China Eastern Airlines and Delta Air Lines, effective 1 January 2019. |
| November 15 2018 | The airline announced its departure from SkyTeam alliance by 1 January 2019 and planned to strengthen partnerships with American Airlines and others. |
| 2017 | Significant expansion to 754 aircraft, 126 million passengers, and net profit of 6.8 billion RMB. |
| 2016 | Continued growth with 702 aircraft, 114 million passengers, and increased net profit to 5.8 billion RMB. |
| 2015 | Fleet size grew to 667 aircraft, passenger numbers increased to 109 million, with revenue reaching 111 billion RMB. |
| 2014 | Company reached 100 million passengers, maintained 612 aircraft in fleet, and generated 108 billion RMB in revenue. |
| 2013 | The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) found China Southern Airlines had transported over 1,000 monkeys to the United States without federal permission, using insecure crates. The airline was ordered to pay $11,600 in fines for Animal Welfare Act violations. |
| 2013 | China Southern Airlines was previously ordered to pay $14,438 for an animal transport incident that resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen monkeys due to lack of food and water during transit. |
| 2013 | Airline expanded to 80,175 employees and increased fleet size to 561 aircraft, with passenger numbers rising to 91.7 million. |
| June 7 2013 | China Southern Airlines operated its first Boeing 787 on a route from Guangzhou to Beijing Capital, becoming the first Chinese airline to introduce the 787-8. |
| 2012 | China Southern Airlines reported a revenue of 99.5 billion RMB, net profit of 3.7 billion RMB, with 73,668 employees and a fleet size of 491 aircraft. |
| June 2012 | The airline inaugurated services from Guangzhou to London-Heathrow, launching the 'Canton Route' to attract business traffic between Europe and Australia. |
| October 17 2011 | China Southern Airlines made its first flight with the Airbus A380, initially deploying the aircraft on domestic routes between Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. |
| January 27 2011 | China Southern Airlines was awarded a four-star ranking by Skytrax, becoming the largest airline to hold this title. |
| January 11 2011 | China Southern Airlines announced a lease for 10 Embraer E-190 aircraft, set to be delivered in the second half of 2011. |
| November 2010 | China Southern Cargo joined the SkyTeam Cargo alliance. |
| November 2010 | China Southern Airlines signed an agreement with Airbus for the purchase of 6 A330s and 30 A320–200s. |
| March 2010 | The airline issued new shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai to raise 10.75 billion yuan ($1.57 billion) to pay off outstanding loans. |
| January 21 2010 | China Southern Airlines announced an order for an additional 20 A320-200 aircraft, scheduled for delivery in 2011, in response to falling fuel costs and increasing passenger demand. |
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