New Winter-Spring Flight Schedule of China Southern Airlines (34 New Routes Set to Open)

Convenient Transit Links between International Flights

The Flight Schedule will be carried out from October 30, 2011 to March 24, 2012, covering a total of 21 weeks. In the new flight season, there are more than 500 scheduled routes, including over 380 domestic routes, over 95 international routes and over 20 regional routes.

In the new flight season, China Southern Airlines will continue to make full use of its hubs and increase the proportion of international flights to promote the optimization of the overall route network. China Southern Airlines is focusing on the improvement of the transit links between the international routes, along with the enhanced transit links between domestic routes and international routes. Hub concentration reached 71.1%, up 5.7% year-on-year. For instance, Guangzhou-Osaka or Guangzhou-Seoul flight can be easily connected with flights to Southeast Asia, arriving at 11 cities including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Kathmandu, Delhi and Siem Reap. In addition, the Beijing - Guangzhou - Brisbane, Beijing - Guangzhou - Perth route and Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh can also achieve a two-way link, enabling passengers to transit more conveniently.

More Options for Outbound Tour

In the new flight season, China Southern Airlines endeavors to accelerate its international development, planning to open a number of new international/regional routes and add some new international/regional flights according to the seasons and market conditions. Calculated by seat-km input, the proportion of international flights in the total flights will increase to 26.8% in the Flight Schedule.

In Oceania, spring and summer tourist season has come in the southern hemisphere. China Southern Airlines will extend the Guangzhou - Brisbane route to the Beijing - Guangzhou - Brisbane route, with four flights per week. Beijing - Guangzhou -Perth route will be added, with three flights per week. Guangzhou - Melbourne route will be adjusted to 2 flights per day during the peak season, and Guangzhou - Auckland route will also have a daily flight in the new flight season. With flights to Australia increased to a maximum of 35 flights per week and flights to New Zealand increased to 7 flights per week, the total flights of China Southern Airlines to Oceania will reach 42 flights per week, laying a solid foundation for China Southern Airlines' Guangzhou hub as the first transit portal from China's mainland to Oceania.

In Europe, Beijing - Urumqi - Istanbul (Turkey) route is set to open on November 22, with 3 flights per week. Guangzhou - Beijing - Amsterdam route is available with a daily flight as usual. Services are also available in Guangzhou - Paris route with a daily flight, Guangzhou - Amsterdam route with 3 flights per week and Guangzhou - Urumqi - Moscow route with a daily flight.

Meanwhile, China Southern Airlines has made adjustment on the flights to Singapore, Bangkok, Phuket, Hanoi, Siem Reap and other cities in Southeast Asia as well as Japan and Korea.

Cross-Straits Flights Increased to 54 Flights per Week

With more cross-strait economic, cultural and tourism exchanges, China Southern Airlines has increased cross-straits routes and flights in winter-spring flight season. According to the Flight Schedule, 20 flights from the major cities of China's mainland to Taiwan will be added, along with the new Haikou - Taipei route. New flights include: Changchun - Taipei with 3 flights per week, Changsha - Taipei with 3 flights per week, Dalian - Taipei with 2 flights per week, Guilin - Taipei with 5 flights per week, Harbin - Taipei with 3 flights per week, Nanning - Taipei with 3 flights per week, Shenyang - Taipei with 3 flights per week, and Zhengzhou - Taipei with 4 flights per week. The round-trip flight from Changchun - Taichung will be operated as scheduled flight instead of seasonal charter with daily flight available.

With 54 cross-straits flights per week, China Southern Airlines flights can take passengers from Taipei directly to Pudong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changchun, Dalian, Harbin, Shenyang, Guiyang, Guilin, Nanning, Wuhan, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Haikou, and passengers from Taichung directly to Changchun.

Domestic Flights for Snow Tour and Warm Winter Tour

To satisfy the travelers' need in winter and spring, China Southern Airlines has adjusted and optimized its domestic flight schedule.

Over 20 new routes are set to open: from Sanya to Shenyang, Tianjin, Zhenghzou, Yinchuan and other cities; from Urumqi to Lanzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Fuzhou, Sanya and other places; from Guangzhou to Xuzhou; from Shenzhen to Taiyuan, Ningbo and Harbin; from Shantou to Changsha and Chengdu; from Shenyang in Northeast China to Baotou, Taiyuan, Changzhou, Jinan, Wenzhou, Hefei, Nanning and other cities. Besides, Guangzhou - Chongqing - Jiuzhai route and Guangzhou - Zhenghou - Baotou route will be added, making it more convenient for passengers travelling from Chongqing to Jiuzhai and from Zhengzhou to Baotou, with the travel time significantly reduced.

In addition, China Southern Airlines will add flights to tourist destination cities such as Hainan and other cities in East, Central and Southwest China, with 10 round-trip Guangzhou - Hangzhou/Guangzhou - Haikou flights, 8 Guangzhou - Nanjing flights, 7 Guangzhou - Chengdu flights and 9 Guangzhou - Zhengzhou flights every day.